Swar Sadhana Foundation

India is renowned for its rich Cultural Heritage. Various performing Art forms like Music, Dance, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture & other Allied Arts have thrived in this country for Centuries and needless to say, have reached high amounts of Sophistication.

To nurture and propagate the priceless heritage of Indian music, a foundation has been laid by a few music lovers, performers, listeners, in the name of Swar Sadhana Foundation. Its mission is to preserve, develop and propagate Indian music in the form of classical, semi-classical, folk, film and other light music numbers.

The quality of average listener plays a great role in development of music and this task of nourishing a solid base of high quality listeners has become a critical factor for the survival of the best music. Our effort in this direction is aimed at conducting at least four quality music programs a year…

This can be made possible with dedication and funds generated out of the contributions made by the music lovers within / outside the group, corporate/ individuals etc.

Contact us at:

Swar Sadhana Foundation

203, Gagangad, IIT Bombay Staff CHS Ltd.

Powai, Mumbai 400 076

Tel: 25707631

Events

Swar Sadhana had its inaugural event on February 16th 2007. The event was organized at F.C. Kohli Auditorium, KReSIT, IIT Bombay. Shri Upendra Patnayak was the Chief Guest. The programme included Guitar Performance by Faizaan Marolia and hindi songs by Neeta and Shashank.

Swar Sadhana had its second programme on June 24th 2007. This was conducted at P.C. Saxena Auditorium, IIT Bombay. It was a Marathi Sugam Sangeet event presented under the banner of IIT Cultural Association. The programme included Performance by Shruti Athavale, a little star from Pune and songs by Sa Re Ga Ma fame Anandi Joshi alongwith Milind Paranjape and Shashank Mehendale.

Management Team

Shashank Mehendale (www.shashankmusic.com) is the founder and CEO of ‘Swar Sadhana’. His aim behind starting this foundation is solely to keep the Indian form of music alive, by providing a platform to young and talented individuals and at the same time entertain the audiences with good music.

Shashank belongs to a family of musicians. His mother has graduated in Music and was a radio artist. His sister, Shubhangi Sakhalkar (www.shubhangisakhalkar.com) is MA in Music and a professional Hindustani vocalist.

Shashank plays Tabla, sings and composes music. Shashank had released his first music album ‘Tumse Hai Pyar’ in 2005 and is on his way to release one more album along with his sister shortly.

Suhas Nawathe is working closely with the Foundation since its inception. He is the Chief Programme Manager at ‘Swar Sadhana’.

Suhas is a music lover and has been associated with a prominent musical circle ‘Swar Vilas’, Andheri in past. He also has expertise in compeering and stage management which he has been handling with great dedication at the Swar Sadhana events.

Sudhir Neurgaonkar, has newly joined as an Executive Co-ordinator at Swar Sadhana. He is a music lover and has expertise in co-ordinating cultural & social events for more than 20 years.