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}}{{Infobox person |name = Kiran Seth |image = Kiran Seth, Founder of Spic Macay.jpg |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|04|27}} |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = Indian |other_names = |known_for = SPIC MACAY |occupation = Professor Emeritus |education = PhD (1974) Columbia University |alma_mater = IIT Kharagpur, Columbia University |employer = IIT Delhi |years_active = }}Kiran Seth (born 1949) is an Indian academician, Professor Emeritus in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is most known as the founder of SPIC MACAY (1977), a non-profit organisation which promotes Indian classical music, Indian classical dance, and other aspects Indian culture, amongst youth the world over; through its about 500 chapters and through conventions, baithaks, lectures and musical fests.[1][2][3][4] In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution to the Arts.[5] Early life and educationSeth was born on 27 April 1949. His father, Bhojraj Seth, was a mathematician and the first professor at the IIT Kharagpur, established in 1951, while his mother Bhagawathi Seth was a housewife.[1] CareerSeth started his career working as a Member of the Technical Staff (MTS) at Bell Laboratories, New Jersey in 1974, a job he gave up to return to India in 1976 as an Assistant Professor to teach at IIT Delhi, where he has been working ever since. It was at IIT Delhi that he founded SPIC MACAY in 1977.[6][7] He has been member of several committees and boards, including the Central Advisory Board of Education, General Council of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Executive Board of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and Advisory Board (Education) of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} He served as Vice-Chairman of the Governing Council of the Film and Television Institute in Pune from 2012 to 2014.[8] SPIC MACAYSeth is credited with establishing the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music, Art and Culture amongst Youth (SPIC MACAY) in 1977, a society that has done a phenomenal amount of work in the area of promoting classical music and culture amongst school and colleges in India and more recently in different parts of the world.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} Today the movement conducts concerts, lec-dems, talks, yoga workshops, classic film shows, theatre shows and craft workshops in schools and colleges so that young people might be inspired.[9][10] Awards and recognition{{Unreferenced section|date= April 2018}}
References1. ^1 {{cite web |last=Quraishi |first=Humra |title=Kiran Seth: Without playing a note, he makes music touch the lives of many |url=http://www.livemint.com/2007/11/27000636/Kiran-Seth--Without-playing-a.html |date=12 December 2007 |publisher=Mint |page=}} 2. ^{{cite web |date=7 December 2003 |title=Keeping our virasat alive |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031207/spectrum/main2.htm |publisher=The Tribune |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028062415/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031207/spectrum/main2.htm |archivedate=28 October 2014}} 3. ^{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=Mala |date=30 October 2003 |title=From rap to raga |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/10/30/stories/2003103000960300.htm |newspaper=The Hindu}} 4. ^{{cite news |date=28 May 2009 |title=Discovery of India |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/05/28/stories/2009052850390100.htm |newspaper=The Hindu}} 5. ^{{cite news |last=Datta |first=Sravasti |date=10 October 2014 |title=An artistic endeavour |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/an-artistic-endeavour/article6486274.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |accessdate=5 April 2015}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Young converts to Indian classics |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3778005.stm |date=4 June 2004 |publisher=BBC News |page= |first=Jayshree |last=Bajoria}} 7. ^{{cite news |author=Ramchandra Guha |date=5 December 2004 |title=The education of a Philistine:SPIC MACAY |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2004/12/05/stories/2004120500380300.htm |newspaper=The Hindu}} 8. ^URL=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Mirza-aims-at-centre-of-excellence-status-for-FTII/articleshow/8094611.cms 9. ^{{cite news |last=Kumar |first=Ranee |title=Catch 'em young: Kiran Seth, the founder of Spicmacay, has a focused agenda of shaping young minds |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/10/23/stories/2003102301110200.htm |date=23 October 2003 |newspaper=The Hindu}} 10. ^{{cite news |last=Chaudhuri |first=Shatarupa |date=5 March 2010 |title=Stay connected with culture |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article254842.ece |newspaper=The New Indian Express}} External links
6 : 1949 births|Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur alumni|Columbia University alumni|Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts|Living people|Indian Institute of Technology Delhi faculty |
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