Her way of teaching is very polite. If I don’t understand, she describes to me again and again. And she is very kind. When I bought my sitar, she came with me to the music shop, because I didn’t know much about sitar. I understand her teaching is following the traditional rules. I believe I can get proper sitar skills and thinking from her.

- Misaeng Kim

Nirmala Shankar Kurthkoti is the ONLY best teacher to learn sitar from at Mysore city. She makes sure that each of her students get the basics right to begin with, later on introducing them to various raagas , encouraging them to create or practice manodharma at very initial stages. Added to that her kind, loving and compassionate, yet firm nature makes her an exceptionally good teacher for any student to learn.

- Pragti

My Guruji is the person who makes the path to reach a person's Musical Journey and guides that person to how to walk on that path. As her student, I feel I am the luckiest person to be learning Sitar under her guidance. She built the musical foundation in my Life. I will always be Thankful for that.

- Pannaga Rao