Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar was the pioneer to establish Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and start a degree course in Indian classical music. He was an Institution of Indian classical music in himself. Besides being an excellent and renowned vocalist, he strived to bring Divine music to layman. Panditji compiled books on music. He devised his own notation system suitable to Indian classical music, based on the notation system in western classical music.  read more »

Mr V V Shirwadkar�s original name was Gajanan Ranganath Shirwadkar. After he was adopted, his name changed to Vishnu Waman Shirwadkar. He is born in Pune on 27th February 1912 . His primary education was in Pimpalgaon and high school education was in New English School ,Nashik, which is now called as J.S. Rungtha High School of Nashik. He passed matriculation from Bombay University. His poems and articles were published in "Balbodhmewa " magazine edited by the famous poet of Maharashtra D.N. Tilak way back in 1929, when he was hardly 17 years old. . He joined H.P.T.  read more »

Maharashtra is one of the few states in our country that enjoys a rich tradition in theatre and Shri Vasant Kanetkar has made significant contribution to theatre awareness in the people of Maharashtra. Kanetkar's career as a dramatist spans over four decades. He has to his credit more than forty plays and is at present busily engaged in adding to his ouvvre with several plays on the anvil.  read more »