Pt. Shashank Katti born in a family of musicians in 1950 is a reputed, well-known Sitar player of Mumbai. His late grandfather was a ‘Kirtankar’ and mother, Mrs Vimal Katti was a classical singer of her time. Naturally music has been flowing in his blood from his birth. Being a professional musician he is also an electrical engineer. He started learning vocal classical music under his mother for 10 years and continued it under the able guidance of Pt. Y B Joshi for one year. Then he turned to Sitar when he was 16 years old. He started his initial lessons in Sitar from Pt. Baburao Kulkarni. After that Pt. Kamlakar Bhatawdekar – a renowned flutist and also disciple of Sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb, taught young Shashank the most important ‘Gaykee Ang’ and turned him into a fine artist.