Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar was born on 25 September 1971, into a family of musicians in Sangli, Maharashtra. She is an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist and a follower of Jaipur-Atrauli gharana tradition in Hindustani khyal. She has received many awards including Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by Sangeet Natak Akademi and Kumar Gandharva Samman by the government of Madhya Pradesh.
