On the occasion of IIT Kanpur's Foundation Day there was a flute recital by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and his group on 27th November, 2009.

About Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, the internationally renowned exponent of the bansuri or bamboo flute, surprisingly does not come from a long lineage of flautists. His father was a famous wrestler who had aspirations of his son following in his footsteps. The younger Chaurasia had an early love of music, however, and by the age of 15 was taking his first steps toward a lifetime as a performer by studying classical vocal with Pandit Raja Ram of Benares.
Soon after, he heard a flute recital by Pandit Bholanath and was so impressed he changed his focus to studying the flute. When he was just 19, he got a job playing for All India Radio, Cuttack, Orissa, and within five years he was transferred to their headquarters in Bombay. There he got the additional exposure of performing in one of India's cultural centers and also studied with Shrimati Annapurna Devi, daughter of Ustaad Allauddin Khan of the Maihar School of Music.
Over a lifetime of performances, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia has become one of India's most-respected classical musicians. Pandit ji has earning several prestigious national and international awards and just to name a few of them, in 1984 Pandit ji had won the Sangeet Natak Academy, in 1992 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan and the Konarak Samman. In 1994, he was bestowed the Yash Bharati Sanman and in 2000, he was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Pandit ji heads the World Music Department at the Rotterdam Music Conservatory. He is a dedicated teacher with several devoted art music students world-wide, many of whom are beginning to make their mark on the concert stage.