The Shankar-Guitar was invented by Dr. Kamala Shankar. You can see the details of the instrument here: Shankar-Guitar

Received "Surmani" award from Sur-Singar Samsad, Mumbay, "Kala Shree" Award from the Union of Press Reporters, "Saraswat Samman" by Mehta Nyas Group, a Certificate of Appreciation from the Rotary Club of San Antonio, Texas.

Selected (in 1992) for G.S.E program, sponsored by Rotary International visited Texas, New York, London. 

Awarded Fellowship in the field of Music by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Goverment of India.

She has completed the project titled: "The adaptation of Hawaiian guitar to Hindustani Classical Music" and the presented the paper in Music Academy (Chennai) and it is published in an article form in artindia.com and in "The Hindu" - click here to see The Hindu article

Felicitated by Bharatratna M.S. Subbalakshmi.

Received medal of blessing from
His Holiness Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

Receiving Kala Shree Award
presented by the Union of Press Reporters

Empaneled with the ICCR and SPIC-MACAY.

Dr. Kamala Shankar is a regular performer in AIR (All India Radio) and DOORDARSHAN (Indian National Television) as an "A" Grade artist.

Doctorate in instrumental Guitar
(as the first woman it is a world record)

Dr. Kamala shankar, "The First Woman Guitar Artist in Hindustani Classical Music" and the only Woman holding the degree of Doctorate in Instrumental Guitar.

Receiving Award from 
Padmavibhushan Pandit Kishan Maharaj (Tabla Samrat)