

Project Inspire India is a dream and aspirations of the founders – Shankar Mahadevan and Sridhar Ranganathan that is founded on the following basic tenets: My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.” “I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. What are the founding principles behind the Inspire India Project? How did this idea come through? How will this project grow over a period of time? Here are the excerpts from the discussion

We got a chance to interact with Mr Sridhar Ranganathan, the founder of Inspire India Project and SMA, to know more about his vision and the purpose behind Inspire India Project. The Inspire India Project aspires to make music as a topic of household conversation at every home in the community. SMA has initiated a mission by the name Inspire India Project. SMA has taken a step even further by not just limiting themselves to providing music education to underprivileged children but also to the underprivileged community as a whole, irrespective of age. Shankar Mahadevan Academy (SMA), which has been actively involved in imparting music education to students of all ages, has taken a step towards providing these talents an avenue to develop themselves. However, the fact remains that with due guidance these talented artists can carve a happy life for themselves. Some such talents face the problems of financial well-being, some face the challenge of foreseeing the vision. But in this abundance a lot voices and a lot of dreams get drowned or overshadowed as they do not get right platforms to hone their skills.
