Pandit Nirmalya Dey is a professional singer based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. He established his position as a teacher and performer of Dhrupad in India and abroad. Inspired by his mother, he started his initial training in Dhrupad with Prof Nimaichand Boral, who was a disciple of Ustad Nasir Moinuddin Khan Dagar. From 1988, he started taking advanced training from Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, a renowned master of Dagar tradition. Nirmalya Dey continued to actively learn from Ustad till he passed away in 2013. Being one of the distinguished performers of the Dagar tradition, he has taken part in many prestigious concerts and festivals in India and abroad. At the beginning of his musical career, Pandit Nirmalya Dey was awarded the first prize at the national music contest organised by All India Radio in 1979. As recognition in the field of dhrupad and for the distinction of accomplishment in this field, he was awarded the senior fellowship by the ministry of Human Resource Department, Government of India. Nirmalya Dey is the master of Dhrupad and a world-renowned teacher, who has taught at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (Delhi) and the University of Delhi as a visiting lecturer. Over the past decades, Nirmalya has participated in numerous Dhrupad festivals and conducted workshops all over the world including North America and European countries. As a long-standing master of Dhrupad, Pandit Nirmalya Dey has a large number of students. When he is not performing, he generously devotes himself to teaching at the Dhrupad Gurukul in New Delhi, India.