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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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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Gillian has a diverse background in the arts from management of the Kings Singers to working for IMG to manage and produce touring productions and artists including the Hampton Court Music Festival, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Company, Sylvie Guillem, English National Ballet.

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Hasan has worked at the Bank of England, Lehman Brothers and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has degrees in economics from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. He is currently the Director of Creative Economy in Policy and Research at Nesta. He enjoys cinema and flamenco.

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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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An experienced British diplomat focused on security and conflict, Muna has a passion for Indian classical music.

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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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Simi manages the operations of the organisations and ensures that everyone is doing what they should be doing. In her spare time her passion is running her Indian fashion business LAAL.LONDON.

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The brainchild for establishing the Darbar Academy - our flagship education project to help people sing and play instruments.

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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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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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Loves her work and children just as much

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A freelance journalist and K-12 Language Arts teacher, Aysha's journalistic work has appeared in BBC Travel, BBC Future, BBC Worklife, Atlas Obscura, Vice, Business Insider, Al Jazeera, interfaith websites such as Patheos or JustPreachy and vegan platforms such as Tenderly.

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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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Trained in aerospace engineering with a major focus on space engineering. Studied in India and Europe, worked on two satellite missions, and designed radiation shields for lunar habitats. I worked at the Tartu Observatory in Estonia to develop an autonomous lunar rover with the European Space Agency. I was the first recipient of the International Aviation

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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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