The spiritual leader and Chair of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, UK, a charitable organisation headquartered in Birmingham with affiliate organisations in Leeds, London, India and Kenya.

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A management consultant turned banking executive with a background in corporate development, strategy, and investments across UK, US and India.

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Having worked in motor retail since 2003, starting as a sales manager Raj is now Head of business at Mercedez-Benz of Slough. Son of Tabla guru, Gurmit Singh Virdee, Raju took up Sitar at the age of eleven with the famous British based sitarist Dharambir Singh, protégé of world-renowned maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan.

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Abandoning a successful career in accountancy, Sandeep curated his first Indian classical musical festival in honour of his late father, Gurmit Singh Virdee, in 2006 and has never looked back since.

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Director Promotion & Label Communications at Deutsche Grammophon. Sabine is a dedicated International Communications Manager, brings expertise in fostering global connections. With a focus on effective communication, she excels in building bridges across diverse cultures.

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Head of the Lab, Google Arts and Culture, Senior Program ManagerHead of the Lab, Google Arts and Culture, Senior Program Manager
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Board Advisor| AI + Product Coach| Contributing £500M value to UK economy through AI | AI Research | Shipping AI, ML, DL & Gen AI Products | Synthetic data | Responsible AI | StandUp Comedian

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EY Forensics Director/ Impact Investor / Board Member at Darbar, LERO; Power of Zero Trustee

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Abandoning a successful career in accountancy, Sandeep curated his first Indian classical musical festival in honour of his late father, Gurmit Singh Virdee, in 2006 and has never looked back since. He is currently Artistic Director for Darbar and can often be found, headphones on, listening to up and coming artists on YouTube.

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With a background in international development, youth work and documentary filmmaking, and a big love for India, Esther brings a range of skills and lots of enthusiasm to the Darbar Team. In her free time, she is often off exploring new places.

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A consummate professional and supports the team to be the best it can be. Loves her work and children just as much

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Simi delivers the annual Darbar Festival and all live events. She carries herself with compassion and integrity in both her personal and professional life. In her spare time her passion is running her Indian fashion business LAAL.LONDON.

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Brings his passion and enthusiasm to Darbar's Leicester live events and in is pastime, he loves to make the team jealous with his amazing pizza making skills

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Harpal learnt tabla from Bhai Gurmit Singh Ji Virdee and he became a tabla peripatetic teacher in Leicestershire from 2003. In his spare time he dabbles in his stationery shop with his daughter.

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Divya’s got some mad people skills with her easy-going style and impressive skills in remembering faces and conversations with returning customers.

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Avid photographer and film maker from the famous East West Photography company. Joined to bring his skills to bring joy through more passionate content for Indian classical music. When no one is looking he loves to rush to the 9 hole golf course lol.

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Hailing from Goa, India- Priyanka brings on board her skills as a robust administrator and excel magician. Her work focuses on keeping the team on track in by assisting in data analysis and book keeping.

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Generating ideas at an industrial rate. Bringing her love of design and marketing to Indian classical music.

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An award-winning Commercial, Editorial and Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker. I love meeting people and creating innovative digital content and my day-to-day work allows me to do that. I am also a Yoga Teacher and a Reiki Master

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A film maker working with Darbar as a consultant, Pritpal brings expertise in video editing.

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A creative video producer and editor, Sukhpal brings his decades of video editing experience to transforming the way Indian classical music is being viewed.

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Kanwal has over 20 years experience of working within the non-profit sector on women’s rights and provides support to Darbar on governance issues. Kanwal is also the resident hatha yoga teacher for the Darbar festivals.

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