Pappu Venugopala Rao

Pappu Venugopala Rao
'Pappu'
Background information
Born	June 30, 1948 (1948-06-30) (age 63)
Origin	Andhra Pradesh
Genres	Musicologist
Occupations	Musicologist, Writer

Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao (born 30 June 1948) is a well-known Indian educationist and renowned musicologist. He is the World authority for Indian Classical dance. He is also a writer and has written on varied subjects such as Music, Culture and spiritual subjects.

Early life

Pappu as he is fondly known was born in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He has post graduated in English, Telugu and Sanskrit Literature from M. R. College, Vizianagaram. He earned his doctorate in Telugu and Sanskrit.

Career

Pappu Venugopal Rao began his career as a Lecturer in Telugu at Mrs.AVN College, Visakhapatnam. Since 1980 he had been working with the American Institute of Indian Studies and retired as its Associate Director General for the Southern Indian region during 2008. He is presently the organisation's Consultant.

He is actively involved in research activities in Carnatic Music and Dance. He has delivered several lectures and presentations on the subject.

Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao is also a book reviewer for the newspaper The Hindu and a contributing editor to Sruti Magazine.

He is currently one of the Secretaries of the Music Academy,Chennai.

Cultural

• Performed 'Ashtavadhanam' about twenty times in Telugu and Sanskrit languages.
• Delivered about 50 Lecture Demonstrations on various topics on Music & Kuchipudi Dance with Vempati Chinna Satyam in India and abroad.
• Delivered about 100 lectures on literature.

Dance Dramas

S.No.	Name of Drama
01	'Agni Sambhuta' performed by Shri Dhananjayan and his disciple Anitha
02	'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' in Sanskrit choreographed by Kishore and performed by Sailaja of Saila Sudha
03	'Om Shanti' in Sanskrit choreographed by Kishore & performed by Sujatha Vinjamuri in the US
04	'Grahaanugraha' in Sanskrit performed by Vasantha Viaikunth in UAE & US
05	'Guru Stuti' in Sanskrit performed by Anuradha Nehru in the US
06	'Pitrarchana' in Sanskrit choreographed by Kishore & performed by Uma Muralikrishna
07	'Gajamukha' in Sanskrit performed by Jayanthi Raman in the US and world over.
08	'Stree' in Sanskrit performed by Vyjayanthi Kashi
09	'Kundalini' in Sanskrit choreographed by Kishore & performed by Sujatha Vinjamuri in the US.
10	'Pada Kavitaa Pithamaha' performed by Anita Guha's Bharantanjali

Books published

S.No.	Name of Publication
01	Thematic identity between the Mahabharata & Bhagavata Purana in Sanskrit & Telugu (Doctoral dissertation)
02	Bhagavata Tattvamu - Manavattvamu
03	Commentary for the Bhaja Govindam
04	Bhagavata Katha Sudha Vol I - II & III
05	Nityarchana
06	Bhuvana Vijayam
07	Adi Sankarula Jeevita Charitra
08	English translation of Dasarathy Satakam
09	Flowers at His Feet
10	Rama Paada Yatra
11	Science of Sri Cakra

Awards

• Dr.K.V.Rao & Dr.Jyoti Rao Award in association with Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation and the Telugu Fine Arts Society, New Jersey, USA.

Titles:

• Aasukavi Sekhara conferred by Prof. S.V.Jogarao
• Kalavipanchi
• Sangeetha Saastra Visaarada
• Sangeeta Saastra Siromani
• Ashtavadhaana Sekhara

Others

Newspaper article links

• ‘Science of Sri Cakra’ released, The Hindu, Saturday, March 15, 2008
• ‘From the pages of History, The Hindu, Friday, July 27, 2007
• ‘Book on Annamacharya's compositions released, The Hindu, Saturday, April 24, 2006

External links

• Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao's Official Website
• Flowers at his feet Website

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