Deepak Paramashivan

Deepak Paramashivan is a noted scientist, oriental musician, musicologist and a theater personality, whose performance career spans three decades. He took to the stage at the age of eight and has since performed numerous Sarangi, Veena and vocal concerts globally.

He is one of the leading authorities on Sarangi and Mysore style of Veena in North America. He is currently pursuing his second PhD at the University of Alberta under Dr. Regula Qureshi and Dr. Michael Frishkopf.

Research

Deepak's current areas of interest include Ethnomusicology, World music, Sarangi, Mysore Style Veena, Theater, Philosophy and Comparative religion.

His current dissertation  adopts a multi-pronged approach of biographical, dialogic interview and discipular ethnography to study the Modern Kannada Theatre, known popularly as ‘Kannada VritthiRangabhoomi’(Vritthi: Professional, Rangabhoomi:Theater Stage). This rich tradition of theatre performance evolved in the southern Indian stateof Karnataka in the late 19th and early 20th century; founded, practiced and nurtured under the royal patronage of the erstwhile Kings of Mysore, Mummadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1794-1868), ChamarajaWodeyar (1863-1894), Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV (1884-1940) and Jaya ChamarajendraWodeyar (1919-1974).

Receiving gold medal for the best thesis, 2014Left to Right: Prof B.N. Raghunandan, Dr. K Kasturi Rangan, Dr Deepak Paramashivan and Prof P Balram.Source: Deccan herald

Receiving gold medal for the best thesis, 2014

Left to Right: Prof B.N. Raghunandan, Dr. K Kasturi Rangan, Dr Deepak Paramashivan and Prof P Balram.

Source: Deccan herald

He continues to be a committed environmentalist and an academician. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has awarded him a PhD for his work on energy and climate systems and a gold medal for his thesis, which drafts policies on climate change. He has delivered guest lectures as a scientist in US, Europe and South-East Asia.

His keen interest in linguistics has made him fluent in seven languages. He is noted for his proficiency in Sanskrit language and was commissioned by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Mumbai) to translate ancient scrolls of scientific, historical and theological significance from Sanskrit to English. He taught Sanskrit at the University of Alberta in the Religious Studies Department.

Deepak is a staunch supporter of Education. He has organized numerous education campaigns in rural India and was honored in recognition of his efforts by India Sudar, a non-profit organization dedicated to rural empowerment.

Recent Publications

  • Ranjani H.G., D. Paramashivan, and T.V. Sreenivas, “Quantized Melodic Countours in Indian Art Music Perception: Application to Transcription”, Proc. ISMIR 2017, pp 17-180

  • Paramashivan, Deepak, ‘Music of India and the Middle East – Interactions and Influences based on translation of PandarikaVittala’s 15th century Sanskrit treatises Ragamala, Ragamanjari, Sadragachandrodaya and NarthanaNirnaya.’(Under review)

  • Paramashivan, Deepak, ‘Text-setting in Tyagaraja’spancharatnakritis – Application of text-setting concepts in Western Classical music to Tyagaraja’s Jagadanandakaraka, the only PancharatnaKrithi in Sanskrit.’(Under review)

Other Publications

Journal Publications

  • Kaundinya, D. P., Balachandra, P., Ravindranath, N. H., & Ashok, V. (2013). A GIS (geographical information system)-based spatial data mining approach for optimal location and capacity planning of distributed biomass power generation facilities: A case study of Tumkur district, India. Energy, 52, 77-88. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2013.02.011

  • Subramanyam V, Paramshivan D, Kumar A, Mondal, A. Using Sankey diagrams to map energy flow from primary fuel to end use, Energy Conversion and Management, 2015, 91: 342–352.

  • Verma A, Nimana B, Olateju B, Rahman MM, Radpour S, Canter C, Subramanyam V, Paramashivan D, Vaezi M, Kumar A. A techno-economic assessment of bitumen and synthetic crude oil transport (SCO) in the Canadian oil sands industry: oil via rail or pipeline?, 2015.

  • Deepak P. Kaundinya,, K. Ramasubramanian∗ and M. S. Sriram. Significance of Asakrt-Karma in finding Manda-Karna, Indian Journal of History of Science, 47.4 (2012) 561–587

  • Kaundinya, D. P., Balachandra, P., & Ravindranath, N. H. (2009). Grid-connected versus stand-alone energy systems for decentralized power—A review of literature. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13(8), 2041-2050. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2009.02.002

Conference Publications

  • Bonyad M, Paramashivan D*, Kumar A. Energy efficiency opportunities in Alberta’s agriculture sector, presented at the Biological Solutions Forum, Oct. 9-10, 2013, Calgary, AB.

  • Deepak Paramashivan Kaundinya, P. Balachandra, N. H. Ravindranath ‘Decentralized Biomass Power as a Low-carbon Pathway to Rural Development: Summary of Findings from Case Study in Southern India’, (International Modeling Conference on “Using Indigenous Resources for Green Development”, Seoul, South Korea, 2012).

  • Deepak Paramashivan Kaundinya, P. Balachandra, N. H. Ravindranath, Veilumuthu Ashok, H. S. Sudhira, Avadhanam Udyaadiyta ‘A GIS Based Clustering Algorithm for Optimal Siting of Grid-connected and Stand-alone Biomass Energy Facility in Rural Region- A case study of Tumkur district, India’ (International Energy Workshop, 2011, Stanford, CA)

Invited Talks

  • Pandit Ram Narayan’s Sapaat Taan on Sarangi’ British Forum for Ethnomusicology annual conference, 2016, Kent, London in April 2016.

  • 'A lecture and demonstration on Sarangi', Animusic, 5th International Scientific Meeting for Sound and Musical Instruments, Organological Congress, Tomar, Portugal, October, 2016.

  • Invited talk at a research symposium in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Technology, USA (2011)

  • Lecture/demonstration on Indian Classical Music at University of Washington, Seattle, USA (2011)

Technical Reports

  • Bonyad M, Paramashivan D, Subramanyam V, Kumar A. Identification of best energy efficiency opportunities in Alberta’s energy sector – Phase III – GHG mitigation cost curves for the agricultural sector. Work in progress. Summary report prepared for Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environmental Solutions (EES), Suite 1800, Phipps McKinnon Building, 10020 101A Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3G2, February 2014.

  • Shah T, Paramshivan D, Subramanyam V, Radpour S, Kumar A. Identification of best energy efficiency opportunities in Alberta’s energy sector – Phase II – Progress Report 4: Development of energy demand tree for mining sector of Alberta. Summary Report submitted to the Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (EES), 1800 Phipps Mckinnon Building, 10020 101A Avenue, T5J 3G2 Edmonton, Alberta, March 2013.

  • Subramanyam V, Paramshivan D, Radpour S, Kumar A. Identification of best energy efficiency opportunities in Alberta’s energy sector – Phase II – Progress Report 3: GHG mitigation cost curves for transport sector of Alberta. Summary Report submitted to the Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions (EES), 1800 Phipps Mckinnon Building, 10020 101A Avenue, T5J 3G2 Edmonton, Alberta, February 2013.

International Participation

  • Visiting Scientist at The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy for “Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Uncovering Sustainable Development CLEWS; Modeling Climate, Land-Use, Energy and Water (CLEW) Interactions” held between 30 May – 3 June, 2011

  • Participant in the “2011 GHG Training Program (Inventory and Mitigation Modeling)” held on June 26 –July 22, 2011, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

  • Invited speaker at “International Modeling Conference on “Using Indigenous Resources for Green Development” Seoul, Republic of Korea 2012.

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (January 2013-2014).