dhwani academy of percussion music

DHWANI ACADEMY OF PERCUSSION MUSIC
INNERSIGHT :- Project For
Visually Challenged Underprivileged Music Students
Dhwani Academy of Percussion Music, (DAPM) is a non-profit charitable organization at Kolkata Indian and California, U.S.A.
helps the underprivileged & visually challenged kids & youths with the talent & aspirations to learn music. The academy
supports visually challenged students by teaching them Tabla free of cost, gives them scholarships, maintains instruments for
learning & presently taken the project of printing music notation books in Braille.
Dhwani Academy’s activities at Calcutta Blind School:
Dhwani Academy, India, teaches &
aids visually challenged students &
guide them to the world of culture
through Calcutta Blind School for
more than ten years. Besides that the
academy also runs classes at its own
premises.
school for visually challenged under
privileged students in Kolkata funded
by West Bengal Government. More
than five hundred students are trained
here. Dhwani Academy introduced
Tabla & vocal classes eight (8) years
back & continue to support from
academy’s own fund.
Calcutta Blind School is the oldest
Regular classes being conducted by Pallab Ghosh Tabla
Instractor appointed by DAPM for Calcutta Blind School.
Through academy’s voluntary work &
insistence the school authority has
included music into their regular
curriculum. The academy runs regular
classes starting from Class III to Class IX
and also provides instruments, maintain
them, give scholarships and arranges
teacher’s remuneration at Calcutta Blind
School
Regular classes being conducted by Ranjan Nandi
Tabla Instractor appointed by DAPM for Calcutta
Blind School.
Regular classes being conducted by Arup Rout
Tabla Instractor appointed by DAPM for Calcutta
Blind School.
Dhwani Academy’s activities at academy’s own premises:
Besides working with Calcutta Blind
School, the academy also organizes
classes for the visually challenged under
privileged students at the academy’s
own premise. Currently we have eight
(8) visually challenged students
including junior & senior.
Classes being conducted by Ranjan Nandi Tabla
Instractor at academy’s own premises
Classes being conducted by Ranjan Nandi Tabla
Instractor at academy’s own premises
Activities of visually challenged students at Annual Concert:
Every year the academy gives
scholarships to best deserving talented
visually
challenged
students.
Additionally the academy further
encourages the students by providing
opportunities to share the stage with
stalwart artists at the Annual Concert.
Performance of DAMP visually challenged students
Performance of DAMP visually challenged students
Padma Shri Satish Vyas (Renowned Santoor
Maestro) disbursing the scholarships to the visually
challenged students of DAPM
Last year the academy gives six (6) scholarships to the most promising visually challenged students at the annual concert. The
scholarship was disbursed by Mr. Anup Motilal (Director of EZCC).
Mr. Anup Motilal (Director of EZCC) disbursing the scholarships to the visually challenged students of DAPM
Inauguration of Braille Book by Mr. Anup Motilal (Director, EZCC)
The academy also published the first Braille Book available on Tabla notations named “INNERSIGHT” printed by Ramakrishna
Mission this year. The book was inaugurated by Mr. Anup Motilal (Director of EZCC). The book was published in three versions –
English, Bengali, and Hindi & has been liberally distributed among the visually challenged students.
Smt Malabasri Das (Member Secretary, Rajya Sangeet Academy) disbursing the scholarships to the visually challenged students of DAPM
This year the academy arranged six (6) scholarships to the most promising visually challenged students at the annual concert.
The scholarship was disbursed by Smt. Malabasri Das (Member Secretary, Rajya Sangeet Academy).
The academy donated tanpura and Harmonium to Calcutta Blind School this year.
Pallab Ghosh, instructor Calcutta Blind School receiving tanpura
from Smt. Malabashre Das in the presence of Principal Pt. Abhijit Banerjee
Smt. Lisa Banerjee. Teacher In-charge Calcutta Blind School
receiving Harmonium from Pt. Abhijit Banerjee
Performance of Visually Challenged Students with Senior Instructor, Ranjan Nandi.
Presently the academy is looking to extend the scholarship programs, and expand the Braille system of learning music and
writing Indian musical notations.
News paper’s clippings on INNERSIGHT
The Statesman, 24th March 2012
The Statesman, 10th March 2012
The Bengal Post Coverage, 7th March 2012
Hindustan Times City, 6th March 2012
The Times of India, 5th March 2012
News Paper clippings about Dhwani’s visually challenged predict.
The Statesman, 25th March 2010
Hinduatan Times, 23rd March 2010
The Times of India, 19th February 2004
The Telegraph in School, 29th March 2010
Wellness & Well Beings (Feb. 2013)