Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that in order to expand the Indian music industry, the Indian government and private bodies need to take more tangible efforts. The vast universe of music should reinvent itself making use of the opportunities of the day. We need more tangible action by the governments, private bodies, sabhas, and gurus, Naidu said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of late Carnatic music singer, Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi.

He also conferred Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi Fellowship in Music to 50 young and promising musicians. We are already using technology to spread this knowledge and more students in India and abroad are learning Indian classical music through online resources and tutors. These efforts need to be further expanded, he added. The Vice President went on to add that the Indian music has a vast repository of songs that have been providing continuous nourishment to the mind, heart, and soul.