Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar

Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar (31 December 1899 - 14 February 1974) was a distinguished scholar, musicologist, and teacher of Hindustani classical music from the Agra gharana. Known as the pattashishya (most prominent disciple) of the great musicologist Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, he also trained under Faiyaz Khan of the Agra gharana and received early instruction from Krishnam Bhatt of Karwar and Anant Manohar Joshi of the Gwalior gharana. He served as principal of Bhatkhande Music Institute in Lucknow for many years, where he trained numerous noted musicians. As a vocalist, he performed in both Dhrupad and Khayal styles of the Agra gharana. A prolific composer with over 800 compositions under his pen name 'Sujan', he made significant contributions to the documentation and notation of Hindustani classical music.