Annual Conference - 2026
Schedule Of Events
Day 1: Saturday, 7th February 2026
Session I | Chair: Arati N. Rao
9:15 - 10:00 AM
Jyoti Singh, Mahāgāmi Gurukul Center for Performing Arts, MGM University
An Analytical Study of the Rāgamūrti Tradition of Odissi Music
10:00 - 10:45 AM
Priyashri V. Rao, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru
A Contrastive Analysis of the padam-s Ōsōsi and Payyada in Karnāṭaka Music and Bharatanāṭyam Dance Recitals
10:45 - 11:00 AM
Tea Break / Photographs
11:00 - 11:45 AM
Rajshri Ramakrishna, University of Madras
An Analysis of Tānam (Ghanam) in Subbarāma Dīkṣita’s Prathamābhyāsa Pustakamu
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
R. Goswami, Goswami Haveli, Ahmedabad
पुष्टिमार्गीय कीर्तन संगीत में रागों द्वारा शीत-उष्णादि उपचार | The theory of warm and cold rāga-s in the music of the Puṣṭimārga
12:30 - 1:15 PM
Naresh Keerthi, Ashoka University
Between Rhyme, Metre and Syntax: Svāti Tirunāḷ's Science of the Song
* Speakers will be online
9:00 - 9:15 AM (All timings are given in IST)
Lakshmi Sreeram, School Of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University
Welcome and introductory remarks
1:15 - 2:15 PM
LUNCH BREAK
Day 1: Saturday, 7th February 2026
Session II | Chair: Lakshmi Sreeram
2:15 - 3:00 PM
Keshavchaitanya J Kunte, Centre for Performing Arts, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
Rāga Dohā: A Case Study from Two Texts of the Early Twentieth Century
3:00 - 3:45 PM
J Prateek Pattanaik, Berhampur University
Locating a Lost Authority: The Discovery of the Kaḷāṅkura-nibandha
3.45 - 4.00 PM Tea Break / Photographs
4:00 - 4:30 PM
N. Ramanathan *, University of Madras (Ret)
The Concept of Music in Bhāratīya Thought
A Question and Answer session with the author on his paper.
4:30 - 5:15 PM
Richard Widdess *, SOAS University of London
A Notation for the Ancient Indian Harp: The Kuḍumiyāmalai Music Inscription Reconsidered
* Speakers will be online
5:15 - 5:45 PM
Arati Rao, JAIN (Deemed-to-be) University
Book Introduction: Puṇḍarīkamāla - An Overview of R. Sathyanarayana’s Critical Edition of Paṇḍarī Viṭṭhala’s Musicological Treatises
5:45 - 6:15 PM
Building the FRIM Community - An open conversation
Day 2: Sunday, 8th February 2026
Session III | Chair: Naresh Keerthi
9:00 - 9:45 AM
Dard Neuman *, University of California, Santa Cruz
Oral Scholasticism in Hindustani Musical Aesthetics
9:45 - 10:45 AM
Group Activity: Text Reading: Mānasōllāsa: Gīta Vinōda (Click for an Introduction)
The forum plans to hold regular Reading circles/text-reading sessions. Please join us for this first session to get a sense of the format and approach.
10:45 - 11:00 AM Tea Break
11:00 - 11:45 AM
Eshantha Peiris *, University of British Columbia
Uncovering Musical Histories in South Asian Oral Musics
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Aishwarya Shankar, Queen Mary's College, University of Madras
Subbarāma Dīkṣita As a Source: A Study of His Compositions in Two Twentieth Century Musical Publications
12:30 - 1:15 PM
Sugnan Dani, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)
Ambiguous Articulations - a Re-look at the Gāyakī and Tantrakārī styles in Hindustānī instrumental music
1:15 - 2:15 PM LUNCH BREAK
* Speakers will be online
Day 2: Sunday, 8th February 2026
Session IV | Chair: K. Srilatha
2:15 - 3:00 PM
Ayesha Sheth, School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University
Where Is Rāga Born? A Musicological Analysis of Kṣemakarṇa’s Rāgotpatti
3:45 - 4.00 PM Tea Break
4:00 - 4:45 PM
Building the FRIM Community - Conversation continued
5:30 - 6:15 PM
Peter Manuel *, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Modernizing Hindustani Rāg Theory in the Late Nineteenth Century
4:45 - 5:30 PM
Noé Dinnerstein *, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Meditating on the Mandala: Sādhana visualization as presented in traditional Ladakhi songs
* Speakers will be online