Former DEAN & HEAD, Faculty of Music & Fine Arts, University of Delhi;

Life Member of India International Centre; ISKCON;

Member of the Advisory committee of many Government Cultural bodies

Visitors nominee at Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan,

Member, Governing Council of Lakshmibai College and Ramlal Anand College

In March 1960, Panditji left Calcutta to join the newly-established Department of Music as the first teacher of instrumental music at the University of Delhi, in search of his mission to promote the purest traditional form of sitar playing of his revered Guru Sangeet Acharya Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan, the most traditional player of this century. Debuji has since upheld his guru’s style, propagating its special techniques and quality not only in India, but all over the world . Panditji has been performing on the Sitar for more than 57 years and has trained more than 1000 students by now. He still performs and also plays duet along with his talented son PRATEEK, not only in India but all over the World. His Guruji passed away in the 1989 and Debuji is at present concentrating to complete a project in memory of his revered Guruji and has established a Centre in memory of his Guruji by the name of "UMAK CENTRE FOR CULTURE", where UMAK stands for Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan. The Centre has got a land in the Institutional Area in South Delhi. It is an ambitious project and the Centre proposes to also impart free training to highly talented students of music along with free accomodation. Any help for the cause will be highly appreciated and will help the institution to fulfill this ambitious project.