Ashoka Dhar has been played on NTS in shows including Raga Vibrations, featured first on 20 August 2018. Songs played include Raga Ahir Bhairav: Alap.

Born in 1946 in Calcutta, Ashoka Dhar originally was a student of khyal master J.V.S. Rao. Mrs. Dhar, later a disciple of Ustad N. Aminuddin Dagar, is an initiate of the Dagar Bani Gharana and an instructor at the Dhrupad Sangeet Ashram in Calcutta, India. She is also one of the very few female Dhrupad singers in India.