Ashok Madhav - A contemporary composer of Carnatic music, he currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He has composed kritis in Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, and KannaDa, and has to his credit a set of 72-melakartha kritis (1 in each melakarta) that has been published in book form as "Melakartha Ganamalika" (1977). The book was given a wonderful review by Sruti magazine. In addition, he has composed several other kritis in janya ragas including tillanas, a varnam and ragamalikas. His compositions have been rendered by various artists including TR.Subramanian, SR.Janakiraman, TK.Govinda Rao, Tanjavur Kalyanaraman, TV.Sankaranarayanan, OS Thyagarajan, Malladi brothers, MS Sheela, Sukanya Prabhakar, RN.Sreelatha, S.Sowmya, Raji Gopalakrishnan, Neyyatinkara Mohana Chandran, Pemmaraju Surya Rao, Srikanth Chary and others like Raju Soundararajan, R.Manian, Seethalakshmi Madhavan, Sujana Mulukutlaveena, Sudha Raghunathan, and others. He is also responsible for creating the raga "hamsa kalyaaNi," a combination of hamsadwani and kalyaaNi. He has been active in the Carnatic music world, with many articles and compilations of works by great artists.

Mudra:

Compositions:

1. anbu vellamE - shubhapantuvaraaLi
   
2. bhaagyavati neenE - maanD
   
3. illai iddharaNiyil - hamsanaadam
   
4. inaiyar unakku uNDO - gowri manOhari
   
5. jagelara janakaja - aabhEri
   
6. jayati jayati jaya shankara - nirOshTa
   
7. karuna ennadu - bEgaDa
   
8. murugaa murugaa enru - dwijaavanti
   
9. nee vara solla - shree ranjani
   
10. neevE maa dhanamu - mandaari
    
11. ninne veDu - mukhaari
    
12. raksha maam chaaya ranjani - caayaranjani
    
13. taamadam enduku - caarukEshi
    
14. un tiruvaDiyE aDaindEn - gowDamalhaar
    
15. vandannai aruL taa - sudda saavEri
    
16. vandEham vandEham - shanmugapriyaa