SPIC MACAY IIT Tirupati

Latest Event

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Kathak by Dr Lakshminarayan Jena

Accompanying Artists:

Padhant by Guru Sri Mysore B Nagaraj

Vocal by Kum Shreya Singh

Tabla by Sri Roopak Vaidya

Sitar by Sri Arjun Anand

Date: February 25, 2025

Time: 6:30 pm onwards

Venue: CR-211, LHC, IIT Tirupati.

About Us

SPIC MACAY

Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth, SPIC MACAY, is a non-political, nationwide, voluntary movement to have every child experience the inspiration and mysticism embodied in Indian heritage by promoting Indian classical music, classical dance, folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts, and other aspects of Indian culture. It was founded in 1977 by Dr Kiran Seth, Professor-Emeritus at IIT-Delhi who was awarded the ‘Padma Shri’ for his contribution to the arts in 2009. The organization aspires to cultivate traditional Indian values and create awareness of the cultural traditions and heritage of India by organizing concerts, lectures, demonstrations, workshops, informal discussions, and talks by eminent scholars and thinkers.

SPIC MACAY HERITAGE CLUB @ IIT TIRUPATI

Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati since its inception has been a vibrant seat for fine art and has witnessed and nurtured the development of art in its different forms. SPIC MACAY HERITAGE CLUB @ IIT TIRUPATI organizes program every year. The virasat series conducted from 10-18 August 2019 speaks volumes about dedication towards the cause of SPIC MACAY, considering the institute was only in the third year of association.

Events

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Mohiniyattam dance by Dr. Rekha Raju

Date: January 25, 2025 Time: 06:30 pm onwards; Venue : LHC-211, IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Tholpavakoothu Puppets Workshop and Program by Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar

Date: November 9-10, 2024 Time: 09:00 am onwards; Venue : Old Library Room, IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Tholpavakoothu Puppets Program by Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar

Date: November 9, 2024 Time: 07:00 pm onwards; Venue : Old Library Room, IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Manipuri Dance Dr. Sinam Basu Singh

Date: October 19, 2024 Time: 06:30 pm onwards; Venue : LHC CR-211, IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Odissi by Vidushi Leena Mohanty

Date: September 21, 2024 Time: 06:30 pm onwards; Venue : LHC CR-211, IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Bharatnatyam by Vidwan Shijith Nambiar and Vidushi Parvathy Menon

Date: July 31, 2024 Time: 06:30 pm onwards; Venue : LHC CR-211, IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Veena Concert by Dr. R. S. Jayalakshmi

Date: April 20, 2024 Time: 06:30 pm onwards; Venue : LHC CR-211, IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Chittara Painting Workshop by Sri Ishwar Naik

Date: April 6, 2024 Time: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm & 2:00 pm - 05:00 pm; Date: April 7, 2024 Time: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm; Venue : TCI- South Campus, IIT Tirupati

IIT TIRUPATI SPICMACAY Heritage club presents Kathakali performance by Vidwan Sadanam Krishnankutty

Date: March 1, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm onwards Venue : Open Air Theator (OAT), IIT Tirupati.

SPIC MACAY Program - Heritage club Hindustani Concert by Pandit Vinayak Torvi

Date: January 26, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm onwards Venue : LHC-240 Seater Classroom, IIT Tirupati.

SPIC MACAY Program - Heritage club & IKS, MoE presents Kalamkari workshop by Niranjan Jonnalagadda

Date: November 04, 2023 Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm & Date: November 05, 2023 Time: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Venue : TC-1, South Campus, IIT Tirupati.

SPIC MACAY Program - Flute Concert by Smt Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar

Accompanying Artists: Sri. V.V. Srinivasa Rao on Violin and Sri Neyveli S. Skanda Subramaniam on Mridangam

Date: Friday, October 06, 2023 Time: 6:30 pm onwards Venue : LHC-240 Seater Classroom (Behind AB-1 in second floor).

SPIC MACAY Program - Kalaripayattu by Vallabhata Kalari Team

Accompanying Artists: Shri Krishna Das, Shri Rajeev, Shri Dinesh, Shri Baskaran, Shri K Syamalan, Shri Ajithsankar, Shri Gokul, Shri Umeshnarayanan, Kum Devika, Kum Aswathisunilkumar

Date: Monday, September 09, 2023 Time: 5:30 pm onwards Venue : Open Air Theatre (OAT), IIT Tirupati.

SPIC MACAY Program - Kuchipudi dance by Smt Vyjayanthi Kashi

Accompanying Artists: Smt. Harshitha Vidya - Vocal, Kum. Shivani Avadhani - Nattuvangam, Shri Vibhudendra Simha GG - Violin, and Shri Tumkur Sashishankar - Mridangam

Date: 07th August, 2023 Time: 6:00 pm onwards Venue : LHC-240 Seater Classroom (Behind DB2 in second floor), IIT Tirupati.

