C. Nataraj is a tenured full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University; he also holds an administrative position as Director of CENDAC, an interdisciplinary research center in the College of Engineering and oversees research with annual funding of $2 million. He is also the Director of the Board for Turbo Research Foundation and the Chief Scientific Adviser to Sting Free Corporation. He serves on several international scientific committees and has co-organized many international conferences and symposia. He has served on the Boards and committees of Indian organizations such as Sruti, Association of Indians in America, and Triveni, the Kannada Association of Delaware Valley. He has resided in the Philadelphia area for 19 years, and is a devoted supporter of the classical arts of India.

Vidyasankar Sundaresan is an avid connoisseur of Carnatic music. He obtained a PhD in chemical engineering from Caltech and conducted postdoctoral research in molecular biology at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA. He currently works at GE Water and Process Technologies in Trevose. His interests include musicology, Indian philosophy and Sanskrit studies.

Sridhar is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Villanova University. He has been a resident of the Greater Philadelphia region for the last 17 years. He currently lives in Collegeville, PA with his wife, Deepa, and two sons, Hari and Harsha.

Venkat is a Client Solutions Manager at Sun Microsystems.  He has worked in several community service organizations in various capacities and was the President of the Toronto Telugu Association and also the Secretary for the Telugu Association of Greater Delaware valley. His skills sets include large event stage management such as the Telugu Association of North America yearly convention in Philadelphia which drew an audience of 8000. He is a big fan and supporter of Indian Dance and Music.

Srinivas Pothukuchi is a Senior Director of Consulting Services at Verispan, a Healthcare sales and marketing organization. He has served the community in Philadelphia region as an active/founding board member of various cultural and charitable organizations such as Council of Indian Organizations, ASHA at Drexel, Telugu Association of Greater Delaware Valley among others. He lives in Bucks County with his wife Leelavathi and daughters, Vishnupriya and Aditi. His interests include Indian music & dance, cricket and social service.

Ramaa Nathan works as a financial strategist in a research group at Susquehanna International Group, a leading financial firm in Bala Cynwyd, PA. She obtained her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. She is passionate about promoting gifted education, and is active in various community and social services. She is currently the site coordinator for the CMITES weekend workshops in South-Eastern PA and organizes a number of educational workshops twice a year for the gifted and talented students in the region. She is also the chair of the development committee for Yogakshema, USA, a social service organization that provides emotional, physical and spiritual rehabilitation to people living in old age homes and with chronic diseases in Bangalore, India. She is an active volunteer of Eldernet, a non-profit organization that serves senior citizens with low incomes in the mainline area. She lives in Bala Cynwyd with her husband, Rungun and daughter, Rochitha and is a big supporter of Indian music and dance.

Vijaya Viswanathan works at Valimation Inc and is on the board of Shrita Charitable trust. She has been a resident of the greater Philadelphia region for almost 10 years. She has 2 children who pursue both Western and Indian Classical music.

Revathi Sivakumar is a software engineer at J&B Software Inc located in Blue Bell, PA. A life member of SRUTI, Revathi has a penchant for Indian music and dance. Mother of two children, Revathi had served the local Tamil Association of Greater Delaware Valley in different capacities over several years.

Seetha Ayyala is a Medical Physicist by profession and works in the field of Radiation Oncology. She holds double masters in Physics and Computer Information Sciences. She is trained in Carnatic vocal music and passed the certificate course from the Hyderabad Music College. She is part of a music group and performs locally. She is a life member of SRUTI and has been associated with the organization for the last 15 years.