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Ramprapanna Bhattacharya is an Indian classical sitarist of the Etawah Gharana.
He began his sitar training at the age of six from his father in Kolkata, India. He also received musical training from Pandit Kashinath Mukherjeeand Pandit Arvind Parikh, both senior disciples of Ustad Vilayat Khan. He was awarded at the Glasgow Hilton hotel for his Sitar Performance in 2012. He is recipient of scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, India. He has performed and given workshops in different cities in India including Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bhopal, Puna, Jaipur, Ajmer, Satara and out of India, notably United Kingdom including London, Peterborough, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Chelmsford, Leeds etc. Ramprapanna obtained bachelor's degrees in Electronics & Communication Engineering and is involved in the corporate world also.