It was the love of the flute that drew Rohit Anand away from the world of telecommunication engineering to not only learn the intricacies of playing the flute under the tutelage of the noted sarod maestro Sharan Rani, but also reasearch on its various qualities and technical aspects.

His youthful looks, being barely in his 30s, believes the depth of his devotion to master the intricacies of not only flute making, at which he is quite adept having designed the world's smallest flute having a full playing capacity of two octaves, but also Hindustani classical music. His flawless rendition of the afternoon melody raga, Brindavani Sarang, left his audience enthralled with his technically near-perfect 'alap' in 'Dhrupad Ang', while with the 'jod' and 'jhala', he showed his maturity in texture and variation of flute playing.

The evening of instrumental and vocal presentaed Delhi's Saptak commenced with an impressive flute recital by young Rohit Anand, a disciple of Sharan Rani Backliwal. Rohit, a qualified telecom engineer by profession is deeply involved with the Maiher's Senya traditions in classical music for which he is being well looked after by his mentor Sharan Rani Backliwal.

Commencing his recital in raga Yeman, Rohit pleased with his tuneful refrains in rich tonal phrasings from his meticulously handled bamboo flute. His renderings of two compositions in slow and fast tintals contained a number of well-improvised renditions.

Rohit a disciple of Sharan Rani gave a tuneful handling to Raga Yeman with balanced rendering in Alap-Jor and the two tintal compositions in slow and fast tempos. He did well by retaining a vibrant and a rich tonal flavour all through his recital.

Rohit Anand, Shishya of Smt. Sharan Rani, the Sarod Artiste, took the stage on the second day of the festival, armed with a highly tuneful flute. The pensive strains of Raga Marwa rang out serenely and hauntingly, amidst the receptive silence. His technique of amchoring on the Komal Rishabh as per the rules of the Raga added to the poignancy. The alaap-jor section built up the mood required for informed listening, which he kept up in the badhant of the first gat in roopak Madhyala.

His blowing technique was smooth and seemingly effortless, the notes flowing with fludity and feeling.

The Litmus test of an artist lies in his or her ability to produce worthy students - in short, whether the artist has the capacity to train and pass on the knowledge gained through a lifetime to desciples. And this is where Sharan Rani scores very high. Rohit Anand one of her senior students, displayed his talent and learning at IIC recently. This youngster had that little extra, the spark which distinguishes those who cannot be stopped, who will succeed despite the odds that artist has to face : Rohit was totally in command and confident. Rohit commenced with the enchanting Raga Rageshri. Rohit held the interest of listeners throughout the badhat, which is no mean task on an instrument like the flute..... Rohit jumped notes from Saptak to saptak with sharp accuracy and facility. Rohit has the ability to translate imagination into reality...

Rohit Anand is one of those younger artistes whose talent and dedication force even the jaded to sit up and take note. Performing at Habitat Centre on May 25, He played Raga Har-Gauri composed by his Guru Sharan Rani, Comprising only four notes instead of the grammatically correct five, Raga development could have taxed a lesser artiste. Rohit's blowing technique calls for special mention -- it is unbroken, smooth as cream and incorporates the format of the Senia-Maihar school faithfully.

The show belonged to flautist Rohit Anand of Delhi. Rendering in a sprightly fashion, his flute recital was an exhibition of cultivated skill under the guidance of Sharan Rani ... The pastoral reed of Lord Krishna has been changed into a huge deep-toned instrument by this electronics engineer-cum-flautist who is credited with a number of concerts all over the country placidly to create an atmosphere of peace and tranquility were Rohit's sure sense of melody. ...

Flautist Rohit Anand presented three compositions in Roopak and Teental in Raga Bhopali on the flute in an unorthodox style.

The Sahitya Kala Parishad has played a significant role in the greening of the generation of classical musicians of younger music students in Delhi. Rohit Anand, a Ravi Shankar protege and Guru Sharan Rani, as flute player has a crystal enunciation and the strategy to offer the technical subtitiles of the art.