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 (in1992) 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.
Her CD recording of The Gramophone Co. of India (HMV): Music Melody on the Guitar is categorized as one of the best sellers in Saregama India
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/l/5/m/artist.319/

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.
Got entry in World Book of Records:
http://www.incrediblerecords.com/

Receiving Award from
Padmavibhushan Pandit Kishan Maharaj (Tabla Samrat)


The Shankar-Guitar

innovated by Dr. Kamala Shankar
designed by M/S Rikhi Ram and Sons, New Delhi
special features:
This instrument has full hollow body, with thicker sound board and bottom, including side walls of solid wood.
With this type of setting, neccessity of hole on sound board is ruled out.
advantages:
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