The Surshringar is a combination of three stringed instruments, namely the ii’ ahati veena, the rabab and the kachchapi veena. The small gourd and the neck to which the strings are attached are features of the mahari veena; the finger-board with the metal plate is very much like the type of rabab; and the main body is similar to that of the kachchapi veena, popularly called the kachchapi sitar, with its flat gourd resembling the back of a tortoise. There are six main strings which are placed on a flat bridge and two additional strings for the drone and the rhythmic accompaniment. Pandit Joydeep Ghosh, a prof of Khairagarh University of India, is hailed as one of India’s leading Surshringar artistes of the present generation. He is a foremost torch bearer of the distinctive Sahajahanpur Gharana which was founded by the Great Sarod Maestro Late Ustad Mohammed Ameer Khan. He has developed an unbeatable mastery over his instrument and specialized in maintaining the purity of Ragas while displaying the most rare playable materials which are the assets of his own Gharana. He initiated his training in Surshringar & Sarod under the able guidance of the Maestros like Late Pandit Anil Roychowdhury, Late Pandit Radhika Mohan Moitra and Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta all belonging to Shahajahanpur Gharana. Subsequently Pt.Ghosh was under the tutelage of the versatile Master Pandit Bimalendu Mukherjee, a doyen of the famous Imdadkhani Gharana of Sitar & Surbahar. Under his brilliant guidance, Joydeep has adopted the typical aspects and the special features of Imdadkhani Gharana in his own style. In due course, Joydeep has developed the idea and the technique of playing Surshringar under the expert supervision of Pandit Bimalendu Mukherjee, the rudiments of which trace back to the Great Surshringar maestro, Late Ustad Mohammed Ali Khan of Senia Gharana and traditionally conveyed to Late Kumar Birendra Kishore Roychowdhury of Gauripur and later to his disciple Pandit Bimalendu Mukherjee.