V R Dileep Kumar is one of the most exciting young musicians from Kerala, and he has been attracting a lot of notice in the last few years. He also performed at the Navaratri festival at the Navaratri Mantapam in Thiruvananthapuram in 2011.  He is a student of senior musician Mangad Natesan, a student of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. Dileep Kumar also teaches vocal music at the Agni Cultural Academy near Trichur.