Alaka Das

Alaka Das
অলকা দাশ
Alaka Das in 2019
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1961–present
Relatives	Sudhin Das (uncle)
Awards	District Shilpakala Padak[1] 2014 Nazrul Sommanona 2011[2]

Alaka Das (Bengali: অলকা দাশ) is an artist of classical music of Bangladesh born in Comilla in 1946. She is noted for singing many unconventional raagas (classical music) in state owned media.

Das' father was a classical musician, Pandit Surendra Narayan Das.^[3][4] She learnt all the basics of music from her father. Her uncle is Sudhin Das,^[5] from whom she learnt Nazrul Sangeet for a few days. Her younger brother Manas Kumar Das,^[6][7] Subrata Das and Tapas Kumar Das are also singers of Nazrul Sangeet in Bangladesh.

Das started her professional music career by enlisting in Bangladesh Betar during 1963. Later, she enlisted in Bangladesh Television during 1967. She is enlisted in both this state owned media as a Senior Artist of classical music and Nazrul Sangeet. After the death of her father, since 1986, she is acting as a Principal of Sangeet Shikhharthee Sammilan, one of the oldest music schools in Bangladesh. This music school was established by Suren Das in 1942 at Talpukur Par, Comilla.^{[citation needed]}

• During 2015, she published a book of classical music named Raag Manjori (রাগ মঞ্জরী).^[8]
• During 2011, She published the music book Raag Manjusha^[9] as a co-editor along with her brother Manas Kumar Das. This book was written by her father Pandit Suren Das.

• District Shilpakala Padak 2014 ^[10][11]
• Songeet Niketan Sommanona 2014^[12]
• Binoy Sahitto Sommanona 2013^[13]
• Nazrul Sommanona 2011 by Nazrul Sangeet Shilpi Porishod, Dhaka^[14]