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
P01951
1577
1816
Vaidianathan, V.A.
C
M
H
1944
nagasvaram
P01952
1580
1818
Vaidyanathan, L.
C
M
H
1942
violin
P01954
1589
1820
Varahaswamy, Mysore Varadachar
C
M
H
1921
gottuvadyam
P01958
1599
1824
Vasantha Saravanan
C
M
H
1925
vina
P01959
1238
1825
Vasantha, Gopalam
C
F
H
1926
violin
P01963
1609
1829
Vedavalli, Ramaswamy
C
F
H
1925
violin
P01965
1614
1831
Veerabhadriah, Mamulpet Lingappa
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
P01967
1619
1833
Velukutty Nair, Mavelikara K.
C
M
H
1927
mridangam
P01968
1620
1834
Venkaiah, Alluru
C
M
H
1931
nagasvaram
P01971
1624
1838
Venkatachalam C.A.
C
M
H
1926
vina
P01974
1635
1842
Venkataramaiah, B.G.
C
M
H
1945
violin
P01986
1656
1854
Venkitachalam, K.
C
M
H
1938
violin
P01987
1662
1855
Verma R.D.
H
M
H
1936
sitar
P01988
1661
1856
Verma, Govindram
H
M
H
1914
pakhavaj
tabla
P01992
1672
1860
Vilayam, Ramaswamy
C
M
H
1936
violin
P01995
1679
1863
Viswanath, B.
C
M
H
1920
violin
P01996
1682
1865
Viswanatha Sarma B.K.
C
M
H
1913
violin
P01997
1302
1866
Vithal Iyer
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
P01999
1692
1868
Vyas, Ratnakar Shankarrao
H
M
H
1930
sarod
P02001
1696
1870
Wadegaonkar,Gopal
H
M
H
1942
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