ART INDIA is committed to the promotion of excellence and genuine quality in the arts. We believe that art is an enriching and civilizing factor in life and essential to the physical, mental and spiritual well being of the world. Art at its highest is at once a celebration of life and a homage to the Creator of its beauties. It is the distilled experience of humankind.

ART INDIA

Founded in February 1989 by GS RAJAN and Anjana Rajan, both alumni of Kalakshetra, Madras, and Ashutosh Sundriyal, Art India was established in New Delhi in 1989 with the aim of putting into practice their beliefs concerning the arts. Art India’s aim was – then as now – to offer, on the one hand, programmes of genuine quality to audiences, and, on the other, to true artists, a forum where their talents could be exhibited most effectively – through proper organisation and aesthetic presentation.

Art India began its activities with a formal inauguration by the eminent scholar, musician and arts administrator Dr. V.K. Narayana Menon, then Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi. The inaugural speech was followed by a Carnatic flute recital by Guruvayoor S. Srikrsihnan, accompanied by V.V. Ravi on the violin and T.V. Gopalakrishnan on the Mridangam. The Advisory Committee to Art India was formed with eminent persons from the field of art and culture. These included Dr. V.K. Narayana Menon, K. Sankara Menon, K. Srinivasulu, T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Shantha and V.P. Dhananjayan, P.J. Vincent, GS Srikrishnan, K S Kothari and Lalit Mohan Thapalyal.

Since its inception in 1989 ART INDIA has organised innumerable national and international festivals of classical arts, seminars, workshops, master classes, exhibitions etc.

ART INDIA FOUNDATION

GS RAJAN - Trustee/Chairman
Anjana Rajan - Trustee/Secretary
Ashutosh Sundriyal - Trustee
Late Lalit Mohan Thapalyal - Trust Settler

ART INDIA
B-100, SPS Apartments Phase II
Sahibabad 201 005. India Tel: 00-91-9810848100.
E-Mail: art.india@yahoo.com

Regd. Office: 20, Kala Vihar
Mayur Vihar Phase I Extension, Delhi 110 091.

www.artindia.net

As the world became a network of information sharing, Art India kept pace by creating a unique website, www.artindia.net. Started in 1998, this was one of the first on-line resources for the Indian classical arts. Thousands of interested readers, school students, artists and scholars have benefited from this site. It was also perhaps the first website to feature comprehensive lists of performers in a spectrum of disciplines with contact details. This allowed artists who could not create their own websites to reap the benefit of having a presence on the Internet.

www.artindia.net website is a joint venture of ART INDIA FOUNDATION and Sudhir Gandotra's Indserve Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

The website was inaugurated in December 1998 by eminent sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan in the presence of a large number of artists and patrons. Viewed by an estimated 30,000 people daily.

Graphics, Site design,
Construction, Maintenance
and Content Editor:
GS RAJAN
malabarian@yahoo.com
www.malabarian.com

Technical Advisor:
Sudhir Gandotra
sudhir@openlx.com