Achievements

Students of this School of Performing Arts have been participating in various competitions. Under the able guidance of Guru and continuous encouragement and support from college staff, they have won many prizes and awards as well as appreciation from audience.

• National Inter University Youth Festival-2023 organized by Association of Indian University (AIU) and Cultural Ministry Govt. Of India hosted by Jain University Bangalore. 106 Universities, 2000 Students participated in this Youth Festival. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University School of Performing Arts got 4 prizes as follows.
  1. Gold Medal Classical Instrumental Music: Dhaval Joshi
  2. Silver Medal Light Indian Music: Nandini Gaikawad
  3. Bronze Medal Indian Classical Dance: Kirti Kurande
  4. Bronze Medal for Folk Orchestra

• 36^th West Zone Inter University Youth Festival organized by Association of Indian Universities (AIU) hosted by Ganpat University, Mehsana Gujrat. Students of Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University School of Performing Arts participated and got 6 prizes as follows.
  1. Silver Medal Classical Instrumental Music: Dhaval Joshi
  2. Gold Medal for Light Music: Nandini Gaikwad
  3. Gold Medal for Folk Orchestra
  4. Silver Medal for Classical Dance: Keerti Kurande
  5. Consolation prize for Classical Vocal: Shreekar Kulkarni
  6. Consolation prize for Group Dance

Bharati Vidyapeeth stood at 2^nd place in overall Music Category and 3^rd place in overall Dance Category.

• Pakhawaj students of Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University School of Performing Arts participated in a National level Competition named as ‘Pt. Nandan Mehta Shastriya Taal Vaadya Spardha’ and got all the 3 prizes.
  1. Gold medal: Rushikesh Undalkar
  2. Silver medal: Dnyaneshwar Andil
  3. Bronze medal: Swapnil Suryavanshi
• Pakhawaj students, Suryakant Shinde got 1^st prize and Abhishek Lolge got 3^rd prize in National level Music Competition organized by Vishwas Sangeet Samiti, Hariyana.
• Student’s Presence in Film Industry
• Savani Ravindra- Vocal – Welknown playback singer in Marathi film industry.
• Shamika Bhide – Vocal - Recorded her debut song for the film ‘Soyarik’.
• Jidnesh Vaze – Vocal - Recorded song for a film ‘Vasantrao Deshpande’
• Omkar Ingawale – Tabla, Dholaki - Worked as Rhythm Arranger and Percussionist for the films ‘Pawankhind’ and ‘SherShivraj’.
• Ujwal Gajbhar – Vocal -Recorded song for a Film AtmPamplet.
• Antara Nandy – Vocal – Recorded song for the film ‘Ponniyin Selvan’under the direction A.R. Rehman

• 12 students got Scholarships for Music Education from NCPA and CCRT, Govt. Of India

• Scholarship by NCPA: Aditi Koratkar (Vocal), Anuja Borude (Pakhawaj), Shubham Khandalkar (Vocal), Ninad Daithankar (Santoor), Sujit Lohar (Pakhawaj) and many more. CCRT Scholarship holders: Aditi Sharma (Kathak), Kasturi Joshi (Vocal), Antara Nandi (Vocal), Aishwarya Yardi (Vocal), Mayur Sakri (Vocal), Prajakta Uparkar (Kathak), Saurabha Gulawani (Tabla), and many more.

• 10 Students placed in Schools and Colleges as Teachers and Professors:
• Bhavik Mankad (Vocal-M.A.Music) joined as Asst. Professor in Parul University
• Sonik Welingkar (Flute-M.A.Music) joined as Asst. Professor in Goa College of Music
• Vinay Mundhe (Tabla- M.A.Music) joined as Asst.Professor in MIT College.
• Rohit Kulkarni (Tabla) and Leena Ketkar(Kathak) joined as Asst. Professor in School of Performing Arts, BVDU.
• Kumar Dhokte (Tabla) and Ketki Ponkshe (Kathak) joined as Music and Dance Co-ordinator respectively in School of Performing Arts, BVDU.
• Srijaya Bhoumik (Vocal-M.A.Music) joined as Music Teacher in Inventure Academy, Bangalore.
• Chokheshwar Nakade (Percussion-M.A.Music) got a job as an Instrument Teacher in The Poona School and Home for Blind Trust
• Dhanashri Pipalwa(Vocal) joined as Music Teacher in Sanskriti International School, Bhugaon.

• 5 Students got Jobs in Nationalized Banks and Indian Railway
• Ashish Zade (Harmonium-B.A. Music) got Job in Bank of Baroda.
• Dattatray Kaldoke (Flute-B.A. Music) got Job in Bank of Maharashtra.
• Samina Shaikh (Kathak-B.A. Dance) got Job in Bank of Baroda.
• Rahul Kawade (Vocal-M.A. Music) got Job in Bank of Baroda.
• Praveen Hugar (Sitar-M.A. Music) got Job as Musician in Indian Railways at Dharwad.

• 07 students become UGC-NET Qualified. : Aditi Koratkar (Vocal),Chintan Shelat (Kathak), Suja Dinkar (Bharatnatyam), Sai Mahashabde-NET with JRF(Vocal), Nikita Darekar(Vocal), Rohit Kulkarni(Tabla) and Mayur Sakri (Vocal)

• Awards received by our Director, Prof. Sharangadhar Sathe-
  • ‘Late Appasaheb Jalgaonkar SamvadiniVadak Puraskar’ by Gaanvardhan,Pune also awarded with Title-Swara-Laya-Ratn
  • State Level “Aadarsha Mukhyadhyapak Vidyaratn Purasakar” by Manushyabal Vi Lokaseva Akadami
  • On the occasion of Centenary Birth Year of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Prof. Sharangdhar Sathe presented Harmonium—Shehnai Jugalbandi with Pt. Pramod Gaikwad. Falicitated by Cultural Minister Amit Deshmukh