Who's Who of Indian Musicians (WWIM), originally published by Sangeet Natak Akademi: National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama (SNA) in two editions (1968 and 1984), is a voluminous directory of Indian musicians. The directory data was collected from vocalists and instrumentalists of Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, and other various genres including folk music. It is possible to use overall 3,160 entries (1,877 musicians) for inquiries about their birth year, specialization, and educational background, as well as their performing experiences abroad and publications, if any. Entries in this WWIM database are compiled from the original print versions after correcting the editorial errors such as duplications or misspellings.

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Toggle column: Personal ID - WWP ID - WWIM ID - Name - H / C - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Vocal - Instrument
P00629
0419
1794
Doctor, Serene H.
H
F
O
P01520
1365
2787
Saxena, Shanta
O
F
H
vocal
P00409
0180
1593
Bhagwandass, Brahmbhatt
H
M
H
tabla
P01649
1502
1174
Swaminatha Pillai, D.
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P01649
1502
2974
Swaminatha Pillai, D.
C
M
H
mridangam
P01532
1377
1421
Sen, Sukriti Prasanna
O
F
H
vocal
P01532
1377
2804
Sen, Sukriti Prasanna
O
F
H
vocal
P00426
0197
0118
Bhatt, Mannulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00426
0197
1606
Bhatt, Munnulal
H
M
H
khyal
P01417
1258
0882
Ramachandram, Ennapadam
C
M
H
vocal
P01417
1258
2619
Ramachandra, Ennapadam
C
M
H
vocal
P01419
1260
0884
Ramaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
P01419
1260
2624
Ramaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
P02006
1876
0925
Ratna, R.
C
F
H
vocal
P02006
1876
2689
Rathna, R.
C
F
H
vocal
P02007
1877
1103
Sivaraman Nair, Kuthiathode, M.R.
C
M
H
vocal
P01667
1520
1195
Thankappa, Eraniel S.
C
M
H
vocal
P02007
1877
2893
Suvaraman Nair, Kuthiathode, M.R.
C
M
H
vocal
P01156
0982
2312
Mishra, Nand Kishore
H
M
H
tabla
P01667
1520
2997
Thankappa, Eraniel S.
C
M
H
vocal
P00726
0526
0305
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
C
M
H
vocal
P00726
0526
1892
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
C
M
H
vocal
P01672
1525
1203
Tripathi, Shiva Prasad
H
M
H
pakhavaj
P01672
1525
3003
Tripathi, Shiva Prasad
H
M
H
pakhavaj
harmonium
P00461
0233
1634
Bhowmik Ila
H
F
H
khyal
others
P01033
0852
0537
Kuppuswamy Mudaliar, Kancheepuram, T.
C
M
H
mridangam
P06343
1005
2668
Ramzan Khan
H
M
M
tabla
P01809
1669
2470
Pandey, Ram Pratap
H
M
H
dhrupad
P00747
0548
1911
Govindraja Pillai, P
C
M
H
tavil
P01690
1543
1223
Vaidyanatha Iyer, T.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P01690
1543
3026
Vaidyanatha Iyer, T.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P00755
0556
2275
Mattigatti, Panchakshariswami
H
M
H
khyal
P01700
1553
1234
Varma, Deep Chand
H
M
H
shahanai
P01700
1553
3041
Varma, Deep Chand
H
M
H
shahanai
P01837
1699
0883
Ramachandran, N.S.
C
M
H
vina
P00096
1028
1396
Mukta T.
C
F
H
vocal
P01201
1029
0656
Muktiar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
vocal
P01052
0872
0553
Lakshminarayana Bhagavatulu, Neti
C
M
H
vocal
P01201
1029
2354
Muktiyar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
vocal
P01052
0872
2195
Laksuminarayana Bhagavatulu, Neti
C
M
H
vocal
P06119
0261
1657
Bundu Khan
H
M
H
sitar
P00494
0269
1339
Chakravarti, Aparna
H
F
H
khyal
P00494
0269
1661
Chakravarti, Aparna
H
F
H
khyal
P00346
0113
0070
Babu Iyengar
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P01474
1318
0955
Sahu, Bibhu Prasad
H
M
H
esraj
P01474
1318
2726
Sahu, Bibbu Prasad
H
M
H
esraj
P01475
1319
0956
Sahu, Jagabandhu
H
M
H
tabla
violin
P01475
1319
2727
Sahu, Jagabandhu
H
M
H
tabla
violin
P01075
0895
0573
Madhusudana Rao, Paturi
C
M
H
vocal
P01075
0895
2219
Madhusudana Rao, Paturi
C
M
H
vocal
P00655
0447
1448
Ganguly, Shyam
H
M
H
sarod
P00801
0606
0360
Ikramul Majid
H
M
M
others
P00801
0606
1960
Ikramul Majid
H
M
M
others
P01231
1063
2382
Nainasami, Senthil S.
