# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sakuntala-narasimhan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:24:35.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sakuntala-narasimhan"
name: "Sakuntala Narasimhan"
slug: "sakuntala-narasimhan"
description: "Sakuntala Narasimhan is an Indian journalist, consumer rights activist, and classical vocalist from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana of Hindustani classical music. She was a disciple of Hafeez Ahmed Khan and is the only vocalist in India to have performed in the National Programme of Music organized by Doordarshan and All India Radio in both Carnatic and Hindustani styles. She was trained in Carnatic classical music by vocalists Musiri Subramania Iyer and Thanjavur Brinda. She is also the only artiste doing a “self-jugalbandi” juxtaposing the two styles."
tagline: "Indian classical vocalist, journalist, and consumer rights activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sakuntala_at_Drishya_Kalika_Kendra.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.8
  momentum:             4
  historical:           4.870194666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump