Dr. Deepti Omchery Bhalla, a versatile artist who is an exponent in Mohiniyattam and Carnatic Music Vocal. Renowned as Singer, Dancer, Teacher, Researcher and Scholar, she is currently working as Senior Professor of Carnatic Music in University of Delhi. Having learnt Kathakali for 12 years under veteran gurus like late Punnathur Madhava Panikkar, late Guru Gopinath, late Sadanam Nanda Kumar, Nelliyodu Vasudevan Nampoothiri and Sadanam Balakrishnan, Deepti went on to learn Mohiniyattam from the legendry late Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma.

A Gold Medalist from University of Delhi in Carnatic Music, she also has the distinction of topping the University in M.Phil.

Deepti over the last two decades, along with the able support of her mother, Dr Leela Omchery, an eminent musicologist and Padmasri Awardee has been doing intense research on the Traditional music of Kerala. She has contributed much in expanding and enhancing the Mohiniyattam repertoire and style by choreographing her research findings.