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 Described - Vocal 1 - Vocal 2 - Vocal 3 - Instrument 1 - Instrument 2 - Instrument 3
P01859
1164
1721
Ramachandra Rao, Bompada
C
M
H
1927
violin
P01863
1170
1725
Ramachandran, Ambal T.
C
M
H
1922
nagasvaram
P01864
1173
1726
Ramachandran, Mylattur S.
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
P01866
1175
1728
Ramachar, H.P.
C
M
H
1925
kanjira
mridangam
P01867
1178
1729
Ramakrishna Rao, D.H.
C
M
H
1922
vina
harmonium
P01871
1218
1733
Raman Pillai, Bhaskaran Nair
C
M
H
1915
mridangam
P01874
1212
1736
Ramdas
H
M
H
1916
pakhavaj
P01878
1177
1740
Ramkrishna Oanickar, Varkala G.B.
C
M
H
1923
nagasvaram
P01879
1210
1741
Ramswamy, V.
C
M
H
1931
vina
P01881
1227
1743
Ranganath, V.V.
C
M
H
1918
mridangam
kanjira
P01886
1237
1748
Rangaswamy, M.R.
C
M
H
1932
mridangam
dholak
kanjira
P01887
1240
1749
Raool, Gajanan Shanlar
H
M
H
1931
tabla
P01892
0709
1755
Rishnan, Namagiripettai K.
C
M
H
1924
nagasvaram
P01895
1266
1758
Roy, Raja
H
M
H
1911
sitar
P00098
1271
1761
Rukmini, T.
C
F
H
1937
violin
P01899
1285
1763
Sakuntala Srinivasan
C
M
H
vina
P01901
1293
1765
Sankaran, Trichy S.
C
M
H
1942
mridangam
P01903
1326
1767
Satyavati Ammula
C
F
H
1942
violin
P01909
1363
1773
Seshagiri Das, Bosale
C
M
H
1926
kanjira
P01910
1381
1774
Shaik Hassain Saheb. Kanaparthi
C
M
M
1930
nagasvaram
P01911
1383
1775
Shakunthala, Srinivasan
C
M
H
1930
vina
P01914
1388
1778
Shankaranarayana Sastry, Mathodu
C
M
H
1910
vina
P01916
1399
1780
Sharma, N.V.
C
M
H
1925
mridangam
P01917
1414
1781
Shivaramaiah, T.H.
C
M
H
1929
vina
P01918
1433
1782
Sivakumar,Iswaran
C
M
H
1941
mridangam
P01919
1438
1783
Sivaprakasam, Thanjavur S.M.
C
M
H
1930
mridangam
kanjira
P01923
1468
1787
Srikanta Iyer, V.
C
M
H
1920
others
P01925
1429
1789
Srinivasa Iyengarm K
C
M
H
1919
vina
P01926
1477
1790
Srinivasan, Madurai T.
C
M
H
1933
mridangam
P01931
1494
1795
Subba Rao Putcha
C
M
H
1907
mridangam
P01932
1486
1796
Subba Rao, A.K.
C
M
H
1895
flute
P01933
1493
1797
Subbarao, Peri
C
M
H
1919
violin
P01936
1511
1801
Sumitra Devi, R.A.
C
F
H
1928
vina
P01937
1165
1802
Sundaresa Bhattar, Seither K.
C
M
H
1893
violin
P01938
1521
1803
Suseela, Desikan
C
M
H
1933
violin
P01939
1530
1804
Tare, Trimbakrao Raghunath
H
M
H
1918
violin
P01944
1198
1809
Thiruvengatathiah, K.
C
M
H
1891
mridangam
P01945
1199
1810
Thokchom Angouba Singh
H
M
H
1892
tabla
pakhavaj
P01947
1153
1812
Rajeswari, Menon
C
M
H
1925
vina
P01949
1568
1814
Upadhyaya, Parvati
H
F
H
1940
sitar
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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