only 3 people: Kamala Lakshminarayan Lalgudi Jayaraman TH Vinayakram Best Artiste Award Music Welfare R.R.Talent Promotion Scheme: Two talented artists are selected by the academy and are sponsored for coaching under an eminent musician chosen by the academy. At the end of the training period the artists get to perform in the academy. Teacher's College of Music is a school run by the academy for offering certified courses on Vocal, Violin and Mridangam. Books: The academy conducts research on Music and publishes their findings. Some of the academy's publications: The Ragas of Sangita Saramrta, a book written by King Tulaja I. Lakshana Gitas Raga Lakshanas Library Music Academy received a donation of Rs. 1,00,000 from S. Visvanathan in memory of K. R. Sundaram Iyer for the improvement of library activities. The library is now named as K. R. Sundaram Iyer Memorial Library. It has rare books, manuscripts and tape recordings of the proceedings of the Expert Committee sessions. The students of the Teacher's College of Music, members, music students and research scholars. Books on both music and other general subjects donated by the families of P. Sambamoorthy, Sangita Vidvan K. C. Thyagarajan, V. Raghavan, Venkatakrishnan, S. R. Janakiraman and other individuals. See also Eastern fare music foundation Delhi University References External links Music academy official website Sabhas - Music Academy The Music Academy The Inauguration of the Music Academy building - Article from The Hindu - Music Academy Carnatic music Culture of Chennai Cultural centres in Chennai Music venues in India Music schools in India 1928 establishments in India Arts organizations established in 1928 Music organisations based in India