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

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