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 - Record ID - Data No - Musician ID - Full name - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01532
1421
1377
Sen, Sukriti Prasanna
O
F
H
Vocal
P01700
1234
1553
Varma, Deep Chand
H
M
H
shahanai
P00461
0186
0233
Bhowmik Ila
H
F
H
khyal
Others
P01370
1094
1208
Purandare, Leela N.
H
F
H
khyal
P01532
1356
1377
Sen, Sukriti Prasanna
O
F
H
Vocal
P01700
1593
1553
Varma, Deep Chand
H
M
H
shahanai
P00409
0145
0180
Bhagwandass, Brahmbhatt
H
M
H
tabla
P00801
0360
0606
Ikramul Majid
H
M
M
Others
P01033
0537
0852
Kuppuswamy Mudaliar, Kancheepuram, T.
C
M
H
mridangam
P01417
0882
1258
Ramachandram, Ennapadam
C
M
H
Vocal
P00801
0512
0606
Ikramul Majid
H
M
M
Others
P01231
0934
1063
Nainasami, Senthil S.
C
M
H
tavil
P01417
1171
1258
Ramachandra, Ennapadam
C
M
H
Vocal
P00726
0305
0526
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
C
M
H
Vocal
P00802
0361
0607
Ilyas Khan
H
M
M
sitar
P01075
0573
0895
Madhusudana Rao, Paturi
C
M
H
Vocal
P00346
0070
0113
Babu Iyengar
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P00726
0444
0526
Gopalaratnam, Srirangam
C
M
H
Vocal
P00755
0827
0556
Mattigatti, Panchakshariswami
H
M
H
khyal
P01075
0771
0895
Madhusudana Rao, Paturi
C
M
H
Vocal
P01837
0883
1699
Ramachandran, N.S.
C
M
H
vina
P01899
1285
1763
Sakuntala Srinivasan
C
M
H
vina
P06343
1220
1005
Ramzan Khan
H
M
M
tabla
P01268
0711
1102
Naseem Akhtar
O
M
M
Vocal
P01809
1022
1669
Pandey, Ram Pratap
H
M
H
dhrupad
P00964
0479
0782
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
O
M
H
Vocal
P00096
1396
1028
Mukta T.
C
F
H
Vocal
P01268
0969
1102
Naseem Akhtar
O
M
M
Vocal
P01419
0884
1260
Ramaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
P00747
0463
0548
Govindraja Pillai, P
C
M
H
tavil
P00964
0660
0782
Khuntia, Nrushinghanath
O
M
H
Vocal
P00982
0494
0801
Krishna Iyer, R.
C
M
H
Vocal
P01419
1176
1260
Ramaiah, M.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
P01520
1011
1365
Saxena, Shana
H
F
H
Others
P01672
1203
1525
Tripathi, Shiva Prasad
H
M
H
pakhavaj
P00494
1339
0269
Chakravarti, Aparna
H
F
H
khyal
P00982
0679
0801
Krishna Iyer, R.
C
M
H
Vocal
P01201
0656
1029
Muktiar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
Vocal
P01520
1339
1365
Saxena, Shanta
O
F
H
Vocal
P01672
1555
1525
Tripathi, Shiva Prasad
H
M
H
pakhavaj
harmonium
P00494
0213
0269
Chakravarti, Aparna
H
F
H
khyal
P01052
0553
0872
Lakshminarayana Bhagavatulu, Neti
C
M
H
Vocal
P01201
0906
1029
Muktiyar, Moniram Gayan
O
M
H
Vocal
P01649
1174
1502
Swaminatha Pillai, D.
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P01052
0747
0872
Laksuminarayana Bhagavatulu, Neti
C
M
H
Vocal
P01474
0955
1318
Sahu, Bibhu Prasad
H
M
H
esraj
P01649
1526
1502
Swaminatha Pillai, D.
C
M
H
mridangam
P02006
0925
1876
Ratna, R.
C
F
H
Vocal
P00663
0384
0455
Ganguli-Kothari, Rita
H
F
H
Others
P01474
1278
1318
Sahu, Bibbu Prasad
H
M
H
esraj
P01690
1223
1543
Vaidyanatha Iyer, T.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P01744
1294
1599
Vinod Kumar
H
M
H
khyal
Others
P02006
1241
1876
Rathna, R.
