Vidushi Smt. Manju Mehta is one of leading sitarists in India today. She hails from a reputed family of Jaipur known for its musical lineage. She received her initial training from her elder brother Pt. Shashimohan Bhatt, a noted sitarist. Her early virtuoso performances earned her the Central and State Government scholarships and help her pursue her training under Shri Damodarlal Kabra and completing her Masters in Music with top honours. Her prodigious talent came to light when she won the prize in AIR Talent Search Competition.

Since 1980, Smt Manjuben has been receiving guidance from the sitar maestro Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravishankar. It was a rare privilege and honour for Smt Manjuben when her sitar recital was included in an album released to mark Panditji's 80th birthday. A top grade artiste of Doordarshan and AIR, Smt. Manjuben has performed several times for All India Radio's National Programme of music and the Akashwani Diwali Sangeet Sammelan broadcast.

Smt Manjuben has performed in music festivals in India and concerts abroad and is rated as a performer of the highest caliber. Spontaneous creativity, rhythmic control, exquisite balance and proportion flows naturally through the strains of her sitar. One of the founder trustees of the Saptak School of Music, she devotes considerable time on the promotion of Indian Classical Music. Smt. Manjuben is a teacher par excellence and has been mentoring aspiring sitarists in Ahmedabad for the last 35 years.

A recipient of several top honours and awards, Smt. Manjuben has received the special Pt.Omkarnath Award by Gujarat Government and the prestigious Guarav Puraskar by the Sangeet Natak Academy of Gujarat. Some of the other prestigious awards include ' The Sangeet Kala Ratna and Sangeet Martand Samman by the Akhil Bhartiya Dhrupad-Naad-Ninaad Virast Samaroh-Jaipur, Sangeet Kala Gaurav Puraskar by the Sangeet Kala Kendra, Agra, and the very prestigious Marwar Sangeet Ratna Award presented by Maharaja Gajsingh of Jodhpur.