![]() He performed in United States and Europe, including a concert in Maharashtra Mandal of London, to support the fund for the victims of 1993 Latur earthquake and in the convention of Brihan Maharashtra Mandal of North America at Houston, USA. Vyas, Jitendra Abhisheki, Vidyadhar Vyas, Suresh Wadkar, Jyotsna Bhole, Padma Talwalkar, Shruti Sadolikar, Satyasheel Deshpande, Asha Khadilkar, Upendra Bhat, Shubha Mudgal, Vijay Koparkar, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Rahul Deshpande and played lehra to accompany Tabla Solo by Alla Rakha, with Vocal and Mridangam by T. He accompanied on harmonium singers including Asha Bhosale, Vasantrao Deshpande, Sudhir Phadke, Kumar Gandharva, Manik Varma, Malabika Kanan, Rashid Khan, C. Lecturer at the Department of Music, University of Mumbai, when Ashok Ranade was the head. He was a performing member at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Mumbai) and played harmonium in music programmes at the centre, arranged by Purushottam Laxman Deshpande and Ashok Ranade. His first public performance was a harmonium solo in 1972 on Mumbai Doordarshan. Oke, a renowned third generation harmonium artist playing the instrument since the age of four, later learned from the maestro late Pandit Govindrao Patwardhan for 25 years to become an ace Harmonium player. Shanta was also a singer and student of Narayanrao Vyas, a disciple of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. ![]() Oke's maternal grandfather and mother Shanta were harmonium players. Oke won Badminton championships including the Inter-School/Collegiate and open events convened by Cricket Club of India, Matunga Gymkhana and Central Indian Railways Institute, Mumbai. While in school, Oke was selected to play a Chess match with Ramchandra Sapre, the first winner of the Indian Chess Championship. ![]() He graduated from King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College. Oke was educated at Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya (formerly known as King George High School), and Ramnarain Ruia College. ![]() For years, he gave services in the Pharmaceutical Industry in organizations including Wockhardt, GlaxoSmithKline, Piramal Group and at 52 years, he retired as President and dedicated himself to music research. Oke met Rajiv Gandhi, the ex- prime minister of India in the "Young Scientists' Meet" convened by Raghunath Anant Mashelkar. ![]() Oke was fortunate to be trained at the Wellcome Research Laboratories at Beckenham, U.K.,where 5 Nobel laureates had worked at a time. He later trained in management at the London Business School and Duke University, U.S.A and in clinical research at Wellcome Trust, UK. Oke is a Doctor of Medicine, MBBS, MD ( pharmacology) from University of Mumbai, India. ![]()
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