M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri

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Sankaran Namboothiri
Sankaran Namboothiri during music concert in New York
Background information
Born	(1971-04-23) 23 April 1971 (age 53) Punnayam, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India
Origin	Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres	Indian classical music and Playback singing
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1980–present

M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri (Malayalam: ശങ്കരന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരി) (a.k.a. Pranavam Sankaran Namboothiri) (born 1971) is a Carnatic classical music vocalist and playback singer from Kerala. He is the youngest A Top grade vocalist with All India Radio. Renowned as a child prodigy, he started learning music at the age of ten under the tutelage of C. S. Narayanan Namboothiri. He later trained under T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma, and K. V. Narayanaswamy.

He has conducted concerts in India as well as many foreign countries.