C
M
H
tavil
P00802
0607
0361
Ilyas Khan
H
M
M
sitar
P01899
1763
2733
Sakuntala Srinivasan
C
M
H
vina
P00663
0455
1832
Ganguli-Kothari, Rita
H
F
H
others
P01090
0911
2234
Malathi, Balaram
C
F
H
vocal
P01238
1070
2389
Nand Lal
H
M
H
shahanai
P01370
1208
0822
Purandare, Leela N.
H
F
H
khyal
P01370
1208
2542
Purandare, Leela N.
H
F
H
khyal
P01744
1599
1294
Vinod Kumar
H
M
H
khyal
others
P01744
1599
3125
Vinod Kumar
H
M
H
khyal
P00964
0782
0479
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
O
M
H
vocal
P00964
0782
2108
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
O
M
H
vocal
P01268
1102
0711
Naseem Akhtar
O
M
M
vocal
P01268
1102
2417
Naseem Akhtar
O
M
M
vocal
P00982
0801
0494
Krishna Iyer, R.
C
M
H
vocal
P00982
0801
2127
Krishna Iyer, R.
C
M
H
vocal
P01520
1365
1011
Saxena, Shana
H
F
H
others
P00755
0556
0606
Mattigatti, Panchaxariswami
H
M
H
0.34
khyal
P01468
1311
0944
Roy, Juthika
O
F
H
192
vocal
P00860
0672
2007
Jayamma, Jamdagni, N.
H
F
H
193
khyal
P01488
1332
2743
Sankaranarayana Badavatar
C
M
H
899
vina
violin
P01710
1564
1246
Vedi, Bhishma Deo
H
M
H
908
khyal
P00753
0554
0325
Govindaswamy, M.S.
C
M
H
917
vocal
P01061
0881
0563
Laxminarayana, Uppalapati
C
M
H
923
vocal
P00062
1555
1236
Varma, Manik
H
M
H
926
khyal
others
P00441
0212
1624
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
928
khyal
P00441
0212
0127
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
929
khyal
P01635
1488
1161
Sumati Devi
O
F
H
930
vocal
P01637
1490
2955
Sulochana K.
C
F
H
936
vocal
P05663
0880
0559
Latif Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
946
tabla
P00406
0177
1590
Behera, Narayan
C
M
H
1817
vina
P00005
0045
0027
Allaudin Khan (Alam)
H
M
M
1862
sarod
P01320
1157
0765
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1870
pakhavaj
P00016
1837
1438
Venkata Rao, Chintalapalli
C
M
H
1871
vocal
P06742
0634
0378
Jahangir Khan
H
M
M
1871
tabla
P06810
0008
0004
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1872
tabla
P06810
0008
1455
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1873
tabla
P01854
1716
1145
Subbayya Bhagavatar, Vajapeyayajula
C
M
H
1878
vocal
P01843
1705
0958
Sakharam, Tawde
H
M
H
1879
pakhavaj
P05786
0579
0343
Hafiz Ali Khan
H
M
M
1880
dhrupad
sarod
P06289
0739
0444
Kanthe Maharaj
H
M
H
1880
tabla
P00544
0322
0174
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
C
M
H
1880
violin
P00402
0173
0104
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
vocal
P00402
0173
1589
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
vocal
P05952
0688
0408
Joshi, Anant Manohar
H
M
H
1882
khyal
P00717
0517
0297
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
C
M
H
1883
violin
P00717
0517
1886
Gopalakrishna Iyer,Marungapuri G.
C
M
H
1883
violin

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