Veterinarian gives vocal coaching, singing and guitar classes to people from all walks of life and ages.

Find out more about Kumudvati

• Tell us more about your subject. How did you develop an interest in this field?

  Music is vast to say the very least. It is limitless and can be a discipline, a science or even an art. I have been training since I was about five years old and as and when my understanding of music got deeper I gained a keen interest in it.

• What or who is the motivation behind you choosing to teach & why?

  My friends are mostly responsible for me deciding to teach music. I had started teaching some of them casually and had been enjoying it and they convinced me to take it to the next level !

• How does your work help society?

  I believe that music is very important for community building, identity as well as therapy. It is a form of personal expression and an outlet to express emotions in a healthy way. Music discourse is a very important social activity, lots of communities and relationships form based on this and as someone who teaches music and tries to make this process more palatable, I feel it's pretty much a responsibility!

• If you had to think of a role model for your work, who do you think of & why?

  My role models are mostly revolutionary artists like Nayyara Noor, Iqbal Bano, Nina Simone and Bob Marley. Art is truly so powerful and they use their art to do things so powerful.

• Tell us about your hobbies outside teaching.

  Teaching is actually the "hobby" here. I am a veterinary student when I'm not teaching!

• Do you have an anecdote to tell us about your student or professional life?

  Nothing particularly spectacular as of now.