A Life in Music and Academia: Rajshri Ramakrishna

Rajshri Ramakrishna is one of the leading scholar musicians of Carnatic music today, whose career has seamlessly combined performance, research, teaching, and academic leadership. She underwent advanced training in the veena under Karaikkudi Rajeswari Padmanabhan and also vocal music under eminent Sangita Kala Acharyas P.S. Narayanaswamy and Suguna Varadachari. Rajshri also studied Hindustani music under Krishnanand.

She is currently Professor in the Department of Music at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, having earlier served for over a decade as Head of the Department of Indian Music, Chairperson of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, and Chairman of the Music and Dance Board of Studies at the University of Madras. Over the years, she has guided numerous doctoral scholars and has played a significant role in shaping music education and research in India.