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
P00376
0144
1567
Banerjee, Amiya Ranjan
H
F
H
9127
khyal
P01320
1157
2490
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1970
pakhavaj
P01512
1357
1002
Satyanarayanamurty, Dwaram
C
M
H
1963
violin
P01512
1357
2781
Satyanarayanamurtym Dwaram
C
M
H
1963
violin
P00578
0362
0198
Das, Khagendra Nath
H
M
H
1961
khyal
P01847
1709
1029
Seshagiri Das, Sosale
C
M
H
1960
kanjira
P00670
0463
1836
Gayathri, Vasanthasobha Gudimetla
C
F
H
1959
vina
P00473
0246
1647
Bodas, Kashinath Shankar
H
M
H
1955
khyal
P00273
0028
1472
Ajit Merchant
H
M
H
1952
khyal
others
P00789
0593
1947
Haripriya, B.(Hyderabad Sisters)
C
F
H
1952
vocal
P01149
0974
2298
Mishra, Gopal 2
H
M
H
1950
tabla
P01054
0874
2198
Lalitha, B.(Hyderabad Sisters)
C
F
H
1950
vocal
P01086
0907
2230
Majumder, Abhijit Kumar(Sarnajeet)
H
M
H
1950
tabla
P00495
0270
1663
Chakravarty, Manash
H
M
H
1949
khyal
P00554
0334
1723
Choudaman, A
C
M
H
1949
vocal
P01135
0958
2287
Meera,Nathan
C
F
H
1948
vocal
P00075
1169
0778
Parwen, Sultana
H
F
H
1948
others
P00075
1169
2504
Parveen, Sultana
H
F
M
1948
others
P00519
0295
1681
Chatterjee, Prabir Kumar
H
M
H
1948
tabla
P00552
0332
1717
Chopra, Vinod Kumar
H
M
H
1948
tabla
P01778
1635
1420
Sarvajeet
H
M
H
1947
sitar
P05908
0058
0035
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P00457
0229
2600
Rajeswari, G.K.
C
M
H
1947
vocal
P01462
1305
0933
Rehmat Ali Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P00643
0435
1808
Easwaran, Manargudi
C
M
H
1947
mridangam
P00646
0438
1811
Firods Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1947
sarod
P01641
1494
1167
Suresh, B.N.
C
M
H
1946
flute
P01641
1494
2965
Suresh, B.N.
C
M
H
1946
flute
P01768
1624
0759
Pradkar, Shripad Rajaram
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P01768
1624
2484
Paradkar, Shripad Rajaram
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P00572
0356
1735
Daroowal, Zarin S.
H
F
H
1946
sarod
P01989
1857
3119
Vijayalakshmi Sarma, Chivukula
C
F
H
1946
vocal
P00580
0364
1743
Das, Minakshi
H
F
H
1946
dhrupad
khyal
P01998
1867
3139
Vyas, Pranlal
H
M
H
1946
others
P00593
0379
1757
Datta, Rash Behari
H
M
H
1946
sitar
P00003
0057
2448
Nilufer, Mohammed Khan
H
M
M
1946
surbahar
sitar
P00477
0251
1652
Bordoli Kalpana
H
F
H
1946
khyal
P05663
0880
2204
Latif Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
1946
sarangi
P00496
0271
1662
Chakravartym Bharati
H
M
H
1946
khyal
P01974
1842
3083
Venkataramaiah, B.G.
C
M
H
1945
violin
P00425
0196
0117
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P00425
0196
1605
Bhatt, Manju
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P01544
1389
1040
Shah, Mahendra Kantilal
H
M
H
1945
others
P01544
1389
2823
Shah, Mahendra Kantilal
H
M
H
1945
others
P05908
0058
1494
Amjad Ali Khan
H
M
M
1945
sarod
P00518
0294
1680
Chatterjee, Debi Prasad
H
F
H
1945
sitar
P01081
0902
2226
Maharaj Prakash
H
M
H
1945
tabla
P01906
1770
2799
Selvanarayan, M.T.
C
M
H
1945
vocal
P02000
1869
3142
Vyas, Vidyadhar Narayanrao (Athulvyas)
H
M
H
1944
khyal
others
P00588
0373
1752
Dasgupta, Mira
H
F
H
1944
khyal
P00468
0240
1642
Bisht,Krishna
H
M
H
1944
khyal
P01951
1816
3025
Vaidianathan, V.A.
