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: WWIM ID - Full name - Personal ID - Musician ID - C or H - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
2612
Ramachandra Rao, Bompada
P01859
1721
C
M
H
1927
violin
2618
Ramachandran, Ambal T.
P01863
1725
C
M
H
1922
nagasvaram
2621
Ramachandran, Mylattur S.
P01864
1726
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
2623
Ramachar, H.P.
P01866
1728
C
M
H
1925
kanjira
mridangam
2626
Ramakrishna Rao, D.H.
P01867
1729
C
M
H
1922
vina
harmonium
2666
Raman Pillai, Bhaskaran Nair
P01871
1733
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
2660
Ramdas
P01874
1736
H
M
H
1916
pakhavaj
2625
Ramkrishna Oanickar, Varkala G.B.
P01878
1740
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
2658
Ramswamy, V.
P01879
1741
C
M
H
1931
vina
2675
Ranganath, V.V.
P01881
1743
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
kanjira
2685
Rangaswamy, M.R.
P01886
1748
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
dholak
kanjira
2688
Raool, Gajanan Shanlar
P01887
1749
H
M
H
1931
tabla
2157
Rishnan, Namagiripettai K.
P01892
1755
C
M
H
1924
nagasvaram
2714
Roy, Raja
P01895
1758
H
M
H
1911
sitar
2719
Rukmini, T.
P00098
1761
C
F
H
1937
violin
2733
Sakuntala Srinivasan
P01899
1763
C
M
H
vina
2741
Sankaran, Trichy S.
P01901
1765
C
M
H
1942
mridangam
2774
Satyavati Ammula
P01903
1767
C
F
H
1942
violin
2811
Seshagiri Das, Bosale
P01909
1773
C
M
H
1926
kanjira
2829
Shaik Hassain Saheb. Kanaparthi
P01910
1774
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
2831
Shakunthala, Srinivasan
P01911
1775
C
M
H
1930
vina
2836
Shankaranarayana Sastry, Mathodu
P01914
1778
C
M
H
1910
vina
2847
Sharma, N.V.
P01916
1780
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
2862
Shivaramaiah, T.H.
P01917
1781
C
M
H
1929
vina
2881
Sivakumar,Iswaran
P01918
1782
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
2886
Sivaprakasam, Thanjavur S.M.
P01919
1783
C
M
H
1930
mridangam
kanjira
2916
Srikanta Iyer, V.
P01923
1787
C
M
H
1920
others
1429
Srinivasa Iyengarm K
P01925
1789
C
M
H
1919
vina
2925
Srinivasan, Madurai T.
P01926
1790
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
2942
Subba Rao Putcha
P01931
1795
C
M
H
1907
mridangam
2934
Subba Rao, A.K.
P01932
1796
C
M
H
1895
flute
2941
Subbarao, Peri
P01933
1797
C
M
H
1919
violin
2959
Sumitra Devi, R.A.
P01936
1801
C
F
H
1928
vina
1165
Sundaresa Bhattar, Seither K.
P01937
1802
C
M
H
1893
violin
2969
Suseela, Desikan
P01938
1803
C
M
H
1933
violin
2978
Tare, Trimbakrao Raghunath
P01939
1804
H
M
H
1918
violin
1198
Thiruvengatathiah, K.
P01944
1809
C
M
H
1891
mridangam
1199
Thokchom Angouba Singh
P01945
1810
H
M
H
1892
tabla
pakhavaj
2601
Rajeswari, Menon
P01947
1812
C
M
H
1925
vina
3016
Upadhyaya, Parvati
P01949
1814
H
F
H
1940
sitar
3025
Vaidianathan, V.A.
P01951
1816
C
M
H
1944
nagasvaram
3028
Vaidyanathan, L.
P01952
1818
C
M
H
1942
violin
3037
Varahaswamy, Mysore Varadachar
P01954
1820
C
M
H
1921
gottuvadyam
3047
Vasantha Saravanan
P01958
1824
C
M
H
1925
vina
1238
Vasantha, Gopalam
P01959
1825
C
F
H
1926
violin
3057
Vedavalli, Ramaswamy
P01963
1829
C
F
H
1925
violin
3062
Veerabhadriah, Mamulpet Lingappa
P01965
1831
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
3067
Velukutty Nair, Mavelikara K.
P01967
1833
C
M
H
1927
mridangam
3068
Venkaiah, Alluru
P01968
1834
C
M
H
1931
nagasvaram
3072
Venkatachalam C.A.
P01971
1838
C
M
H
1926
vina
3083
Venkataramaiah, B.G.
P01974
1842
C
M
H
1945
violin
3104
Venkitachalam, K.
P01986
1854
C
M
H
1938
violin
3110
Verma R.D.
P01987
1855
H
M
H
1936
sitar
3109
Verma, Govindram
P01988
1856
H
M
H
1914
pakhavaj
tabla
3120
Vilayam, Ramaswamy
P01992
1860
C
M
H
1936
violin
3127
Viswanath, B.
P01995
1863
C
M
H
1920
violin
3130
Viswanatha Sarma B.K.
P01996
1865
C
M
H
1913
violin
1302
Vithal Iyer
P01997
1866
C
M
H
1911
mridangam
3140
Vyas, Ratnakar Shankarrao
P01999
1868
H
M
H
1930
sarod
3144
Wadegaonkar,Gopal
P02001
1870
H
M
H
1942
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