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IIT to amplify sound of music

Students of IIT-Bombay will soon be swaying to the tunes of tabla and sitar maestro, Pandit Nayan Ghosh.

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Plans to restore its defunct gurukul, Dhrupad Sansar

Students of IIT-Bombay will soon be swaying to the tunes of tabla and sitar maestro, Pandit Nayan Ghosh. This will be subsequent to the initiative taken by the authorities of the institute, who are planning to start courses on appreciation of classical music, and also to restore their seven-year-old gurukul, Dhrupad Sansar.

Manjul Bhargava, the youngest professor at Princeton University in US, an adjunct professor at IIT-Bombay and also an avid tabla player, has decided to revive the music programme on the university campus by roping in Ghosh. Bhargava, who spoke to DNA from US, said, “The Dhrupad Sansar building on the campus is vacant for some years. The plan is to revive Dhrupad and also start the informal sessions once again. We are also planning to start a formal course in music appreciation with the humanities cell from the next semester itself. It is for the first time that the IITians will get to do a course in music appreciation.” He also revealed that the course was good for the development of the brain. “Both the sides of the brain - the science side and the art side - should be developed. We are planning to start the course in various forms of Indian music in order to develop the art side of the brain.” said Bhargava.

 Dhrupad Sansar, which was formed in 2001 by the cell for Human Values in the IIT-Bombay campus, was lying defunct ever since Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar, who was running the gurukul more than four years ago left. Dhrupad was aimed to create an appreciation for Indian music and culture within the staff and the students. Rajesh Pandey, a student on the campus said, “Dhrupad was an option that could be undertaken as an extra-curricular student activity a few years ago. It is an interesting idea to revamp it. The music appreciation course will have many takers as there are many music enthusiasts on the campus.”
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