Nandini Shankar, one of the exceedingly talented daughters of Mr. Shankar Devraj and the violin maestro Dr. Sangeeta Shankar, began her training in music from the tender age of 3 under the tutelage of her mother and illustrious grandmother, Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam, the ace violinist of the country. Having been born and brought up in an atmosphere surcharged with high caliber music round the clock, Nandini has taken to music as a duck takes to water. Her progress has been enormously astonishing and she has reached a high level of proficiency on the violin. Nandini gave her first public performance as a young 8 year old in Bharat Bhavan Cultural Center, a multi-faceted center for the performing arts, in Bhopal. She gave her first full-fledged solo concert when she was just 13, in Dharwad. Thereafter she has performed in many prominent music festivals like the Europalia (In Belgium & Canada), Sawai Gandharva (Pune), Saptak (Ahemdabad), ITC Sangeet Sammelan (Delhi), Jaya Smriti (Hema Malini's yearly tribute), Delhi Internation Arts Festival, Bhilwara Sur Sangam, Ganga Mahotsav (Varanasi), Aarohi organized by Pancham Nishad Creatives Pvt. Ltd., MERU, IMG in Mumbai, Banaras Hindu University, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan (Mumbai), Music Academy (Chennai), Kala Academy (Goa), Shruti Mandal (Jaipur), Maihar, Durgyana Mandir (Amritsar), and also been telecast in Idea Jalsa.