C
F
H
Vocal
P00655
1448
0447
Ganguly, Shyam
H
M
H
sarod
P01475
0956
1319
Sahu, Jagabandhu
H
M
H
violin
tabla
P01690
1578
1543
Vaidyanatha Iyer, T.S.
C
M
H
mridangam
kanjira
P01744
1677
1599
Vinod Kumar
H
M
H
khyal
P02007
1103
1877
Sivaraman Nair, Kuthiathode, M.R.
C
M
H
Vocal
P06119
0209
0261
Bundu Khan
H
M
H
sitar
P01475
1279
1319
Sahu, Jagabandhu
H
M
H
violin
tabla
P01667
1195
1520
Thankappa, Eraniel S.
C
M
H
Vocal
P02007
1445
1877
Suvaraman Nair, Kuthiathode, M.R.
C
M
H
Vocal
P00426
0118
0197
Bhatt, Mannulal
H
M
H
khyal
P01667
1549
1520
Thankappa, Eraniel S.
C
M
H
Vocal
P00426
0158
0197
Bhatt, Munnulal
H
M
H
khyal
P00629
0346
0419
Doctor, Serene H.
H
F
Others
P01090
0786
0911
Malathi, Balaram
C
F
H
Vocal
P01156
0864
0982
Mishra, Nand Kishore
H
M
H
tabla
P01238
0941
1070
Nand Lal
H
M
H
shahanai
P01370
0822
1208
Purandare, Leela N.
H
F
H
khyal
P00755
0606
0556
Mattigatti, Panchaxariswami
H
M
H
0.34
khyal
1366
0646
Ghulam Jafar Khan
H
M
M
191
sarangi
P01468
0944
1311
Roy, Juthika
O
F
H
192
Vocal
P00860
0559
0672
Jayamma, Jamdagni, N.
H
F
H
193
khyal
P01488
1295
1332
Sankaranarayana Badavatar
C
M
H
899
vina
violin
P01710
1246
1564
Vedi, Bhishma Deo
H
M
H
908
khyal
P00753
0325
0554
Govindaswamy, M.S.
C
M
H
917
Vocal
P01061
0563
0881
Laxminarayana, Uppalapati
C
M
H
923
Vocal
P00062
1236
1555
Varma, Manik
H
M
H
926
khyal
Others
P00441
0176
0212
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
928
khyal
P00441
0127
0212
Bhavsar, Bhikhubhai Bhagwandas
H
M
H
929
khyal
P01635
1161
1488
Sumati Devi
O
F
H
930
Vocal
P01637
1507
1490
Sulochana K.
C
F
H
936
Vocal
P05663
0559
0880
Latif Ahmed Khan
H
M
M
946
tabla
P00406
0142
0177
Behera, Narayan
C
M
H
1817
vina
P00005
0027
0045
Allaudin Khan (Alam)
H
M
M
1862
sarod
P01320
0765
1157
Pareek, Jagannath Prasad
H
M
H
1870
pakhavaj
P06742
0378
0634
Jahangir Khan
H
M
M
1871
tabla
P00016
1438
1837
Venkata Rao, Chintalapalli
C
M
H
1871
Vocal
0004
0008
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1872
tabla
0007
0008
Abdul Reheman Khan, Alwarwale
H
M
M
1873
tabla
P01854
1145
1716
Subbayya Bhagavatar, Vajapeyayajula
C
M
H
1878
Vocal
P01843
0958
1705
Sakharam, Tawde
H
M
H
1879
pakhavaj
P05786
0343
0579
Hafiz Ali Khan
H
M
M
1880
dhrupad
sarod
P00544
0174
0322
Chinnaswamy Iyer, K.N. *
C
M
H
1880
violin
P06289
0444
0739
Kanthe Maharaj
H
M
H
1880
tabla
P00402
0104
0173
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
P00402
0141
0173
Bayan, Moni Ram Dutta
O
M
H
1881
Vocal
P05952
0408
0688
Joshi, Anant Manohar
H
M
H
1882
khyal
P00717
0297
0517
Gopalakrushna Iyer, Marungapuri G.
C
M
H
1883
violin

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