
IIT Madras Alumni Association’s virtual Navaratri fest
The Hindu
The Chennai chapter of IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) celebrates Navaratri with a nine-day online festival (October 7-15). Ideated by Shyamala Rajaram, secretary, IITMAA, and executed by Dr.
The Chennai chapter of IIT Madras Alumni Association (IITMAA) celebrates Navaratri with a nine-day online festival (October 7-15).
Ideated by Shyamala Rajaram, secretary, IITMAA, and executed by Dr. Malati Raghunath, president, Chennai Chapter, the line-up, showcasing mainly artistes with IITM affiliations, features vocal and instrumental concerts, a quiz and a lecture demonstration.
The festival begins with Amritha Murali’s vocal concert with R.K. Shriramkumar on the violin, K. Arun Prakash on the mridangam, and N. Guruprasad on the ghatam.

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