Nalini Umashankar (Vocal and Veena): Daughter of Smt. Madhura
Satyaraj, Nalini hails from a family of musicians. She had her training
in veena in Madras from Guru Janaki Ramanathan. She accompanied her
mother in singing for dance recitals. After moving to USA, she learnt
vocal music from Guru Nirmala Ramaswamy. She is presently undergoing
training in music with Guru Usha Char and under her able training, direction
and support, has started giving vocal recitals. She has participated
in the music cassettes and CD projects for the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple
in Maryland. She works in the International Monetary Fund in Washington
D.C.