At the age of five, the musical wonder kid was placed under the tutelage of Shri Swapan Shiva celebrated artiste and teacher of Farukhabad Tabla Gharana and over the years he has been dedicating himself for learning other Gharanas from different maestros. He received awards in his early age from celebrities like Satyajit Ray in the year 1977, Pandit Ravi Shankar in the year 1985 and from President of India in 1987. Training in vocal music from his childhood made him a competent vocalist as well. In addition to being a reputed soloist, Subhankar is one of the few choicest accompanist of most prominent celebrities of our country like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma..Pandit L. Subramanium,Dr. M. Balamuralikrishnan, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit M. S. Gopalkrishnan, Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty, Pandit V. G. Jog, Ustad Imrat Hussian Khan, and many others.