Padma Sugavanam, PhD

Professor, Department of Carnatic Music

Dr. Padma Sugavanam, is a Carnatic vocalist with an interdisciplinary PhD (Music and Sanskrit). Her PhD thesis from the University of Madras was entitled Kohala in the Samskrta Textual Tradition. She is a gold-medalist in her Master’s degree in Indian Music. She has won several honors and awards, including Most Outstanding Vocalist of her category in the Madras Music Academy (Chennai) in 2014.

Subjects

Musicology-2, Compositions of Muttusvami Diksita and Syama Sastri