Suresh ishwar wadkar is an Indian playback singer. He born on 7 August 1955 .He performs in both hindi and Marathi films. In 1968, when Suresh Wadkar was 13, jialal vasant encouraged him to work towards the “Prabhakar” certificate offered by the Prayag Sangit Samiti, because it was equivalent to a BEd and qualifies the awardee to teach professionally. Wadkar successfully completed his “Prabhakar” and joined Arya Vidya Mandir in Mumbai as a music teacher

He has a music school in Mumbai, India and New Jersey/New York City where methodical training is given to students. He has also started an online music school, called SWAMA (Suresh Wadkar Ajivasan Music Academy), under Ace Open University.

Though groomed for Indian classical music, he entered the Sur-Singar competition in 1976. Wadkar won the competition which was judged by composers from the Indian film industry including  Jaidev later offered him the song “Seene Mein Jalan” in the film Gaman (released in 1978). He also performed in the film Paheli.