Mysore: He is visually impaired but that hasn't prevented him from scaling new heights. It is a victory of willpower for K T Udaya Kiran, 30, who has completed a PhD in music at the University of Mysore. Kiran, a vocalist, is working as a guest lecturer at the University of Fine Arts College. Kiran, who was born blind, began research in 2007 under the guidance of M Manjunath. His academic record has been excellent- bagged a gold medal in MA in music (vocal) from the University of Mysore, was awarded fellowship after the UGC National Eligibility Test, scored distinction in SSLC, II PUC, UG and PG too. "I started learning classical music as a child. My parents, who are good in music, encouraged me and now it has become my part of life." Uday also plays the violin and keyboard. Apart from participating in the All India Radio programmes, he has presented papers at the national-level music seminars on Swarakalpana in Carnatic music at Annamalai University and on 'Africa meets Asia' at the International Music Conference.
Via: ToI
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