Veena Tattva Prakashika VI – 2025
Detailed Schedule
Day 1: January 16th, 2025 (Thursday)
Venue: B2 Auditorium, PES University
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- Inauguration Ceremony
- Formal welcome and lighting of the lamp.
- Speeches by distinguished guests and Conference President Vidwan R. Parthasarathy.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Grand Opening Concert
- Veena: Vid. Sreerama Iyengar
- Mridangam: Vid. R. Karthik
- Ghatam: Vid. Uttam Kanthraj
8:30 PM
- Dinner
Day 2: January 17th, 2025 (Friday)
Morning Session
9:30 AM – 11:15 AM
- Concert
- Veena Duet: Vid. Ramnath Iyer & Vid. Gopinath Iyer
- Mridangam: Vid. Sunil Subrahmanya
- Ghatam: Vid. Ramesh
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM
- Presentation
- “Veena Vedavangmaya – Veena in Vedas”
- Presenter: Dr. R.S. Nandakumar (Erudite Music Scholar)
11:50 AM – 1:40 PM
- Concert
- Veena: Vid. Rakshita Ramesh
- Mridangam: Vid. G.S. Nagaraj
- Khanjira: Vid. Bhargava Halambi
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM
- Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
2:00 PM – 3:45 PM
- Lecture Demonstration
- “Gamaka Prayoga in Pancharatna Krithis – An Interesting Tale”
- Presenter: Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi (Veteran Veena Maestro)
3:50 PM – 4:15 PM
- Presentation
- “Analysis of Veena Gamaka via Fourier and Ramanujam Transforms”
- Presenter: Dr. Anil (Engineer and Researcher)
4:30 PM – 6:15 PM
- Concert
- Veena: Vid. Suma Sudhindra
- Mridangam: Vid. B.C. Manjunath
- Ghatam: Vid. Narayan Murthy
6:20 PM – 8:00 PM
- Concert
- Veena: Vid. Ananta Padmanabhan
- Mridangam: Vid. B.S. Prashanth
- Khanjira: Vid. ASN Swamy
8:00 PM
- Dinner
Day 3: January 18th, 2025 (Saturday)
Morning Session
9:30 AM – 11:15 AM
- Concert
- Veena: Vid. Nirmala Rajasekar
- Mridangam: Vid. Srikanth RSR
- Khanjira: Vid. Vyasa Vittala
11:20 AM – 11:45 AM
- Presentation
- “Study of Effect of Veena Music on Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate Recovery Indices After Exercise in Young Adults”
- Presenter: Dr. Prashanth Srinivasan
11:50 AM – 1:40 PM
- Concert
- Veena: Vid. Charulatha
- Mridangam: Vid. Phanindra Bhaskara
- Ghatam: Vid. N Phanindra
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM
- Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
- Presentation
- “Veena Lakshanas”
- Presenter: Vid. Srikantam Nagendra Shastry (Music Scholar and Musician)
2:35 PM – 4:15 PM
- Concert
- Veena: Vid. Mudigondan Ramesh
- Mridangam: Vid. N. Vasudev
- Ghatam: Vid. Dayananda Mohite
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM
- Tea Break
4:30 PM – 6:15 PM
- Concert
- Veena: Vid. Parthasarathy
- Mridangam: Vid. Arvind Ranganathan
- Khanjira: Vid. Karthik
6:20 PM – 6:50 PM
- Invocation
- Students of Veenaganalaya
- Directed by Vid. Prashanth Iyengar
6:50 PM – 8:30 PM
- Valedictory Session
- Closing remarks and acknowledgments.
- Performance by invited artists.
8:30 PM
- Dinner