Pandit Uday Bhawalkar is an Indian Hindustani vocalist. He is an exponent of the dhrupad genre. 　　In 1987, delighted by Uday's first public performance, Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar (one of the elder Dagar Brothers) awarded him a gold medal. Since then he has performed widely in India and abroad, in concerts, workshops and lecture - demonstration sessions. Based in Pune, he regularly performs on National TV and radio in India. Additionally, he has contributed to the soundtracks of International Art films including Mani Kaul's Cloud Door, Aparna Sen's Mr & Mrs Iyer and Amol Palekar's Anahat, Arun Khopkar's Lokpriya and Rasikpriya, Renuka Shane's Rita and Ganjendra Ahire's Ma Baap. 　　Pandit Uday Bhawalkar began teaching at the age of 20. He now lives in Pune and his own house is a 'swarkul' (Gurukul) of sorts with students coming and practicing at any time of the day. He was also a Visiting Artist in Residence at the University of Washington in Seattle in the Dept. of Ethnomusicology, a position held many years ago by his Guru, Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar. He gives workshops in London every year at the Asian Music Circuit. He is also one of the gurus at ITC SRA (Sangeet Research Academy), Kolkata. From 2014 he joined as a guru along with Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Kheyal), Pandit Suresh Talwalkar (Tabla), Pandit Kushal Das (Sitar) & Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Sarod) of newly founded Bengal Parampara Sangeetalayon in Dhaka - a modern interpretation of the Guru-Shishya parampara to the cause of preserving and popularizing Indian Classical Music at its purest traditional form and beauty.