Varun Nimbolkar is a songwriter, composer, sitar player and a vocalist based in Pune, India. He comes from a background of Indian Classical music and has received training from artists of international acclaim like (Sitar) and also Pandit Vijay Koparkar (Vocals) for a brief period. Varun’s music is a unique blend of expressive styles that form part of sitar as well as vocals giving it an individual touch. Having always enjoyed creating original music, Varun’s songs are distinct, vividly encompassing flavours of Indian classical music and elements of western music like harmonies, percussion, electronica. Along with this, his music has huge traces of ethnic instruments and styles like Afro rhythms, Persian scales, etc. Varun creates a subtle blend of these elements which gives his songs a unique emotive value. He got an exclusive feature in Rockstreet Journal under #RSJBuzz for his single . He has been a performing a set of originals with #SoftRock #DrumNBass #FolkRock #BluesRock as genres with his band named #VarunNimbolkarCollective at various venues across India. His latest EP has 3 songs encompassing 3 different genres rooted in Indian style blended with world genres. Recently he has released music under the name #TheAshwatthProject which is instrumental, non-lyrical ambient electronica music. Under this project, Varun attempts to make and release contemporary lounge and ambient music.