Chenna i: In a ground breaking interdisciplinary move, IIT Madras is developing a new curriculum that formally integrates the study of music with mathematics. The institute’s Director, V. Kamakoti, announced the initiative, explaining that the inherent mathematical structures in music, particularly Carnatic music, make the two fields a natural fit for combined academic exploration.

The Logic Behind the Rhythm: Mathematics as the Foundation of Music

Announcing the plan at the inaugural ceremony of the Margazhi Maha Utsavam at Chennai’s Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Director Kamakoti elaborated on the connection. “It is because mathematics is mixed with Carnatic music that we never get bored no matter how much we listen to music,” he stated. He pointed to the deep connection between musical not

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