GURUS
Initial Training:
"Sangeetha Vachaspathi", "Sangeetha Vidyapraveena", "Sangeetha Kalathapaswi", Kulapathi Sri. I.V.L.SASTRY (her father).
Advanced Training:
"Sangeetha Kalanidhi", "Nadavidya Bharathi", "Sangeetha Choodamani", Â Sri NEDUNURI KRISHNA MURTY GARU.
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Grand Father: Late Sri I.Lakshminarayana (Student of Tummarada Sangameswara Sastry)
Grand Mother: Late Smt. I.AnnapurnaÂ
Father: Sri.I.V.L.Sastry and Mother Smt. I.Sitaramanjaneyamma were reputed musicians having trained thousands of students in classical music.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Passed in Distinction Certificate and Diploma examinations in Music from Andhra University.
2. Passed M.A.Music in 1st class in 1992 from Andhra University.
3. Pursued M.Phil in the same subject from Delhi University.
4. Got "A" grade in All India Radio and Doordarshan.
Achievements:
A) Gold Medals and First prizes in National Wide Competitions.
1. Got first prize and Gold Medal at the National Youth festival meet at AKOLA in the year 1988 covering more than 42 universities in India in Clasical Music thereby becoming eligible to present in International Youth Festivals abroad.
2. Won AIR competitions in Karnatic classical vocal music in 1990 and became a graded AIR and Doordarshan artist since then.
3. Got 1st prize at Udipi and Indore at the National Level competition held by SCZCC/Nagpur (Government of India Institution) in the year 1991.
First Prizes in All India Level Competitions held by the Following institutions.
1. National songs competitions held by Samskarabharathi on National Level/Prize given by Giani Jail Sing, President at Delhi.
2. All India Spirit of Freedom-Hyderabad.
3. Sri Ram Music Academy-GARIVIDI.
4. Music Academy-Visakhapatnam.
5. S.K.B.R. College-Amalapuram.
6. Government Women's College-Rajahmundry.
FELICITATIONS AND CITATIONS:
1. By Sadguru Sri K. Sivananda Murthy Garu on behalf of Andhra Music   Academy and Sanathna Dharma Charitable Trust.
2.  Andhra  Association  Delhi.
3. Â On the occasion of A.P. Formation day at AP Bhavan Delhi by Ex-Governor Rangarajan.
4. Â Vedic Seva Trust/Visakhapatnam Ugadi Puraskaram.
5. Â Vizag Junior Chamber Association.
6. Â Vizag Dancers Association.
7. Â Veginati Brahmin Welfare Association.
8. Â Natya Ravali Music & Dance Academy.
9. Â Kurella Someswara Rao's Trust(Sita Devi Trust).
10. Â Jayasree's International.
11. Â Amature performing Artist Association-Hyderabad.
 12.  Lalitha Kala Ranjani-Palasa, A.P.,
SERVICES TO PROPAGATION OF MUSIC
1. Conducted free classes in Sangeetha Janakulam for preliminary and         advanced courses in classical music for the last 23 years at  Visakhapatnam.
2. Conducted free musical classes in Andhra Music Academy with the   blessings of Sadguru Sri Sivananda Murthy Garu for the last 5 years.
3. Teaching music to the students in USA, UK , Singapore , Indonesia Chennai Hyderabad, Tirupati & Visakhapatnam through online computer internet classes.
4. Â Conducted free bi-weekly music classes for music appreciation course and Annamacharya Keertanas at Delhi for 3 years in 1999,2000,2001 with 80 students in which persons like Sri N.Gopala Swamy, Former Chief election commissioner were students.
5. Â Worked as music lecturer in BVK College from 1993 to 1998.
6.  Worked as music lecturer in VMDA  music College  for the last 7 years.
BRIEF PARTICULARS OF CONCERTS
Gave first vocal public performance at a very tender age of 5 years in the year 1972 and subsequently gave innumerable performances some of which are given below. Â Â Â Â Â Â
1. Krishna Gana Sabha-Chennai.
2. A.P.Bhavan, Ashok Vihar and many other Associations at New Delhi.
3. Nehru center Auditorium, Mumbai.
4. Shanmukhananda Sabha, Delhi.
5. Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai.
6. Gave several programmes at various important places like Tirupathi,Hyderabad,Vijayawada,Bhopal,Bilaspur,Kharagpur,Udipi,Indore,Akola,Mad-urai etc.
7. Many other music sabhas in Andhra Pradesh , Tamilnadu & MaharashtraÂ
International
1. Paricipated in the Music festival  in Mauritius conducted by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Govt of Mauritius in Feb 2012.
2. Performed several music concerts at different sabhas and temples and also conducted many work shops in Singapore in Jun 2015.
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