T. S. Nandakumar

T. S. Nandakumar (born 17 March 1958) is a well known Indian versatile carnatic music percussionist. He is primarily adept in playing the mridangam.

T. Shankaranaryanan Nandakumar (T S Nandakumar) was born on 17 March 1958 in Ambalappuzha, Kerala, India. He is the son of Shri Balakrishna Panicker and Shrimati Saraswati. He comes from the family of the well known nadaswaram exponents, the Ambalapuzha Brothers. A child prodigy, Nandakumar had only talent with which he conquered the world of music with his beats on the mridangam. He learnt mridangam under the guidance of Shri Kaithavana Madhavdas in the gurukula samprada tradition and acquired proficiency as Laya Vidwan.

TSN's Percussive Arts Centre was founded in response to demand from students for higher learning in the art of percussion in the year 1998 and was inaugurated by Dr V Subramanium,Former Maharashtra minister and staunch Congressman in India,Mumbai. Since inception, the centre has presented several annual events which included performances by well-known artists in carnatic music, amongst others by N. Rajam, N. Ramani, A. Kanyakumari, L. Subramaniam and several others at the Shanmukhananda Hall, Chembur Fine Arts Hall and other different places. Such events organized under the banner of TSN's Percussive Arts Centre serve as an inspiration to young students and encourage them to take to the stage. Nandakumar has Indian students as well as non-Indian students all over the globe. He conducted decennary function of the centre with a performance by ninety six students on stage.