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Dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan, Professor of Biochemistry and Carnatic musician-composer

Dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan ( b.6th Nov. 1962) is the son of Smt. Pushpa Raghavan and Sri A.S.V.Raghavan. Dr.Srinivasan hails from Vellore,Tamilnadu,India. Since two decades, Dr.Srinivasan has been actively involving himself in teaching and Research in Biochemistry ( basic and medical) .Presently, he is working as Professor of Biochemistry at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry

1.Early life : Dr.Srinivasan was a popular student throughout his academic career. He completed his schooling from Savio Nursery school and Sri N. Krishnaswamy Mudaliar Higher secondary school at Vellore. His earliest pastime were playing cricket and listening to classical music.

2. Academic honours : Dr.Srinivasan was fortunate enough to have been educated at three premier and historic higher educational institutes of our country. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with a first class ( first in the college ) from Voorhees College, Vellore ( madras University; year 1982 ) .He secured the prestigious  University first rank in PG Medical Biochemistry ( Faculty of Medicine, University of Madras; year 1987  ), having studied at Christian Medical College ( CMC ) ,Vellore. Dr.Srinivasan bagged the coveted CSIR JRF ship that enabled him to complete his doctorate in Biochemistry from CFTRI ( Mysore University ), in the year 2000.

3 Original contributions in the field of Biochemistry : Dr.Srinivasan’s interests include Enzyme technology, inborn errors of metabolism and endocrine disorders, especially Diabetes mellitus. He has presented in national and international conferences, besides publishing in peer reviewed journals. Dr.Srinivasan is an inventor of a patent ( based on the enzyme phenylalanine ammonia – lyase), that has applications in the treatment of phrnylketonuria, a medical disorder.

4. Dr. Srinivasan as a Carnatic classical musician and composer : Known as Dr.Vellore A.R.Srinivasan in the classical music scenario, he is a classical vocalist,percussionist ( Kanjira,morsing) and composer of kritis, keerthanas and tillanas. Dr.Srinivasan learnt Carnatic vocal from  Vidwan Sri    Sembiakudi S. Janakiraman, Vidwan Sri M.R. Srinivasan  and  Vidwan Bellary Sri M. Raghavendra. Initiated into the art of playing percussion instruments by the Tavil Vidwan Vellore ( late) C.M. Kuttiappa. Dr. Srinivasan is a self taught Kanjira and morsing artiste. Presently, Srinivasan is receiving advanced training in the art and science of percussion from the veteran mridangam Guru Vidwan Tiruvarur Sri R.Krishnamoorthy, who is also the maternal  uncle and guru of Mridangam maestro Tiruvarur Sri Bhaktavatsalam. As a Kanjira and morsing artiste, Dr.Srinivasan has accompanied several internationally renowned musicians of India including Padma Bhushan Madurai Sri T.N.Seshagopalan, Padma Bhushan  Sri T.V.Sankaranarayanan,  Padma Bhushan Trissur SriV.Ramachandran, Rudrapatnam brothers  Sri R.N.Thyagarajan and Dr.R.N.Tharanathan,  Neyveli Sri Santanagopalan,  Mysore Sri M.Nagaraj and Dr.Mysore M.Manjunath. Dr.Srinivasan’s percussion attributes have  been featured in documentaries and global promotional videos.

As a vocalist, Dr.Vellore Srinivasan has been regularly giving concerts in several organisations and temples.

Dr.Vellore Srinivasan is also a composer/ vaggeyakara ( composer of both lyrics and music ) and the compositions (exceeding one thousand), rendered in praise of the Hindu Gods and Goddesses, bear the Mudhra or the signature 'Raghava Srinivasa (n)'. A few hundred compositions are presently available on You tube (utubevellorears).

5 References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore

Sri_N._Krishnaswamy_Mudaliar_Higher_Secondary_School/

www.voorheescollege.in

www.cmch-vellore.edu

http://www.cftri.com/

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&adjacent=true&locale=en_GB&FT=D&date=20040522&CC=IN&NR=192845A1&KC=A1 http://www.mgmcri.ac.in/aboutus.html

http://www.narthaki.com/info/rev08/rev603.html

The Hindu, Bangalore edition, 27.05.1994

The Hindu, Bangalore edition, 16.4.2004

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/article3142178.ece

6 External links

http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/ebroch/music/vellorearsrinivasan/default.htm

http://www.indiansarts.com/velloresrinivasanpage.htm

www.youtube.com/user/utubevellorears