M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri

Sankaran Namboothiri
Sankaran Namboothiri during music concert in New York
Background information
Born (1971-04-23) 23 April 1971
Punnayam, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India
OriginKochi, Kerala, India
GenresIndian classical music and Playback singing
OccupationSinger
Years active1980–present

M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri (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.

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