Prof. Dilip Veeraraghavan Memorial Concert, October 5, 2018

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Prof. Dilip Veeraraghavan Memorial Concert, October 5, 2018

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Music Club, IIT Madras cordially invites for the Dr. Dilip Veeraraghavan Memorial Concert

Smt. Parupalli Sujana - Veena
Sri. B. Ganapathyraman - mridangam
Sri. Chandrasekara Sharma - ghatam

Date : 5th October, 2018
Venue: Central Lecture Theatre (CLT), IIT Madras
Time: 6.15 PM
Webcast link: http://www.livewebcast.in/dvmc

About Prof. Dilip Veeraraghavan:

Dilip Veeraraghavan (1958-2009) studied B.A. (History) at the R.K.M.Vivekananda College, M.A. at the Presidency College (1978-80) and M.Phil at Pachahiyappa's College (1980-81). In 1982 he joined IIT Madras for Ph.D. and submitted his thesis in 1987. The next year, he joined its faculty and taught there until 2009, when he passed away. He is the author of "The Making of the Madras Working Class", based on his Ph.D. dissertation was published (posthumously) by LeftWord Books in 2013.

He was one among the most popular teachers in the campus. Apart from academic work, he had a wide range of interests, spanning Sports (Cricket and Tennis in particular), temple history, social history of music. While he was below 10 years of age, he had a very brief stint as a student under the guidance of Kumbakonam Rajamanikam Pillai. Vidhushi Vedavalli, in a concert orgaised by Nada Inbum in memory of Veeraraghavan, described him as a "true rasika" of carnatic music.

Every year the Music Club IIT Madras in association with Dr. Dilip Veeraraghavan memorial trust organises a concert.

All are welcome.

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Re: Prof. Dilip Veeraraghavan Memorial Concert, October 5, 2018

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The recording of the above concert is archived at
http://www.livewebcast.in/dvmc/

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