Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and current Maryland resident, Dr. Samia Mahbub Ahmad is a Hindustani (North Indian) classical vocal musician who has been studying, teaching, and performing this ancient 5,000-year-old genre of music of the Vedic times, live and on television in North America, South Asia, and Southern Africa for the past two decades. In the process, Samia has earned many awards and received recognition including performing for Nobel laureates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Rosalyn Carter.