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 - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01992
1672
1860
Vilayam, Ramaswamy
C
M
H
1936
violin
P01989
1671
1857
Vijayalakshmi Sarma, Chivukula
C
F
H
1946
Vocal
P01990
1670
1858
Vijayalakshmi, Nathan
C
F
H
1937
Vocal
P05979
1669
1591
Vijay Raghav Rao
H
M
H
1925
flute
P01739
1668
1594
Vijayeswara Rao, Ivaturi
C
M
H
1938
violin
P01738
1667
1593
Vijayaraghavan, Belgaum Sheshappa
C
M
H
1935
Vocal
P01737
1666
1592
Vijayaraghavachariar, Embar S.
C
M
H
1909
Vocal
P01991
1665
1859
Vijaylakshmi, Jagarlapudi
C
F
H
1938
Vocal
P01735
1664
1590
Vidya, Shankar
C
F
H
1917
vina
P01734
1663
1589
Viccajee, Victor F.
O
M
O
1903
violin
P01987
1662
1855
Verma R.D.
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P01988
1661
1856
Verma, Govindram
H
M
H
1914
pakhavaj
tabla
P01733
1660
1588
Verma, Balwant Rai
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01732
1659
1587
Venumurty, Anakapalli
C
M
M
1928
mridangam
P01731
1658
1586
Venugopala Pillai, S,
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P01730
1657
1585
Venkitasubramonia Iyer, S.
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
P01986
1656
1854
Venkitachalam, K.
C
M
H
1938
violin
P01985
1655
1853
Venkatrao, Ramadurga
H
M
H
1901
khyal
Others
P01984
1654
1852
Venkatramier Kunnakkudy
C
M
H
1909
Vocal
P01799
1653
1658
Venkteswarulu, Chirala
C
M
H
1929
Vocal

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