RK Das
Shri Ram Krishna Das [M. Sc. (Physics- Electronics)- Banaras Hindu University, B. Ed.– University of Bombay, Sangeet Visharad- Gandharva Mahavidyalaya] is a classical vocalist based in Mumbai.
He has published some research oriented books Amir Khusro Bharotiyo (2003), Facets of Indian Music (2011), Swami Vivekananda and Music (2013). He has published the following 7 digital books from Kindle (Amazon.com): Inspiring Tales, Tips for Teenagers, The Powerful She, Applied Indian Music, Sufi Singer Ameer Khusro Dehlavi, Essays on Poetry And Music of Indian Ghazals, and English Ghazal- 25 Lyrics of Love.
For last 20 years, on music, he has contributed more than 360 reviews and articles in English, Hindi and Bengali in 27 newspapers and periodicals like ToI, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Nav Bharat Times, The Pioneer, BP Observer, AVMax, Frontline, Femina, Ninad (Research Journal of ITC SRA), Samakalika Sangeetam, Nav Bharat, Mahanagar, Dharmayug, Sangeet, Bhavan’s Journal, and so on. He has penned many English ghazals as Archi, and published some of them in the periodicals.
He is an honourable member of the editorial board, Samakalika Sangeetham, biannual published in English and Malayalam from Kerala (2012) funded by Central Sangeet Natak Akademi. A short note of his biography is included in the Asian American Who’s Who (1998-99) and in the artiste directory of Nehru Centre, Mumbai.
He has worked as a visiting professor to Dept of Music, Univ of Mumbai during 2007-2009. He taught Physics in Rizvi College (1991-93) and National College (1993-95); and served as a cultural director to Chinai College and LUMV College (2000-02), Mumbai.
He has presented many scholarly papers in the national and international seminars of classical music and given many private and public concerts from many prestigious platforms all over India. He has visited Germany, Fiji and Bangladesh to present classical, light classical and devotional music in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012.
He received an award of Junior Research Fellowship (2000-2) for outstanding artistes from the Ministry of Culture & HRD, Government of India to do research and work on the music and life of the courtesans. He also received an award of Senior Research Fellowship (2009-11) for outstanding artistes from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India to do research on the Raag music of ancient India.
He did research on 39 Siddha Rags for the Door Darshan TV serial Rag Rang in 1994-95, which was telecast on Doordarshan for many years repeatedly. He has a collection of about 3000 audio video clippings of about 650 raags of Indian music. He has collected about 9000 ascent and descent of the raags of Indian music.
He rendered many vocal recitals of dhrupad dhamar as an approved classical vocalist from All India Radio-Mumbai (2000-05). He is an adept artiste of dhrupad, dhamar, khayal, thumri, tappa, ashtapadi, bhajan, Bengali folk songs––baul, polligiti, bhatiyali, keertan and rag pradhan. Several of his CDs released on various genres of vocal music since 2004.
