Gayatri Sankaran is a professional singer based out of the capital city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. She is a distinguished A Grade Carnatic music vocalist of the All India Radio (AIR) and the first visually-challenged musician to receive the prestigious Padma Shri, from the President of India. Her life and musical career is a heart-wrenching and equally inspiring saga of determination, discipline and dedication to her cause. Gayatri has had a unique and a multi-dimensional musical career. Firstly, she is an artist who has performed in over 500 concerts all over India and abroad. Gayatri has been formally employed by the All India Radio since 1988 where she joined as an instrumentalist. Here she does administrative work, gives concerts and also special musical features such as Saivism in India, explaining the Divyadesam through music, etc. Performances: Rashtrapathi Bhavan Concert in front of former President APJ Abdul Kalam in 2007 100th Nadaniranjanam program in 2009, the festival in Tirupati in front of Perumal Sannidhi Program in front of Perumal Sannidhi at the Chembai Festival, Guruvayur in 2010 Cleveland Music Festival Concert on Manodharma Sangeetam at the London Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan