Pramod Behere is a retired government official and a musician who thinks music is important to make life easy and also to enhance one’s senses.

Pramod Behere was born in Jhansi. His father was in a government job and was transferred to Jabalpur soon after Pramod’s birth. Pramod’s complete education took place in Jabalpur.

Pramod has done a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. He has worked at many places like a transformer factory, vehicle factory, and in the Indian Railways for twenty-two years and has also taught music in schools like New Digamber Public School, Indore.

Pramod says that his household always had a connection to music. Many famous musicians used to visit his home on a regular basis as his father also had an interest in this field. Pramod started learning to play the Tabla from his father at a very early age.

Pramod shares that he started learning Tabla at the age of six and violin at the age of eighteen. He has learned from many prominent ‘Gurus’ like Chauhan Saab who was a Pianist in the group of Naushad, V. G. Jog, and many others. Pramod says that he used to practice for long hours and manage his job simultaneously. Now, after retirement, he teaches violin to around thirty students.

Talking about the pandemic, Pramod shares that the COVID pandemic stopped everything. He used to teach students Violin which completely stopped. He says that visiting people also stopped and he was trapped in his home only.

Talking about his role models,  Pramod says that Pandit V. G. Jog is his inspiration. He heard him for the first time some fifty years back on a show being telecasted on a transistor and was instantly mesmerized. It was right then Pramod decided to learn Violin and play like Panditji one day.

Pramod feels that education and experience both are important in this field. However, he also feels that a person with a wide range of experience can go places in the field of music.

Pramod feels that having a knowledge of ‘Sur’ and ‘Taal’ also helps in making a person better in other fields as well like driving a vehicle. It gives stability and better control over one’s senses.