Disciples

P.V.S’s Disciples are from a cross section of the society, especially the less privileged and down trodden. His dedication as teacher is above the petty considerations such as cast / color/ creed / sex / religion. He is a nationalist. He is a humanist. The following is again a specific list of his disciples including scheduled courts and backward classes, as envisaged by the constitution of India. Guru PVS’s disciples have a secure life in sacred institutions, or they have settled in life with “music” as their breadwinner.

Muslim Disciples

Sr. No	Name of the disciple	Present Place of Work
1.	Md. Ziauddin	Professional Music Teacher, Central Govt. Senior Scholarship Holder.
2.	Md. Layak Ahmed	Professional Music Teacher

CHRISTIAN Disciples

Sr. No	Name of the disciple	Present Place of Work
1.	Y. Gurumurty	Music Teacher, Municipal School, Vizianagaram.
2.	N. Prakash	MusicTeacher, KendriyaVidyalaya, Srikakulam.

S.C Disciples

Sr. No	Name of the disciple	Present Place of Work
1.	B.A. Narayana	Lecturer in Govt. Music College, Vizianagaram. A Grade Artist in AIR and Dooradarshan, Performing Artist and a Guru to many Performing artists.
2.	P. Raju	Lecturer in Govt. College of Music and Dance, Hyderabad.
3.	P.Dora	Musician, Srikakulam.
4.	P. Chinna	Music Teacher, D.V.N. Kalakshetram, Hyderabad.
5.	P. Suryanarayana	Music Teacher, Saptaparni, Hyderabad.

B.C Disciples

Sr. No	Name of the disciple	Present Place of Work
1.	Lahari	Music Teacher, Hyderabad.
2.	P. Kasi	Music Teacher, Guntur.
3.	Y. Krishna Kumari	Music teacher, A.P.S.W.R. High School, Nellimarla, Vizianagaram.
4.	S. Venkata Rao	Principal, Nirmala Music and Dance Academy, Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam.
5.	G. Madhusudhana Rao	TTD Artist, Annamayya Project Tirupathi.
6.	Ch. Dhanujaya Naidu	Music Teacher in Govt. High School, Visakhapatnam.
7.	Smt. Sri Lakshmi	Music Teacher, IIIT

O.C Disciples

Sr. No	Name of the disciple	Present Place of Work
1.	Vasa Prasad	Artist, Annamayya Project, TTD, Tirupathi.
2.	Burra Srinivas	Music teacher in Bhala Bhavan, Vizianagaram.
3.	M. Subba Raju	Music teacher, Vizianagaram.
4.	Vizianagaram .D. Vardhani	A Grade Artist in AIR and Dooradarshan. Author for several Music Books. Performing Artist, number of CDs released. Guru of many performing disciples.
5.	K.V.P. Saraswathi, U.V. Nagalakshmi (Vizianagaram Sisters)	Professional Artists, Bombay and Delhi.
6.	K.H. Anuradha	Music teacher, A.P.S.W.R. High School, Srikakulam.
7.	K. Sarada	Music teacher, A.P.S.W.R. High School, Rajahmundry.
8.	P. Saraswathi	Teacher, N.S.T.L., High School, Visakhapatnam
9.	Uma	Lecturer in Music, Visakhapatnam.
10.	K. Kanaka Mahalakshmi	Music teacher, A.P.S.W.R. High School, Visakhapatnam.
11.	Smt. Kanaka Mahalakshmi	Govt. Music College, Vizianagaram.
12.	Sri. V. Vamsi Krishna	Professional Music Teacher, London, UK
13.	Ch. Kaivalya Kumar	Professional Music Artist, AIR B - high grade Artist, Central Govt. Senior Scholarship
14.	Smt. Bhargavi	Annamayya Project, TTD.
15.	Smt. Padma Shankar	Artiste
16.	Smt. Annapoorna Visalakshi	Professional Music Teacher, Kalahasti.
17.	Smt. Doosi Gayathri	Music Teacher.
18.	Smt . Jyothi	Professional Music Teacher

Guru P.V.S A NATIONAL GURU

Sri. PVS Seshaiash Sastry trained and still training many a disciple who were awarded
Junior and Senior Scholarship by Central Government of India, under his able guidance.

Sr. No	Name of the disciple	Scholarship details
1.	Vizianagaram D. Vardhani	Central Govt. Senior Scholarship Holder.
2.	Md. Ziauddin	Central Govt. Senior Scholarship Holder.
3.	Ch. Kaivalya Kumar	Central Govt. Senior Scholarship Holder.
4.	Vizianagaram D. Vardhani	Central Govt. Junior Fellowship Holder.

Sri. PVS Seshaish Sastry disciples won “National” level awards.

Sr. No	Name of the disciple	Centre/ Festival/ place	Year
1.	Vizianagaram D.Vardhani	Youth festival, Dhanbad	1st Prize
2.	Vizianagaram D.Vardhani	South Central Zone Cultural Centre National Competition, Hyderabad.	1st Prize
3.	Smt. Sri Lakshmi	Youth festival	1st Prize
4.	Smt. Uma	Youth festival	1st Prize
5.	V. Vamsi Krishna	South Central Zone Cultural Centre National Competition, Nagpur.	Prize Winner

Guru PVS Seshaiah Sastry as an academician presented papers in music conferences, contributed essays
to popular Journals / Chronicles and also as a Columnist, gave good critical evaluation.

Sr. No	Title of the paper/essay	Institute
1.	Tyagaraju – Rachana Vaibhavam	Potti Sri Ramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad.
2.	Tillanas	Illinois University, USA.
3.	Pallavi Demonstration	M.R. Govt. College of Music & Dance, Vizianagaram.
4.	Manodharma Sangeetam, Lec – Dem.	Vijayabhavana, Vizianagaram.