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Aravind Adiga
Indian journalist and author
Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974)[3][4] is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga from Mangalore. His paternal grandfather was K. Suryanarayana Adiga, former chairman of Karnataka Bank,[6][7] and maternal great-grandfather, U. Rama Rao, was a popular medical practitioner and Congress politician from Madras.[8]
Adiga grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School and later at St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, where he completed his SSLC in 1990.[7][9][10]
After emigrating to Sydney with his family, Aravind studied at James Ruse Agricultural High School. He later studied English literature at Columbia College of Columbia University, in
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Dr. Arvind Sharma: Biography
Arvind Sharma's career falls into fyra clearly discernible chronological periods associated with distinct geographical theatres.
India (1940-1968)
He was born at Varanasi in India and had his early education at Modern School in New Delhi. After obtaining a Bachelor's grad from Allahabad University, he joined the Indian Administrative Service (or I.A.S. for short) in 1962 and served in the state of Gujarat until 1968. His gods posting was as the District Development Officer (or D.D.O.) of Ahmedabad, where he had also served earlier as the managing director of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation.
United States (1968-1976)
After six years as a public servant, he resumed his academic career in 1968 when he joined the University of Syracuse, in upstate New York. He obtained a Master's in Economics in 1971 from that university, after completing a Master's dissertation on: The Hindu Scriptural Value System and India's Economic Developmen
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Arvind Parikh is among India's leading sitarists. He is the senior most disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan.He has been featured at almost all mojor festivals of music in India and in Europe and has had successful concert tours in several parts of West Asia, Far East and Australia. He was Vice President of International Music Council (UNESCO) from 1994-1997. He is the President of the Indian Musicologal Society, Chairman of Western India Chapter of ITC-Sangeet Research Academy.
He has been awarded the Gaurav Puraskar for the year 1997-98 by Gujarat State Sangeet Natak Academy which also awarded him the National award for Sitar in 2003. He conceived the unique idea of establishing a Music Forum comprising of artists, organizers, music critics, connoisseurs, universities, All India Radio, Doordarshan and the like. Arvind Parikh is among India's leading sitarists. He is the senior most disciple of Ustad Vilayat Khan.He has been featured at almost all mojor festivals of music in I