• Dhananjay Hegde stood first in Zonal Level and was the runner-up in the National Level Talent Search Competition
held at ITC-SRA, Kolkata in 1990.
• Awarded scholarships by HRD Dept, Govt. of India, CCRT and other organisations.
• Graded Artiste of All India Radio.
• Programmes have been featured on Doordarshan and many private T.V. channels.
• Holds "Sangeet Visharad" Degree from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.
• Empanelled with Indian Council for Cultural Relations to represent India in international festivals.
• Has toured USA, Nepal and Bangladesh with his Guruji and has also performed Solo in USA and Thailand.
• Has earned appreciation from great musicians like Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Dr. Gangubai Hangal, Pt. Basavraj Rajguru, Pt.
L. K Pandit, Pt. Yashwantbuva Joshi, Pt. Dinakar Kaikini, Pt. K.G. Ginde, Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar, Smt. Shubha Mudgal
and many others.
• Was fortunate to have provided vocal support to Pt. Bhimsen Joshi during Birthday Celebrations of Sri Satya Sai Baba,
Puttaparthi.
• Founder Member of Village Music Club, Mumbai, which he co-founded with renowned Samvadini Artiste, Pt. Sudhir
Nayak.
• Actively involved with “Sapthak” – an organisation involved in promoting Hindustani Classical Music in Bangalore.
• Post-graduate in Commerce from Bangalore University.
• Presently working with Karnataka Bank Ltd., Mumbai
• Stood first in the National level Hindustani Classical Competition held at Ganvardhan, Pune, in the year 1999.
• Stood first in the National level Vishnu Digambar Music Competition, Hyderabad held in the year 1998.
• Stood first in the National Youth Festival, Chennai, organized by Dept of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of India,
held in the year 1998.
• Awarded “Puttaraj KrupaBhooshan” award for Young Maestros.
• Awarded “Aryabhata” award for Talented Young Artistes.
• Dhananjay was named among 30 best music and dance artistes of the country by Outlook magazine's new year 2010
