 He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010.Wasifuddin Dagar is the son of the late Ustad Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar, and the nephew of the late Ustad N. Zahiruddin Dagar, the well-known junior Dagar brothers and therefore a descendant of the legendary HaridasDagar, Tansen's teacher.The maestro received most of training directly under the tutelage of his father, and younger uncle, the junior Dagars, since he was five years old.