Indian musicians collaborating

The question was never just how to preserve Indian music.
It was how to set it free.

To build the i-Pop movement on a global stage—
and ensure the musicians who carry this heritage earn from its future.

Preservation is often treated as nostalgia—archiving instruments, documenting traditions, or freezing culture in time.
But we believe preservation should be alive, evolving, and economically empowering.

What if we didn’t just protect the sound—but built an ecosystem where it could travel, transform, and generate livelihoods?
An ecosystem that preserves not just music, but the artists, the instruments, and the cultural memory behind them.

That is what The Indian Sound Project stands for.

The Founder

Kiran started working 23 years ago with a bold idea to re-define Corporate Social Responsibility in India. However, after 2 years, and handful of clients, realized that CSR still has some time to go. Remember, this was early 2000s, around 10 years before the CSR Ruling came in to effect.

The move in to the Corporate World was inevitable and that's where Kiran spent time in Consulting, Product Dev and eventually starting up Tydy - ERP and process Automation for large enterprises. Having been acquired in June 2024 and spending a year and a half with the acquirer, Kiran was ready for his next stint - something that he has been passionate about since childhood - music. And a specific focus on Indian music... which gave birth to The Indian Sound Project.