Origin Andhra Pradesh Genres Musicology Role Musicologist | Name Pappu Rao | |
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Born June 30, 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-06-30 ) Similar People Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, Sunil Kothari, Muthuswami Dikshitar, T M Krishna, Annamacharya | ||
Occupation(s) Musicologist, Writer | ||
Interview with pappu venugopala rao garu
Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao (born 30 June 1948) is a well-known Indian educationist and renowned musicologist. He specializes in Telugu and Sanskrit literature. He is also a writer and has written on varied subjects such as Music, Culture and spiritual subjects.
Contents
- Interview with pappu venugopala rao garu
- 08 srinivasa charana composed by sri pappu venugopala rao tuned by sri malladi suri babu
- Early life
- Career
- Cultural
- Books published
- Awards
- Newspaper article links
- References
08 srinivasa charana composed by sri pappu venugopala rao tuned by sri malladi suri babu
Early life
Pappu as he is fondly known was born in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He has post graduated in English, Telugu and Sanskrit Literature from M. R. College, Vizianagaram. He earned his doctorate in Telugu and Sanskrit.
Career
Pappu Venugopal Rao began his career as a Lecturer in Telugu at Mrs.AVN College, Visakhapatnam. Since 1980 he had been working with the American Institute of Indian Studies and retired as its Associate Director General for the Southern Indian region during 2008. He is presently the organisation's Consultant.
He is actively involved in research activities in Carnatic Music and Dance songs. He has delivered several lectures and presentations on the subject.
Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao is also a book reviewer for the newspaper The Hindu and a contributing editor to Sruti Magazine.
He is currently one of the Secretaries of the Music Academy,Chennai.
Cultural
Books published
12. Nritta Ratnavali book released in 2013 by Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao & co authored by Dr. Yasoda.
Awards
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