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: Full name - Personal ID - Musician ID - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Instrument - Vocal - WWIM ID
Saxena, Shanta
P01520
1365
O
F
H
vocal
2787
Bhagwandass, Brahmbhatt
P00409
0180
H
M
H
tabla
1593
Swaminatha Pillai, D.
P01649
1502
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
1174
Swaminatha Pillai, D.
P01649
1502
C
M
H
mridangam
2974
Sen, Sukriti Prasanna
P01532
1377
O
F
H
vocal
1421
Sen, Sukriti Prasanna
P01532
1377
O
F
H
vocal
2804
Bhatt, Mannulal
P00426
0197
H
M
H
khyal
0118
Bhatt, Munnulal
P00426
0197
H
M
H
khyal
1606
Ramachandram, Ennapadam
P01417
1258
C
M
H
vocal
0882
Ramachandra, Ennapadam
P01417
1258
C
M
H
vocal
2619
Ramaiah, M.S.
P01419
1260
C
M
H
mridangam
0884
Ramaiah, M.S.
P01419
1260
C
M
H
mridangam
2624
Ratna, R.
P02006
1876
C
F
H
vocal
0925
Rathna, R.
P02006
1876
C
F
H
vocal
2689
Sivaraman Nair, Kuthiathode, M.R.
P02007
1877
C
M
H
vocal
1103
Thankappa, Eraniel S.
P01667
1520
C
M
H
vocal
1195
Suvaraman Nair, Kuthiathode, M.R.
P02007
1877
C
M
H
vocal
2893
Mishra, Nand Kishore
P01156
0982
H
M
H
tabla
2312
Thankappa, Eraniel S.
P01667
1520
C
M
H
vocal
2997
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
P00726
0526
C
M
H
vocal
0305
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
P00726
0526
C
M
H
vocal
1892
Tripathi, Shiva Prasad
P01672
1525
H
M
H
pakhavaj
1203
Tripathi, Shiva Prasad
P01672
1525
H
M
H
pakhavaj
harmonium
3003
Bhowmik Ila
P00461
0233
H
F
H
khyal
others
1634
Kuppuswamy Mudaliar, Kancheepuram, T.
P01033
0852
C
M
H
mridangam
0537
Ramzan Khan
P06343
1005
H
M
M
tabla
2668
Pandey, Ram Pratap
P01809
1669
H
M
H
dhrupad
2470
Govindraja Pillai, P
P00747
0548
C
M
H
tavil
1911
Vaidyanatha Iyer, T.S.
P01690
1543
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
1223
Vaidyanatha Iyer, T.S.
P01690
1543
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
3026
Mattigatti, Panchakshariswami
P00755
0556
H
M
H
khyal
2275
Varma, Deep Chand
P01700
1553
H
M
H
shahanai
1234
Varma, Deep Chand
P01700
1553
H
M
H
shahanai
3041
Ramachandran, N.S.
P01837
1699
C
M
H
vina
0883
Mukta T.
P00096
1028
C
F
H
vocal
1396
Muktiar, Moniram Gayan
P01201
1029
O
M
H
vocal
0656
Lakshminarayana Bhagavatulu, Neti
P01052
0872
C
M
H
vocal
0553
Muktiyar, Moniram Gayan
P01201
1029
O
M
H
vocal
2354
Laksuminarayana Bhagavatulu, Neti
P01052
0872
C
M
H
vocal
2195
Bundu Khan
P06119
0261
H
M
H
sitar
1657
Doctor, Serene H.
P00629
0419
H
F
Others
1794
Chakravarti, Aparna
P00494
0269
H
F
H
khyal
1339
Chakravarti, Aparna
P00494
0269
H
F
H
khyal
1661
Babu Iyengar
P00346
0113
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
0070
Sahu, Bibhu Prasad
P01474
1318
H
M
H
esraj
0955
Sahu, Bibbu Prasad
P01474
1318
H
M
H
esraj
2726
Sahu, Jagabandhu
P01475
1319
H
M
H
tabla
violin
0956
Sahu, Jagabandhu
P01475
1319
H
M
H
tabla
violin
2727
Madhusudana Rao, Paturi
P01075
0895
C
M
H
vocal
0573
Madhusudana Rao, Paturi
P01075
0895
C
M
H
vocal
2219
Ganguly, Shyam
P00655
0447
H
M
H
sarod
1448
Ikramul Majid
P00801
0606
H
M
M
others
0360
Ikramul Majid
P00801
0606
H
M
M
others
1960
Nainasami, Senthil S.
