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
P01920
1784
2907
Soundravalli, Nallan Chakravarthi
C
M
H
1936
vocal
P01919
1783
2886
Sivaprakasam, Thanjavur S.M.
C
M
H
1930
mridangam
kanjira
P01918
1782
2881
Sivakumar,Iswaran
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P01917
1781
2862
Shivaramaiah, T.H.
C
M
H
1929
vina
P01916
1780
2847
Sharma, N.V.
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
P01915
1779
2839
Shantha, Chakravarthy
C
M
H
1941
vocal
P01914
1778
2836
Shankaranarayana Sastry, Mathodu
C
M
H
1910
vina
P01913
1777
2835
Shankaramurthy, M.R.
C
M
H
1924
vocal
P01912
1776
0608
Mattu, Regeshwari
H
M
H
1939
khyal
P01912
1776
2276
Mattu, Regeshwri
H
F
H
1939
khyal
P01911
1775
2831
Shakunthala, Srinivasan
C
M
H
1930
vina
P01910
1774
2829
Shaik Hassain Saheb. Kanaparthi
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
P01909
1773
2811
Seshagiri Das, Bosale
C
M
H
1926
kanjira
P01908
1772
2810
Seshagiri Achar, M.
C
M
H
1935
vocal
P01907
1771
2800
Selvapapillai Iyengar, M.S.
C
M
H
1915
vocal
P01906
1770
2799
Selvanarayan, M.T.
C
M
H
1945
vocal
P01905
1769
2796
Seethalakshmi, Venkatesan
C
F
H
1926
vocal
P01904
1768
2795
Seethalakshmi, Narasimhan
C
F
H
1929
vocal
P01903
1767
2774
Satyavati Ammula
C
F
H
1942
violin
P01902
1766
2748
Santha Kumari, Vedamurthy G.
C
M
H
1939
vocal
P01901
1765
2741
Sankaran, Trichy S.
C
M
H
1942
mridangam
P01900
1764
2731
Sakuntala, Narasimhan
H & C
F
H
1940
khyal
others
P01899
1763
2733
Sakuntala Srinivasan
C
M
H
vina
P01898
1762
2725
Sadasicam Pillai, Sirkali K.
C
M
H
1904
vocal
P00098
1761
2719
Rukmini, T.
C
F
H
1937
violin
P01897
1760
2717
Rukmini, Rajagopalan
C
F
H
1913
vocal
P01896
1759
2718
Rukmini Ramani
C
F
H
1939
vocal
P01895
1758
2714
Roy, Raja
H
M
H
1911
sitar
P01894
1757
2715
Roy Choudhury, Irene
H
M
H
1939
khyal
others
P01893
1756
2709
Roshan Akhtar Begum
H
F
M
1927
khyal
P01892
1755
2157
Rishnan, Namagiripettai K.
C
M
H
1924
nagasvaram
P01891
1754
2703
Revamma, C.K.
C
F
H
1931
vocal
P01890
1753
2691
Ratnabai, Krishnamurthy
C
F
H
1929
vocal
P01889
1752
2677
Rathinam, T.V.
C
M
H
1930
vocal
P01888
1751
2676
Ratajankar, Dhyaneshwar Dattaram
H
M
H
1929
khyal
dhrupad
others
P00085
1750
1414
Rasoolan Bai
H
F
M
1902
others
P01887
1749
2688
Raool, Gajanan Shanlar
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P01886
1748
2685
Rangaswamy, M.R.
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
kanjira
dholak
P01885
1747
2680
Ranganayakamma, G.V.
C
F
H
1937
vocal
P01884
1746
2679
Ranganayaka Sarma, Nelabhotala
C
M
H
1936
vocal
P01883
1745
2674
Ranganathan, Varahoor
C
M
H
1927
vocal
P01882
1744
2673
Ranganathan, Srinagam, R.
C
M
H
1924
vocal
P01881
1743
2675
Ranganath, V.V.
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
kanjira
P01880
1742
2671
Rangamma, S.B.
C
F
H
1931
vocal
P01879
1741
2658
Ramswamy, V.
C
M
H
1931
vina
P01878
1740
2625
Ramkrishna Oanickar, Varkala G.B.
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
P01877
1739
2663
Ramdeshwar 'Anand'
H
M
H
1937
khyal
P01876
1738
2662
Ramdas, Kumavat
H
M
H
1912
dhrupad
others
P01875
1737
2661
Ramdas, Kritankar
H
M
H
1910
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01874
1736
2660
Ramdas
H
M
H
1916
pakhavaj
P01873
1735
2653
Ramaswamy, Holenarasipura Thammiah
C
M
H
1932
vocal
P01872
1734
2638
Ramanarayana Iyer, Kalakad
C
M
H
1910
vocal
P01871
1733
2666
Raman Pillai, Bhaskaran Nair
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
P01870
1732
2634
Ramamurthy, T.K.
