Shankar Shripad Bodas

Shankar Shripad Bodas (born 1900) is an Hindustani classical vocalist. Known for contributions to Hindustani classical music, performance, teaching, and repertoire building.

In 1924, Bodas accompanied Pandit Paluskar to Kanpur for the Congress Adhiveshan. Impressed with Paluskar's singing, the principal of Pandit Prithviraj Inter College, Kanpur asked Paluskar to give one of his students as a music teacher. So, Shankar Bodas was appointed as a music teacher at Pandit Prithviraj Inter College, Kanpur in 1928. Shankar Bodas started many activities in Kanpur for propagation of music. In 1927, he started 'Kanpur Sangeet Samaj' and organized many music concert, published the bulletin called Kanpur Sangeet Samaj Patrika.

In 1948, he established his own Gandhi Sangeet Vidyalay in Kanpur. In 1969, he expanded the music department at Juharidevi College, Kanpur.

He was not only a good singer, but a teacher or music mentor par excellence. He developed various mathods of teaching music to various levels of understaning. He crafted his own, unique method for teaching music to students in primary and secondary schools. His articles on music education were published in journals such as Sangeet Kala Vihar.