C
M
H
1944
nagasvaram
P00268
0023
1467
Agrawal, Sudha
H
M
H
1943
others
P01285
1120
2435
Nawab Khan
H
M
M
1943
tabla
P00576
0360
1739
Das, Kalipada
O
M
H
1943
vocal
P00732
0532
1904
Goswami Utpala
H
M
H
1943
dhrupad
khyal
P01683
1536
1215
Upadhyay, Jawahar Dinanath
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P01683
1536
3015
Upadhyay, Jawahar Dinanath
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P01563
1412
1064
Shastri, Rushikumar Mahadevsharma
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P01563
1412
2854
Shastri, Rushikumar Mahadevsharma
H
M
H
1943
khyal
P01865
1727
2622
Ramachandran, Palai
C
M
H
1943
vocal
P00792
0596
1950
Hazarika, Jayanta
H
M
H
1943
others
P01082
0903
1386
Maharana, Banamli
O
M
H
1943
tabla
pakhavaj
P01082
0903
2227
Maharana, Banmali
H
M
H
1943
tabla
pakhavaj
P01247
1079
2396
Narasimhan, N.
C
M
H
1943
gottuvadyam
P01922
1786
2915
Sridevi, Padmanabhan
C
F
H
1943
vocal
P01950
1815
3019
Usha Sagar
C
F
H
1943
vocal
P02001
1870
3144
Wadegaonkar,Gopal
H
M
H
1942
tabla
P00292
0050
1609
Bhattacharjee, Jyotish
H
M
H
1942
others
P00443
0214
1626
Bhil Divaliben
H
M
H
1942
others
P00307
0068
1502
Ananthapadmanabha Rao: N
C
M
H
1942
vocal
P00910
0726
2060
Kamala, Vishwanathan
C
F
H
1942
vocal
P01581
1431
1427
Sita Ram Prapancham
C
M
H
1942
flute
P01581
1431
2876
Sita Ram, Oraoancham
C
M
H
1942
flute
P01210
1038
0662
Munir Khatoon Begum
H
F
M
1942
khyal
P01079
0900
2224
Mahanta, Khagendra Nath
O
M
H
1942
vocal
P01901
1765
2741
Sankaran, Trichy S.
C
M
H
1942
mridangam
P01903
1767
2774
Satyavati Ammula
C
F
H
1942
violin
P01742
1597
1292
Vinayakaraman, T.H.
C
M
H
1942
ghatam
P01742
1597
3123
Vinayakram, T.H.
C
M
H
1942
ghatam
P00549
0329
1719
Choudhury, Bela
H
F
H
1942
khyal
others
P01952
1818
3028
Vaidyanathan, L.
C
M
H
1942
violin
P00265
0020
1465
Agai Maseet Khan
H
M
M
1941
tabla
P01661
1514
1187
Tevani, Laxmishanker K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
violin
P01661
1514
2989
Tevani, Laxmishankar K.
H
M
H
1941
tabla
vina
P01158
0984
2313
Mishra, Ramji 2
H
F
H
1941
tabla
P00440
0211
1623
Bhave, Shamala G.
H
F
H
1941
khyal
others
P00448
0220
2463
Padmalochana, Nagarajam
C
F
H
1941
vocal
P01323
1160
0767
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
H
M
H
1941
khyal
P01323
1160
2493
Parikh, Krishnakant Hiralal
H
M
H
1941
khyal
P00479
0253
0146
Bose, Joya
H
F
H
1941
sitar
P00330
0093
0058
Aravindakshan, M.K.
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P00330
0093
1523
Araviadakshan M.K.
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P00909
0724
2058
Kamala, Ramamurthy
C
F
H
1941
vocal
P05933
1049
1399
Nag Manilal
H
M
H
1941
sitar
P05933
1049
2371
Nag, Monilal
H
M
H
1941
sitar
P01915
1779
2839
Shantha, Chakravarthy
C
M
H
1941
vocal
P01918
1782
2881
Sivakumar,Iswaran
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P01935
1800
2954
Suguna, Purushotaman
C
F
H
1941
vocal
P05977
0483
2608
Rajurkar Malini Vasantrao
H
F
H
1941
khyal
others

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