C
M
H
1927
vocal
P01869
1731
2633
Ramamurthy, Puvanur N.
C
M
H
1927
vocal
P01868
1730
2628
Ramakrishna Sastry, Kolttur
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01867
1729
2626
Ramakrishna Rao, D.H.
C
M
H
1922
vina
harmonium
P01866
1728
2623
Ramachar, H.P.
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
kanjira
P01865
1727
2622
Ramachandran, Palai
C
M
H
1943
vocal
P01864
1726
2621
Ramachandran, Mylattur S.
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
P01863
1725
2618
Ramachandran, Ambal T.
C
M
H
1922
nagasvaram
P01862
1724
2620
Ramachandran K.S.
C
M
H
1927
vocal
P01861
1723
2615
Ramachandra Rao, M.S.
H
M
H
1913
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01860
1722
2614
Ramachandra Rao, H.
C
M
H
1925
vocal
P01859
1721
2612
Ramachandra Rao, Bompada
C
M
H
1927
violin
P01858
1720
1163
Sundaram Iyer,Parur A.
C
M
H
1896
violin
P01857
1719
1153
Subramania Sastry, Shermadevi L.
C
M
H
1893
vina
P01856
1718
1150
Subrahmanyam, Sathur A.G.
C
M
H
1916
vocal
P01855
1717
1147
Subbiah Bhagavathar, Pattamadai
C
M
H
1898
vocal
P01854
1716
1145
Subbayya Bhagavatar, Vajapeyayajula
C
M
H
1878
vocal
P01853
1715
1141
Subbarao, B.
H & C
M
H
1894
vocal
P01852
1714
1130
Srinivasa Iyer, Alathur S.(Alathur Brothers)
C
M
H
1912
vocal
P01851
1713
1128
Srinivasa Iyengar, Kariyakkudi
C
M
H
1890
vocal
P02594
1712
1085
Siddheshwari Devi
H
F
H
1908
others
P01849
1711
1080
Shunmuga Vammal, A.
C
F
H
1889
vina
P01848
1710
1077
Shukla, Narendrarai N.
H
M
H
1904
dhrupad
khyal
P01847
1709
1029
Seshagiri Das, Sosale
C
M
H
1960
kanjira
P01846
1708
1021
Selvapullai Iyengar, M.S.
C
M
H
1928
vocal
P01845
1707
0982
Saraswati Bai,C.
C
F
H
1894
vocal
P01844
1706
0962
Sanbamurthy, P.
O
M
H
1901
P01843
1705
0958
Sakharam, Tawde
H
M
H
1879
pakhavaj
P01842
1704
0950
Rukadikar, Balubhai Dababhai
H
M
H
1888
tabla
P00104
1703
0948
Roy Choudhury, Birendra Kishore (Khoka Maharaj)
H
M
H
1903
dhrupad
bin
rabab
sursringar
P01840
1702
0947
Roy, R.L.
H
M
H
1904
others
P01839
1701
0943
Roy, Dilip Kumar
H
M
H
1897
dhrupad
khyal
others
P01838
1700
0923
Ratanjankar, Shrikrishna Narayan (Sujan)
H
M
H
1899
khyal
dhrupad
P01837
1699
0883
Ramachandran, N.S.
C
M
H
vina
P00051
1697
0863
Rajamanickam Pillai, Kumbhakonam
C
M
H
1899
violin
P01835
1696
0858
Rajam, Mayuram S.
C
M
H
1912
vocal
P01834
1695
0851
Raja Iyengar, B.S.
C
M
H
1901
vocal
P01390
1694
0846
Raghuveeran, G.S.
C
M
H
1928
mridangam
P01833
1693
0844
Raghavan, Venkataraman
O
M
H
1908
P01832
1692
0745
Pandey, Tansen
H
M
M
1908
dhrupad
P01831
1691
0741
Paluskar, Dhundiraj
H
M
H
1900
violin
P01830
1690
0740
Paluskar, Chintamanrao Gopal
H
M
H
1889
khyal
P01829
1689
1745
Raghab Chandra
H
M
H
1922
others
P01828
1688
0827
Pushpa Chhaya
H
F
H
1939
others
P01827
1687
0824
Purushottam Das
H
M
H
1910
pakhavaj
P01826
1686
0826
Purushothaman, Kamukara
C
M
H
1930
vocal

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