Suchitra Mitra, the exceptional singer, studied rabindra sangeet at the Santiniketan University-ashram established by Tagore. She decided to devote her whole life to the songs of Rabindranath: Suchitra Mitra has been regarded as one of the advocator of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal`s poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore. At the Scottish Church College, the University of Calcutta and at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India she did her education.

Suchitra Mitra was born to the celebrated litterateur, Saurindra Mohan Mukherjee, who was a close companion of the Tagore family of Jorasanko. So the link between Suchitra Mitra and RabindraSangeet has been established from the very early days. It was Pankaj Mullick, `father of Rabindrasangeet`, recognized the talent of Suchitra Mitra. With his initiation she was inducted to the nuances of Rabindrasangeet. It has been said that Suchitra Mitra was gifted with `unerring ear for music and had a natural gift of voice and expression`.

Her love for the songs and poetry of Tagore, has been naturalized since her childhood. It got its proper shape in the year 1941, when Suchitra Mitra fetched a scholarship to Sangeet Bhavan in Santiniketan. With this scholarship she however managed to receive training from the greatest exponents of Rabindra Sangeet like Indiradevi Chaudhurani, Shantidev Ghosh and Shailajaranjan Mazumdar. By the year 1945, Suchitra Mitra returned to Calcutta after obtaining her Diploma from Santiniketan.

Later on Suchitra Mitra obtained her Master`s degree in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. Her compassionate love for Rabindrasangeet led her to establish the Rabitirtha (which was named by renowned historian and Tagore scholar Professor Kalidas Nag). This school of music today stands out in a significant manner as one of the leading schools of Rabindra Sangeet in Kolkata. From the name of the school it has been cleared out that the school was named in honor of the Nobel laureate. Still today Suchitra Mitra as the active founder and principle member of the school stands like a stalwart behind this organization.

Today Suchitra Mitra has carved a niche for herself as the most flourishing proponent and a translator of Tagore`s musical compositions. Performing arts like theatrical performances, film-acting, painting are her other interests. She has also brought forth Rabindra Nritya Natyas (or Tagore`s dance dramas) where in many of them she has also acted and danced. In stage-plays and in films Suchitra Mitra has also playacted. Narrating poetry, writing short stories, poems and children`s rhymes, publishing essays and books on more thought agitating subjects such as the `grammar and techniques involved in rendering Rabindra Sangeet`or on the `aesthetics of the music of Tagore` can be regarded as her intellectual pursuits. On Rabindra Sangeet she has written down many books. More recently Suchitra Mitra has been engaged in the direction of hoarding an encyclopedia of Tagore`s songs for students and researchers.

It can be said that Suchitra Mitra has established her range of skills and expertise through Rabindra Sangeet as unique repertoire. Today she has been counted as one amongst the greatest names in the world of performing arts in India. The versatality of this unique talent has always been highlighting with the different moods of rabindrasangeet. `visions of beauty and wonderment, color and fragrance, love and pain, memories and longing, joy and freedom` have been elicited through her rendarings.

As recognition to the expertise of Suchitra mitra, she has been conferred the post of Lecturer in Rabindra Bharati University. At the university she also held the esteemed office of Head of the Department of Music. Acknowledging her contribution to the field of Rabindra sangeet and talent, she has been conferred many highly acclaimed awards like, the Tagore Hymn Prize in the year 1945 from London, the Padma Shri in the year 1973 by the Government of India and in the year 1986 she has received the Sangit Natak Academy Award. Suchitra Mitra also holds the distinction of the recipients of the HMV Golden Disc Award, Shiromoni Puraskar from Asian Paints , Desikottam from Viswa-Bharati, Allauddin Puraskar from the Govt. of West Bengal and accolades apart. By both the Rabindra Bharati University and the University of Burdwan she was conferred honorary D.Litt.degree. She will be given honorary D.Litt degree in the year 2007 by Jadavpur University.

Suchitra Mitra possesses a great quality of eternalizing Tagore`s songs both at her home country and abroad to people of all ages. This has been considered as one of the greatest achievements of her. On invitation to the USSR and Hungary, Suchitra Mitra attempted to spread the message of Gurudev to the western audience. She executed Tagore`s dance dramas in the USA and Canada with the Rabitirtha troupe.

As a Professor and the Head of Rabindra Sangeet Department she retired in the year 1984 from Rabindra Bharati University. Some tagore song sung by Suchitra Mitra are, Maurauno Rey T(n)uhu Maumo Shyamo Somaan (1945); Hridayer Ekul Okul Dukul Bheshey Jaay (1945); Aamaar Ki Bedona shey ki jaano, Ogo Mita (1946); Aaro Kichhukhaun na hoy boshiyo Paashey (1946); Pub haaoaatey dey dola (1947); Aar rekho naa aa(N)dhaarey (1947); Naa chaahiley jaarey (1947); Tor aapon jawney chha(D)bey (1947); Desh desh nondito kauro (1947); Kon Khyapa Sraabon chhutey elo aashwineri aanginaay (1950); Aaj dhaaner khetey (1950); Dyakho Dyakho Shuktaara A(n)khi meli chaay (1951); Je kebol paaliye be(D)aay Drishti e(d)aay (1951); Ei shaurat aalor kamal boney (1951); Kon aalotey praaner prodip (1951); Gaanguli mor saibaaleri dawl (1951); Jaani jaani go din jaabey (1951); Aamaar praaner maanush aachhey praaney (1952); Aamaar mukti aaloy aaloy (1952); Tomaar tuney aachhey (1952); Megher koley koley jaay rey choley (1952); Chhi Chhi, chokher jawley bhejashney aar maati (1953); Jey tomaay chha(D)ey chaa(D)uk (1953); Rajanir shesh taara (1991); Jey raatey mor duaarguli (1991); Orey aagun aamaar bhaai (1991); Tomaar kaachhey ey baur maagi (1994); Aamaar dhaalaa gaaner dhaaraa (1994); Gaan aamaar jaay bheshey jaay (1994); Shomoy kaaro jey naai (1994); Aamaar raat pohaalo (1994); Emni korei jaay jodi din jaaknaa (1994); Tomaari jharnatalar nirjauney (1994); Aashaa jaaoaar pauther dhaarey (1994); Diye genu basanter ei gaankhaani (1994); Aamaar ekti kautha b(n)aashi jaaney (1994). Other than rabindrasangeet she has also sung other songs like, Tomaay aamaay kshanek - Aadhunik (1948); Phirey tumi aashbey - Aadhunik (1948); Bande mataram - Jatiya Sangeet (1948); Shei Meye - Aadhunik (Salil Chowdhury) (1950); Shei Meye - Aadhunik (Salil Chowdhury) (1967); Dhanya aami jonmechhilaam - IPTA-r gaan (1951); Aamaader naanaan mautey - IPTA-r gaan (1951); Aaj baanglaar bukey - IPTA-r gaan (1954); Kothaay sonaar dhaan - IPTA-r gaan (1954); Ekaa more gaaner tori - Atulprasad (1957); Ke tumi boshi nodikuley - Atulprasad (1957); Ch(N)aadini raatey ke go - Atulprasad (1958); Ke jeno aamaarey baarey baarey - Atulprasad (1958); Ke aabaar baajaay b(N)aashi - Atulprasad (1959). She has also conducted some dance dramas of Rabindranath Tagore, they are, Chandalika(Prakriti) - (1948); Shaapmochan(Kamalikaa) - (1966); Baalimiki Pratibhaa(Baalikaa/Saraswati) - (1967); Chitrangadaa(Kurupaa Chitraangadaa) - (1974).

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