Subsequently, Blau was instrumental in hiring a number of professionals like Mel Powell ( dean of the School of Music ), Paul Brach ( dean of the School of Art ), Alexander Mackendrick ( dean of the School of Film / Video ), sociologist Maurice Stein ( dean of Critical Studies ), and Richard Farson ( dean of the School of Design ; now incorporated in the Art school ) as well other influential program heads and teachers such as Allan Kaprow, Bella Lewitzky, Michael Asher, Jules Engel, John Baldessari, Judy Chicago, James Hurtak, Ravi Shankar, Max Kozloff, Miriam Shapiro and Douglas Huebler, most of whom largely came from a counterculture and avant-garde side of the art world.

His transition from television to film scoring began in 1982 with Richard Attenborough's biopic Gandhi for which he was nominated — with his collaborator, Ravi Shankar — for the Original Music Score Academy Award.

Prof. Antony Flew ( UK ), Tom Flynn ( USA ), Jim Herrick ( UK ), Christopher Hitchens ( USA ), Ellen Johnson ( USA ), Prof. Paul Kurtz ( USA ), Lavanam ( India ), Dr. Richard Leakey ( Kenya ), Iain Middleton ( New Zealand ), Dr. Henry Morgentaler ( Canada ), Dr. Taslima Nasreen ( Bangladesh ), Steinar Nilsen ( Norway ), Prof. Jean-Claude Pecker ( France ), James Randi ( USA ), Prof. Ajoy Roy ( Bangladesh ), Dr. Younus Shaikh ( Pakistan ), Dr. G N Jyoti Shankar ( deceased, USA ), Barbara Smoker ( UK ), Richard Stallman ( USA ), Prof.

SSCMS was founded in 2001 under the vision and guidance of His Holiness Ravi Shankar ( spiritual leader ), the founder of Art of Living Foundation, an educational non-governmental organization ( NGO ).

) in princely styles, notably in Darbar Sri, Desai Shri, and Thakur Sri or as in Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a Hindu spiritual Guru and leader or Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, the founder of the social and spiritual movement Ananda Marga ( the Path of Bliss ).

* Ravi Shankar ( spiritual leader ) ( born 1956 ), a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation

* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founder of the Art of Living Foundation.

* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar founder of the Art of Living Foundation.

* Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, guru and founder of the Art of Living movement

Image: Sri_Sri_Ravi_Shankar. jpg | His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation ( born 1956 )

* Prem Shankar singh ( ex army officer, founder of markandey girls inter college. tilsara, tehshil mehnagar )

Anoushka Shankar was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2003.

Shankar also filmed in New Jersey and New York at the World Trade Center when co-producer Michael Salomon and his wife, Luciana Balusia visited the sets of Jeans.

The mountainous region of Kashmir was where Rahul's musical lineage evolved and in September 2000, Real World Records released Music Of The Himalayas, a live performance in Turin featuring Sharma, percussionist Pandit Bhawani Shankar, and tabla player Ustad Shafat Ahmed Khan.

During the Real World Recording Weeks he worked with Papa Wemba, Shivkumar Sharma, Gopal Shankar and Rizwan Qualli.

* Ananda Shankar: Walking On ( 1999, Real World Records )

* Anoushka Shankar: Sitar on " The Book of My Life " ( Courtesy of Angel Records )

* Natarajan Shankar SRI International, work on decision procedures, little engines of proof, co-developer of PVS.

George Harrison ( of the Beatles ) played the sitar on the song " Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown )" in 1965, which sparked interest from Shankar, who subsequently took Harrison as his apprentice.

The show later took a different turn, featuring Ravi Shankar as a guest and having Krusty howl a drugged-out version of The Doors ' " Break on Through ( To the Other Side )" in 1973.

Their use of the instrument came as a result of George Harrison's taking lessons on how to play it from Shankar and Shambhu Das.

Close-up of the red & white engraved celluloid decoration on a toon wood " Ravi Shankar Style " Sitar

Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury on 7 April 1920 ), often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar.

Shankar was sporadically trained by Khan on tour, and Khan offered Shankar training to become a serious musician under the condition that he abandon touring and come to Maihar.

Khan was a rigorous teacher and Shankar had training on sitar and surbahar, learned ragas and the musical styles dhrupad, dhamar, and khyal, and was taught the techniques of the instruments rudra veena, rubab, and sursingar.

Shankar began to perform publicly on sitar in December 1939 and his debut performance was a jugalbandi ( duet ) with Ali Akbar Khan, who played the string instrument sarod.

Chatur Lal accompanied Shankar on tabla until 1962, when Alla Rakha assumed the role.

Shankar's association with Harrison greatly increased Shankar's popularity and Ken Hunt of Allmusic would state that Shankar had become " the most famous Indian musician on the planet " by 1966.

