HINDUSTANI
MUSIC

Founded in February 1989 by GS RAJAN and Anjana Rajan, both alumni of Kalakshetra, Madras, and Ashutosh Sundriyal, Art India was established in New Delhi in 1989 with the aim of putting into practice their beliefs concerning the arts. Art India’s aim was – then as now – to offer, on the one hand, programmes of genuine quality to audiences, and, on the other, to true artists, a forum where their talents could be exhibited most effectively – through proper organisation and aesthetic presentation.

Art India began its activities with a formal inauguration by the eminent scholar, musician and arts administrator Dr. V.K. Narayana Menon, then Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi. The inaugural speech was followed by a Carnatic flute recital by Guruvayoor S. Srikrsihnan, accompanied by V.V. Ravi on the violin and T.V. Gopalakrishnan on the Mridangam. The Advisory Committee to Art India was formed with eminent persons from the field of art and culture. These included Dr. V.K. Narayana Menon, K. Sankara Menon, K. Srinivasulu, T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Shantha and V.P. Dhananjayan, P.J. Vincent, GS Srikrishnan and Lalit Mohan Thapalyal.

Since its inception in 1989 ART INDIA has organised innumerable national and international festivals of classical arts, seminars, workshops, master classes, exhibitions etc.

CARNATIC
MUSIC

GS RAJAN - www.malabarian.com - Trustee/Chairman, ART INDIA
Anjana Rajan - www.artindia.net/anjana - Trustee/Secretary, ART INDIA
Ashutosh Sundriyal - Trustee, ART INDIA
Late Lalit Mohan Thapalyal - Trust Settler

As the world became a network of information sharing, Art India kept pace by creating a unique website, www.artindia.net. Started in 1998, this was one of the first on-line resources for the Indian classical arts. Thousands of interested readers, school students, artists and scholars have benefited from this site. It was also perhaps the first website to feature comprehensive lists of performers in a spectrum of disciplines with contact details. This allowed artists who could not create their own websites to reap the benefit of having a presence on the Internet.

The website was inaugurated in December 1998 by eminent sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan in the presence of a large number of artists and patrons. Viewed by an estimated 30,000 people daily, www.artindia.net is hosted free of cost by Sudhir Gandotra’s Indserve Infotech Private Limited.

CHOREOGRAPHERS

ART INDIA
B-100, SPS Apartments Phase II, Sahibabad 201 005. India
Tel: 00-91-9810848100. E-Mail: art.india@yahoo.com
Regd. Office: 20, Kala Vihar, Mayur Vihar Phase I Extension, Delhi 110 091.