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
P01730
1280
1585
Venkitasubramonia Iyer, S.
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
P01730
1657
1585
Venkitasubramonia Iyer, S.
C
M
H
1919
Vocal
P01731
1281
1586
Venugopala Pillai, S.
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P01731
1658
1586
Venugopala Pillai, S,
C
M
H
1903
nagasvaram
P01732
1282
1587
Venumurty, Anakaplli
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
P01732
1659
1587
Venumurty, Anakapalli
C
M
M
1928
mridangam
P01733
1283
1588
Verma, Balwant Rai
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01733
1660
1588
Verma, Balwant Rai
H
M
H
1930
sitar
P01734
1284
1589
Viccajee, Victor F.
O
M
O
1903
violin
P01734
1663
1589
Viccajee, Victor F.
O
M
O
1903
violin
P01735
1285
1590
Vidya, Shankar
C
F
H
1919
vina
P01735
1664
1590
Vidya, Shankar
C
F
H
1917
vina
P05979
1289
1591
Vijay Raghav Rao
C & H
M
H
1925
flute
others
P05979
1669
1591
Vijay Raghav Rao
H
M
H
1925
flute
P01737
1286
1592
Vijayaraghavachariar, Embar S.
C
M
H
1909
Vocal
P01737
1666
1592
Vijayaraghavachariar, Embar S.
C
M
H
1909
Vocal
P01738
1287
1593
Vijayaraghavan, Belgaum Sheshappa
C
M
H
1935
Vocal
P01738
1667
1593
Vijayaraghavan, Belgaum Sheshappa
C
M
H
1935
Vocal
P01739
1288
1594
Vijayeswara Rao, Ivaturi
C
M
H
1938
violin
P01739
1668
1594
Vijayeswara Rao, Ivaturi
C
M
H
1938
violin

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