About Us

Academy of Indian Music & Arts, founded in 1984 by the legendary musician Padma Bhushan Dr T V Gopalakrishnan and registered as a Charitable Trust. AIMA upholds the philosophy espoused by Dr TVG, that music should be an integral part of everyone’s daily life, reiterating the time-tested therapeutic power of music to reduce stress and enhance positivity in lives.

Academy of Indian Music and Arts (AIMA) stands tall as a state-of-the-art music academy to attain in-depth knowledge and mastery in multiple genres of Indian music. AIMA has proven to be a haven for music aspirants and practitioners irrespective of economic or social bias. Here, passionate seekers are nurtured/groomed in the art of performance and the art of teaching in the enriching time-tested Gurukulam ethos.

Vision

  • AIMA is committed to bringing back the doctrine of music into modern lives. Now, AIMA champions the mantra of our founder Dr TVG – “If you can Speak, you can Sing”! This is to encourage every person to infuse music into their lives.
  • AIMA is gearing up to be the Pioneer professional Institution delivering quality music education by revolutionising and redesigning the current system of professional music education.
  • AIMA aims to support this neglected strata of musicians by enabling them to obtain a decent living and lead their lives with dignity. 
  • AIMA thus intends to document and propagate these veterans’ wealth of knowledge and expertise by archiving and preserving it, to be passed on to future generations.

Mission

  • Academy of Indian Music and Arts (AIMA) stands tall as a state-of-the-art music academy to attain in-depth knowledge and mastery in multiple genres of Indian music.
  • AIMA has proven to be a haven for music aspirants and practitioners irrespective of economic or social bias. Here, passionate seekers are nurtured/groomed in the art of performance and the art of teaching in the enriching time-tested Gurukulam ethos.
  • AIMA has always been cognitive of the power and efficacy of  Indian music in the areas of healing and stress relief.  AIMA is committed to propagating this precious gift handed over by our ancestors and passing it on to the present youth and corporate world.

Core Values

  • Preservation
    • Encouraging and conducting research in ancient Indian musicological works
    • Documentation of classical obsolete art forms
    • Translation and publication of hitherto unpublished works on music and dance
    • Restoration of invaluable archival music material, audio and video
  • Project-Oriented Research
    • Study on healing and therapy aspects of Music
    • Research on ancient and contemporary musical instruments
    • Facilitating research activities
  • Professional Education.
    • TVG’s AIMA is committed to providing access to Indian Music from grassroots beginner levels to professional levels – thereby creating tomorrow’s performers, educators, and facilitators. Though there are many institutions for teaching, monitoring, and preserving our music culture, the impact of western culture and ideologies has eroded and diluted the zest for learning classical music in the hearts of the younger generation.
  • Propagation.
    • Encourage deserving artists by bringing them to the limelight by conducting thematic festivals all over India and abroad with unparalleled success. Over 4000 aspiring musicians have been promoted by AIMA through its music festivals including today’s legendary young superstars. An equal number of internationally famous musicians and accompanists have also participated in our festival.
  • Protection and help for needy musicians.
    • The unfortunate state of affairs, vis-a-vis artists, who choose to have a career in music and its allied arts, is the poor financial returns as a professional. It is not unreasonable to expect that a comfortable livelihood is possible with the wages earned by middling artistes – be the Performing artistes or teachers.