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{{Infobox musical artist
| name           = Prasun Banerjee
| name         = Prasun Banerjee
| background      = solo_singer
| birth_place = [[Kadam Kuan]], [[Patna]], British India
| birth_place     = [[Kadam Kuan]], [[Patna]], British India
| birth_date   = 15 August 1926
| birth_date     = 15 August 1926
| death_place = [[Kolkata]]/[[Calcutta]], India
| death_place     = [[Kolkata]]/[[Calcutta]], India
| death_date   = 22 March 1997
| death_date     = 22 March 1997  
| genre       = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| genre           = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| occupation   = singer
| occupation     = singer
| years_active = ? – 1994
| years_active   = ? – 1994
}}
}}
[[Pandit]] '''Prasun Banerjee''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: প্রসুন ব্যানার্জী) ({{circa|15 August 1926}} – 22 March 1997) was a [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] vocalist from the [[Patiala Gharana]].
[[Pandit]] '''Prasun Banerjee''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: প্রসুন ব্যানার্জী) ({{circa|15 August 1926}} – 22 March 1997) was a [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] vocalist from the [[Patiala Gharana]].

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Prasun Banerjee
Born15 August 1926
Kadam Kuan, Patna, British India
Died22 March 1997
Kolkata/Calcutta, India
GenresHindustani classical music
Occupation(s)singer
Years active? – 1994

Pandit Prasun Banerjee (Bengali: প্রসুন ব্যানার্জী) (c. 15 August 1926 – 22 March 1997) was a Hindustani classical vocalist from the Patiala Gharana.

He left college at age twenty and undertook music training, first from Jamini Ganguly and later from Jnan Prakash Ghosh. He was an A grade artist at All India Radio. In 1957 he married Meera Chatterjee and later both of them became disciples of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. He taught classical music at the Calcutta School of Music and received the ITC award (1994) and the Bhuwalka award (1995).