IIT TIRUPATI SPIC MACAY Heritage club presents Carnatic Vocal Concert by: Sangita Kalanidhi Dr S Sowmya

Accompanying Artists: Sri Neyveli R. Narayanan - Mridangam, Sri R K Shriramkumar - Violin

Date: 04th February, 2023 Time: 6:30 pm onwards Venue : Indoor Stadium, Transit Campus, IIT Tirupati.

SPIC MACAY Heritage Club @ IIT Tirupati cordially invites you to a Sitar Concert by Pt. Kushal Das

Accompanied by Parimal Chakrabarty - Tabla on 31st January, 2023, Time: 06:30 pm onwards, Venue : TC22, CRC Building, IIT Tirupati.

Koodiyatam by Smt. Kapila Venu

Accompanied by Kalamandalam Rajeev, Kalamandalam Narayanan Nambiar - Mizhavu, P Rajan - Edaka on 19th January, 2023, Time: 06:00 pm onwards, Venue : Indoor Stadium, Transit Campus, IIT Tirupati.

Concert by Sri Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal

Padma Vibhushan Awardee, Sangita Kalanidhi, Kalaimamani Dr. Umayalapuram K Sivaraman - Mridangam, Sri Sanjeev V - Violin, and KanjiraMan Sri B Shree Sundarkumar - Kanjira on 28th May, 2022, Time: 06:00 pm onwards, Venue : Indoor Stadium, Transit Campus, IIT Tirupati.

Cheryl Painting Workshop by Telegana State Awardee Dhanlakota Saikiran

Cheryl Painting Workshop by Telegana State Awardee Dhanlakota Saikiran on 30th April to 1st May, 2022, Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon & 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Venue : TC1, Transit Campus. IIT Tirupati.

Virtual Flute Concert by Pandit Ronu Majumdar accompanied by Shri Ajeet Pathak on Tabla

Virtual Flute Concert by Pandit Ronu Majumdar accompanied by Shri Ajeet Pathak on Tabla on February 11, 2022, as the sixth virtual treat arranged by SPIC MACAY Heritage club.

Veena Recital of Vidhushi Punya Srinivas on August 21, 2021

Vidushi Punya Srinivas gave a Veena recital on August 21, 2021, as the fifth virtual treat arranged by SPIC MACAY Heritage club. Shri D.A.Srinivas played the Mridangam, and Shri S.Sunil Kumar played the Kanjira.

Carnatic Music Concert of Dr S. Sowmya on April 17, 2021

Despite the constraints of the online platform, the students and faculty, along with their family members, enjoyed a mellifluous Carnatic Music recital by Dr S. Sowmya on April 17, 2021 -another event of SPIC MACAY Heritage club. She was accompanied by Embar Sri S Kannan on the Violin, Neyveli Sri R Narayanan on the Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma on the Ghatam and Kumari Subashri on the Tanpura. The artistes gave a mesmerizing melodic performance and clearly explained the intricacies and philosophies behind such a beautiful form of art and culture.

Violin Recital by Padmashri A.Kanyakumari on January 23, 2021

The third virtual treat organized under SPIC MACAY Heritage club was a violin recital on January 23, 2021, by Padmashri A. Kanyakumari. She was accompanied by Vidwan Triplicane K.Sekar on Thavil, Vidwan S.Sunil Kumar on Kanjira and Sayee Rakshith on violin. It was a scintillating program.

Qawwali program by Warsi Brothers on Saturday, December 26, 2020

Qawwali program by Warsi Brothers, Warsi Brothers are an Indian Qawwali musical group, consisting of brothers Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi[1] (the Qawwāls), along with eight accompanists (the humnawa or party).

Flute concert by Sri Shashank Subramanyam on Saturday November 7, 2020

Flute concert by Sri Shashank Subramanyam accompanied by Shertalai. R. Ananthakrishnan on Mridangam and Sri. H.N. Bhaskar on Violin.

VIRASAT Series from 10-18 August 2019

The series included two workshops, a paper mache workshop by Smt. Hema Devi and a Seraikela mask-making workshop by Shri Dilip Acharya. It also included performances by renowned artists, including Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohana Veena), Shri Madan Gopal Singh (Sufi), Pt. Raghunandan Panshikar (Hindustani Vocal) and The Dhananjayans (Bharatnatyam).

Carnatic Vocal by Sri Sikkil Gurucharan (13-11-2018)

The second program organized by SPIC MACAY Heritage Club at IIT Tirupati was a Carnatic Vocal concert by Sri Sikkil Gurucharan. He was accompanied by Sri Akshay Anantapadmanabhan on Mridangam and Sri V. Sanjeev on violin.

Bharatnatyam by Ms. Lavanya Ananth (12-03-2018)

SPIC MACAY Heritage Club at IIT Tirupati started its events with a dazzling Bharatanatyam dance performance- a South Indian classical dance form, by the young, energetic, and upcoming talent Ms Lavanya Ananth. She was accompanied by Sri Murali Parthasarathy on Vocal and Nattuvangam, Sri M.Dhananjayan on Mridangam and Sri R. Kalaiarasan on Violin.