Vidushi Sumitra Guha nee Raju was born in an Andhra family and music came naturally to her from her mother Smt.Rajyalakshmi Raju. Being born in an age when women were not to wish but to execute, Smt.Rajyalakshmi endowed her eldest daughter with what she had best, her voice. Initiated naturally to the Carnatic form of music, she received strong grounding under the tutelage of Sangeeta Vidwan S.r.Janakiraman.