From a young age, Pradip has been accompanying all the leading lights of Indian Music Industry. He has been applauded for evolving a distinctive style of his own without diluting the purity of tradition. He has elevated the tabla as a musical instrument in its own right, both through solo performances as a main artist and through his accompaniment of others. Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Ustad Ghulam Ali, Padma Shri Anup Jalota, Shri Suresh Wadkar, Hariharan, Pankaj Udhas, Padma Shri Manna Dey, Srimati Sandhya Mukherjee, Srimati Kaushiki Chakraborty and many of the greatest stalwarts consider him as one of the brilliant tabla players of the country today for his accompaniment with them for many year