Suresh Chandvankar, Honorary Secretary,
SIRC
Dr. Suresh Chandvankar is a member of the Department of Condensed
Matter Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
He has been associated with the Society from the beginning. As the
Honorary Secretary, he has given numerous presentations on the
Society's work in India and abroad. Here he is seen at
the record collector's
conference on 'Why Collect?' at the British Library, London, September
2001. He is also the Editor of the Society's Journal. As seen in
the contents of the Journal. he is the
author of many informative and heavily researched articles. He has also
written many articles on the Internet for various websites. Here is a
sampling:
1. Article on K. L. Saigal for the Oldies Club
http://members.tripod.com/oldies_club/klsaigal.htm
2. Article on 100 years of Gramophone records in India for the
Magazine for Traditional Music for the World
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/indcent.htm
3. Two-part article on Gauhar Jan for the the South Asian
webzine
http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2003/Gauhar_Jan.htm
http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2003/Gauhar_Jan_2.htm
4. A list of articles on Sound Recording in India
http://www.bajakhana.com.au/Articles-3B.htm
Some of these articles are old and may have his old contact
information. He can be contacted as follows:
Suresh Chandvankar, Honorary Secretary
SIRC
801, Bhaskara, TIFR Housing Complex, Navy Nagar, Mumbai 400005, INDIA
Phone (Residence) 91-22-2280 4986
Email sschand@tifr.res.in or chandvankar@yahoo.com
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