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
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
P00629
0419
1794
Doctor, Serene H.
H
F
O

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