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| origin = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
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| instrument = [[Saraswati veena|veena]]
| genre = [[Indian classical music]], [[film music]]
| occupation = Veena player
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'''Echampati Gayathri''' (née Gayathri Vasantha Shoba), popularly known as "Veena Gayathri"(born 9 November 1959)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tnmfau.in/Vice-Chancellor.html | title=Vice - Chancellor | publisher=Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University | accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> is a [[Saraswati veena|veena]] exponent of the traditional [[Carnatic music]]. She was appointed by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J.Jayalalithaa, as the first Vice Chancellor of [[Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University]] in November, 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131122/news-current-affairs/article/vice-chancellor-university-will-have-unique-approach-towards | title=Vice Chancellor: University will have unique approach towards music | publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] | work=B. Vijayalakshmi | date=22 November 2013 | accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/gayathri-is-music-varsity-vc/article5372760.ece | title=Gayathri is music varsity V-C | newspaper=The Hindu | date=21 November 2013 | accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref>

E.Gayathri received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 2002, the "Kalaimamani" award from Dr. M. G. R. on behalf of the Government of [[Tamil Nadu]] in 1984 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rotary Club, Madras East in 2011. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa, appointed E. Gayathri as Honorary Director of Tamil Nadu Government Music Colleges in Chennai, Thiruvaiyaru, Madurai and Coimbatore in 2011. E.Gayathri has been honoured with a Doctorate by the World Tamil University in the year 2017.

==Career==

E. Gayathri was born on 9 November 1959 to Kamala Aswathama, a veena vidushi, and to G. Aswathama, a film music director in the Telugu film industry.<ref name="The Hindu 09">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/article64870.ece | title=On a nostalgic November evening | first=V. | last=Balasubramanian | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=17 December 2009 }}</ref> Her father named her Gayathri Vasantha Shoba. Gayathri first trained under her parents and later under Sangita Kalanidhi T. M. Thyagarajan,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamusicinfo.com/profiles/carnatic/gayathri.html | title=Gayathri Echampati | website=indiamusicinfo.com | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214014706/http://www.indiamusicinfo.com/profiles/carnatic/gayathri.html | archivedate=14 December 2012 | url-status=dead | access-date=24 December 2008 }}</ref> a Carnatic vocalist and composer.

Gayathri began her career at the age of 9 when Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Triplicane invited her to perform in their Saint Thyagaraja Festival in 1968. Gayathri went on to receive awards and titles from organisations in India and abroad.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/on-a-nostalgic-november-evening/article64870.ece | title=On a nostalgic November evening | newspaper=The Hindu | date=17 December 2009 | accessdate=24 August 2015}}</ref> Gayathri has released many albums. She was appointed as Honorary Director of Tamil Nadu Government Music Colleges (in Chennai, Thiruvaiyaru, Madurai and Coimbatore) by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa, in 2011. E.Gayathri has been honoured with Doctorate by the World Tamil University in the year 2017.

Apart from these, she has also given performances abroad, in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Singapore and Malaysia to name a few. She was also one of the many well-known artistes of India to have been featured in composer [[A.R. Rahman]]'s ''Jana Gana Mana'' anthem track.

==Awards==
* Senior Grade-awarded by All India Radio at the age of 13; without audition in recognition of prodigious talents, in 1973.
* 'Kalaimamani', Tamil Nadu state award from Dr. M. G. R. in 1984.
* 'Sangeet Natak Akademi' award from Dr. Abdul Kalam in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards) |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archivedate=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 'Kumara Gandharva' award from Madhya Pradesh Government in 1999.
* [[Sangeetha Kalasikhamani]], 2001 by The Indian Fine arts Society, Chennai.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/12/19/stories/2001121902090500.htm | title=Sangeetha Kala Sikhamani' conferred on Gayathri | date=19 December 2001 | work=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=24 August 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* 'Sangeetha Kalasarathy', from Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha in 2009.<ref name="The Hindu 09"/>
* 'Lifetime Achievement' award from Rotary East Chennai in 2011.

==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite web | url=http://egayathri.blogspot.com/2009/07/light-of-my-life.html | website=Jasmine Strings | title=The Defining Moment! | date=9 July 2009 | first=E. | last=Gayathri}}{{primary source-inline|date=April 2014}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060107173423/http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/19/stories/2005101908650200.htm Ode to queen of musical instruments]
*[http://archives.chennaionline.com/MusicSeason2007/rws33.asp Tanam day for Gayathri]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://chennaiplus.net/?p=10109 E.Gayathri is appointed as the First vice-chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University]

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