Shankar was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for his work on the 1982 movie Gandhi, but lost to John Williams ' E. T.

Shubhendra " Shubho " Shankar often accompanied his father on tours.

K. R. Narayanan was elected as the Vice President of India on 21 August 1992, under the Presidency of Shankar Dayal Sharma.

** Rabbi Shankar ( a pun on Ravi Shankar ), an Indian guru – Dressed in a Nehru jacket dispensing pseudo-mystical Eastern wisdom laden with bad puns.

* Ravi Shankar ( born 1920 ), musician and composer best known for his work on the sitar.

George Harrison's performance on the sitar on the track " Norwegian Wood " leads to his becoming a pupil of Ravi Shankar.

* December-Ali Akbar Khan accompanies Ravi Shankar on the sarod during the latter's debut performance at the annual music conference in Allahabad.

The Concert for Bangladesh ( or Bangla Desh, as the country name was spelled originally ) was the name for two benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at noon and at 7 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, playing to a total of 40, 000 people at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

By April, Shankar and Harrison were in Los Angeles working on the soundtrack to the film Raga, during which Harrison documented his early thoughts on the Bangladesh crisis in his song “ Miss O ' Dell ”.

Shankar shortened the Sanskrit version of his first name, Ravindra, to Ravi, for " sun ".

At the age of ten, after spending his first decade in Varanasi, Shankar went to Paris with the dance group of his brother, choreographer Uday Shankar.

V. K. Narayana Menon, director of AIR Delhi, introduced the Western violinist Yehudi Menuhin to Shankar during Menuhin's first visit to India in 1952.

Appalled at the desperate situation affecting his homeland and relatives, Bengali musician Ravi Shankar first brought the issue to the attention of his friend George Harrison in the early months of 1971, over dinner at Friar Park, according to Klaus Voormann ’ s recollection.

After realizing Sudarshan Kriya, Shankar started sharing it with others through the Art of Living course, first held in Shimoga.

In 1983 Shankar held the first Art of Living course in Europe in Switzerland.

The festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Ravi Shankar, the first large scale public performance of Janis Joplin, and the introduction of Otis Redding to a large, predominantly white audience.

It was directed by Hira Singh Khatri and the lead actors were Shiva Shankar Manandhar and Bhuwan Chand, who are regarded as the first actors in the history of the Nepali film industry.

Aama ( Literally: Mother ) is the first Nepali movie produced in Nepal, starring Shiva Shankar Manandhar and Bhuvan Chand ( Thapa ) as the leading actors.

According to Shiva Shankar, most of the shots were approved at the first single take.

Koya narrowly defeated James Shankar Singh of Ba by 3998 votes to 3480 votes, making him the first Muslim to be elected to the Legislative Council.

* Girija Shankar Bajpai, Knighted, first Minister of External Affair

It was the first execution in India since 1995 ( Auto Shankar was hanged on 27th Apr 1995 ).

Among the best known examples of chutney music are Sundar Popo's " Pholourie Bein Chutney " or Sundar Popo's first recorded song " Nani And Nana ", Sonny Mann's " Lotalal ", Vedesh Sookoo's " Dhal Belly Indian ", Anand Yankaran's " Jo Jo ", Neeshan " D Hitman " Prabhoo's " Mr. Shankar ", Ravi B's " Rum Is Meh Lova " and Rikki Jai's " Mor Tor ".

George Harrison, lead guitarist of The Beatles, received his first copy of Autobiography of a Yogi from Ravi Shankar in 1966 and " that was where his interest in Vedic culture and Indian-ness began.

It is held each year on 27 November, the date on which the first Tamil Tiger, " Lt ." Shankar, is said to have died in combat in 1982.

More importantly, " Norwegian Wood " sparked a major craze for the classical music of India in general and for the work of Ravi Shankar in particular, with the direct result that recordings by Shankar and other Indian classical musicians began to sell in large quantities outside India for the first time and Shankar himself quickly became one of the world's most sought-after concert performers.

Shankar later recollected that their vibes were right from the very beginning i. e. right from their first meeting itself they developed liking for each other ( rather than any feelings of rivalry which could have been natural since both were visiting Mr Bhatt for similar reason ) and it was he who then and there assured Jaikishan of the job of a Harmonium player at Prithvi theaters ( without asking Prithviraj Kapoor, fondly referred to as ' Papaji ').

He performed in United States for the first time, in January 1933, along with his dance partner Simkie, a French dancer, in New York City ; as part of the visit, a reception was held at the Grand Central Art Galleries .. After, Shankar and his troupe set out on an 84-city tour throughout the country.

Meera Shankar, will join the board of ITC Ltd as the first women director in its history.