Madan Oak is a disciple of the world-renowned Santoor MaestroPadma Vibhushan Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. He has been studying Indian classical music for over 25 years. He has won several college and University level awards in Classical music competitions and is recipient of the 1986 All India Radio (AIR) Best Instrumentalist National award. He was felicitated with a “Kala-Gaurav” award in December 2012 in Pune, India and "Guru-Satkar" recognition by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar in March 2014.
He has given many concerts in USA, UK, Switzerland, India, Dubai and Abu Dhabi and on the All India Radio Pune Station on several occasions. Apart from playing Santoor, he is also a gifted light music vocalist and is also involved in promoting Indian classical music. He has headed several Indian organizations.
Living in America for more than 21 years leading in IT Business, Madan has been featured on TV programs, various venues likeIndiaFest-99, India Association of Southeast Texas, Lata Mangeshkar Foundation, Bay Area Maharashtra Mandal, Basant Bahar 2003 / 2012,San Francisco World Music Festival 2003, local public Channel KMVT-15, Brihan Maharashtra Mandal 2005 / 2007 and many more.