Bindu Subramaniam

Bindu was born in United States and shifted to India with her family when she was in sixth grade.{{Cite web |title='Being L Subramaniam's daughter didn't help' |url=https://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-achievers-interview-with-bindu-subramaniam/20110512.htm |date=12 May 2011 |website=Rediff }} She wrote her first song at 7, and first performed on stage in Norway when she was 12 years old.{{Cite web|url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2014/01/04/world-fusion-concert-series-kicks-off-in-bangalore-with-violin-flute-and-tuba/|title=World Music Central|date=4 January 2014 }} She won honourable mentions at the 16th and 17th Billboard World Song Contest for her original compositions and was a semi-finalist in the performance category of the Unisong World Song Contest.

In 2010, she was part of Dr. L. Subramaniam's ensemble that won a GiMA for Best Fusion Album for the album Live in Leipzig.  She released her first solo album, Surrender,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-achievers-interview-with-bindu-subramaniam/20110512.htm|title=Rediff - Achievers' Interview with Bindu Subramaniam}} in 2011, which was nominated for a GiMA in the category of Best Pop/Rock Album.{{Cite web|url=http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/time-music-launches-bindu-subramaniam-debut-album-surrender|title=Radio and Music}}

In 2013, Bindu started a fusion band, SubraMania, along with Ambi Subramaniam. SubraMania has performed live in many cities across India and toured in seven European countries. The band has collaborated with Hubert Laws, Oystein Baadsvik, Lesle Lewis, and Bollywood composer Aadesh Srivastav. SubraMania's music has been described as a "mammoth success" by the Asian Age, and their performance at the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2018 was described as "one of the major highlights" of the festival by Firstpost.{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/subramanias-bindu-and-ambi-on-drawing-from-traditional-legacy-and-introducing-their-own-musical-innovation-4323405.html|title=Firstpost - SubraMania's Bindu and Ambi on drawing from traditional legacy and introducing their own musical innovation|date=8 February 2018 }}

In 2018, Bindu and Ambi collaborated with Carnatic fusion artist Mahesh Raghvan to create The Thayir Sadam Project. The Thayir Sadam Project has released tracks in collaboration with Carnatic singing duo Ranjani-Gayathri, and created an Indian cover of A Million Dreams to promote the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/one-song-30-kids-and-a-million-dreams/articleshow/64508758.cms|title=The Times of India - One song, 30 kids, and a million dreams}} They have been described as "a talented troupe" by the Times of India (Economic Times),{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/yono-sbi-20-under-20-felicitates-indias-most-enterprising-youngsters/articleshow/67959532.cms|title=The Economic Times}} and have performed live in major Indian cities. As of 2018, The Thayir Sadam Project has conducted workshops with over 5000 students,{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/a-song-about-children-the-real-superheroes/articleshow/67486478.cms|title=The Times of India - Bangalore Times}} teaching them global music and promoting initiatives like the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) via the 10,000 deeds campaign.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/thayir-sadham-and-music-blend-well-here/article24047323.ece|title=The Hindu}}

In 2020, Bindu took the SaPa curriculum online, with an online learning platform{{Cite web|last=Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts|first=SaPa|title=Self-paced courses: SaPa|url=https://sapaindia.com/self-paced-courses|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621182840/https://sapaindia.com/self-paced-courses |archive-date=21 June 2021 }} hosting self-paced courses by Dr. L Subramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam, Anup Jhalota, Russ Miller and more.

Bindu is the Dean of Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SaPa), an institute of Indian and global music founded by Dr. L. Subramaniam and Kavita Krishnamurti in 2007. Bindu took over as Dean in 2011, and created a curriculum that would train children as young as three years old to learn music. She founded the SaPa in Schools program in 2014, as an initiative to integrate music into the mainstream academic curriculum. The program works with 30,000 children.

Bindu's goal for SaPa in Schools was to create an ecosystem for music education in India.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/sapa-s-pitch-perfect-programme-makes-music-in-indian-schools-fun-1.758387|title=The National - SaPa's pitch-perfect programme makes music in Indian schools fun}} The program was supported by the Infosys Foundation and is currently partnered with the Akshaya Patra Foundation.

Bindu co-hosts The SaPa Show, a weekly television program aimed at teaching children Indian and global music. Earlier in 2019, she co-authored India's first series of textbooks dedicated to teaching the Indian violin.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/master-the-strings-of-a-violin-through-this-book-by-sapa/article26204572.ece|title=The Hindu - Master the Strings}} She is currently working on offering undergraduate courses in music education, technology, and performance.

Bindu writes a weekly column called "Tuning In" in the New Indian Express.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/author/bindu-subramaniam/|title=The New Indian Express - Author Bindu Subramaniam}}

Bindu has a bachelor's degree in Law from Jain University, a master's degree in law from the University of London, a master's certificate in songwriting and music business from Berklee Music, a diploma in Montessori education from NAMC and a PhD in music education. She is a part of the Stanford Seed Transformation Program (cohort of 2020).{{Cite web|title=Stanford Seed|date=10 March 2021 |url=https://sugermint.com/bindu-subramaniam/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313042511/https://sugermint.com/bindu-subramaniam/ |archive-date=13 March 2021 }}

Bindu has received Honourable Mentions at the Billboard World Song Contest and was a finalist in the performance category of the Unisong International Song Contest. She was nominated for a GiMA (Indian equivalent of the Grammys) for Best Pop Rock Album in 2011 and won a GiMA for Best Fusion Album – Live at Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig in 2010.

She is a member of the All India Management Association's Young Leaders Council,{{Cite web|url=https://ylc.aima.in/membership/current-members.php|title=Youth Leadership Council - Members}} and was a delegate of the Australia India Youth Dialogue in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aiyd.org/aiyd-2018/|title=Australia-India Youth Dialogue - Delegates}} She was also invited to Israel in 2018, as part of the delegation that contributed to advancing India-Israeli ties. In 2021, she delivered a TEDx talk for students from Woodstock School, titled "What do you want to be when you grow up?"{{Cite web|title=YouTube - TEDx| website=YouTube | date=16 March 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbi-jcmUYxM&t=8s|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004105908/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbi-jcmUYxM&t=8s |archive-date=4 October 2021 }}

Bindu was born as Seetaa Subramaniam in Los Angeles, California, to violinist L. Subramaniam and vocalist Vijayashree (Viji) Subramaniam. She has two brothers: violinist Ambi Subramaniam and Dr. Narayana Subramaniam – head and neck oncologist, author and musician. She moved to Bangalore, India with her family in 1996, after the death of her mother. Her father married Bollywood playback singer Kavita Krishnamurti in 1999.

She legally changed her name from Seetaa to Bindu in 2009. 

Bindu is married to Sanjeev Nayak, Swarathma's lead violinist.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/Newly-wed-Bindu-Subramaniam-Sanjeev-Nayak/articleshow/49790256.cms|title=The Times of India - Newly wed: Bindu Subramaniam & Sanjeev Nayak}} She has a daughter, Mahati Subramaniam, born in 2011, who recorded her first solo song in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2018/jul/21/l-subramaniams-granddaughter-records-first-solo-song-1846252.html|title=The New Indian Express - L Subramaniam's granddaughter records first solo song}}

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