Kiran Seth | |
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 Seth in March 2014 | |
| Born | 27 April 1949 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | BTech (1970)IIT Kharagpur, PhD (1974) Columbia University |
| Alma mater | IIT Kharagpur, Columbia University |
| Occupation | Professor Emeritus |
| Employer | IIT Delhi |
| Known for | SPIC MACAY |
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Kiran Seth (born 1949) is Ex Professor and Professor Emeritus at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi who has done teaching and research in the field of Operations Research there since 1976. He is most known as the founder of SPIC MACAY (1977), a non-profit organisation which promotes Indian classical music, Indian classical dance, folk forms, yoga and meditation, traditional handlooms and handicrafts, cinema classics, and other aspects of Indian culture, amongst youth the world over; doing about 5000 events yearly in about 500 towns in India and about 50 abroad through conventions, baithaks, lecture demonstrations and musical fests.[1][2][3][4]
In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[5]
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- ^ "Keeping our virasat alive". The Tribune. 7 December 2003. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.
- ^ Kumar, Mala (30 October 2003). "From rap to raga". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Discovery of India". The Hindu. 28 May 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
- ^ Datta, Sravasti (10 October 2014). "An artistic endeavour". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 April 2015.