P01231
1063
C
M
H
tavil
2382
Ilyas Khan
P00802
0607
H
M
M
sitar
0361
Sakuntala Srinivasan
P01899
1763
C
M
H
vina
2733
Ganguli-Kothari, Rita
P00663
0455
H
F
H
others
1832
Malathi, Balaram
P01090
0911
C
F
H
vocal
2234
Nand Lal
P01238
1070
H
M
H
shahanai
2389
Purandare, Leela N.
P01370
1208
H
F
H
khyal
0822
Purandare, Leela N.
P01370
1208
H
F
H
khyal
2542
Vinod Kumar
P01744
1599
H
M
H
khyal
others
1294
Vinod Kumar
P01744
1599
H
M
H
khyal
3125
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
P00964
0782
O
M
H
vocal
0479
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
P00964
0782
O
M
H
vocal
2108
Naseem Akhtar
P01268
1102
O
M
M
vocal
0711
Naseem Akhtar
P01268
1102
O
M
M
vocal
2417
Krishna Iyer, R.
P00982
0801
C
M
H
vocal
0494
Krishna Iyer, R.
P00982
0801
C
M
H
vocal
2127
Saxena, Shana
P01520
1365
H
F
H
others
1011
Mattigatti, Panchaxariswami
P00755
0556
H
M
H
0.34
khyal
0606
Ghulam Jafar Khan
P06819
0646
H
M
M
191
sarangi
1366
Roy, Juthika
P01468
1311
O
F
H
192
vocal
0944
Jayamma, Jamdagni, N.
P00860
0672
H
F
H
193
khyal
2007
Sankaranarayana Badavatar
P01488
1332
C
M
H
899
vina
violin
2743
Vedi, Bhishma Deo
P01710
1564
H
M
H
908
khyal
1246
Govindaswamy, M.S.
P00753
0554
C
M
H
917
vocal
0325
Laxminarayana, Uppalapati
P01061
0881
C
M
H
923
vocal
0563
Varma, Manik
P00062
1555
H
M
H
926
khyal
others
1236
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
P00441
0212
H
M
H
928
khyal
1624
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
P00441
0212
H
M
H
929
khyal
0127
Sumati Devi
P01635
1488
O
F
H
930
vocal
1161
Sulochana K.
P01637
1490
C
F
H
936
vocal
2955
Latif Ahmed Khan
P05663
0880
H
M
M
946
tabla
0559
Behera, Narayan
P00406
0177
C
M
H
1817
vina
1590
Allaudin Khan (Alam)
P00005
0045
H
M
M
1862
sarod
0027
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
P01320
1157
H
M
H
1870
pakhavaj
0765
Venkata Rao, Chintalapalli
P00016
1837
C
M
H
1871
vocal
1438
Jahangir Khan
P06742
0634
H
M
M
1871
tabla
0378
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
P06810
0008
H
M
M
1872
tabla
0004
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
P06810
0008
H
M
M
1873
tabla
1455
Subbayya Bhagavatar, Vajapeyayajula
P01854
1716
C
M
H
1878
vocal
1145
Sakharam, Tawde
P01843
1705
H
M
H
1879
pakhavaj
0958
Hafiz Ali Khan
P05786
0579
H
M
M
1880
sarod
dhrupad
0343
Kanthe Maharaj
P06289
0739
H
M
H
1880
tabla
0444
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
P00544
0322
C
M
H
1880
violin
0174
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
P00402
0173
O
M
H
1881
vocal
0104
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
P00402
0173
O
M
H
1881
vocal
1589
Joshi, Anant Manohar
P05952
0688
H
M
H
1882
khyal
0408
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
P00717
0517
C
M
H
1883
violin
0297

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