Divakar is a music composer/producer, percussionist and researcher.He has worked as a music composer in Chennai, South India, over 13 years in the Indian Advertising Industry and has more than a 100 commercials to his credit. Concerts across India, in the United States of America, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and collaborative work with musicians from Srilanka, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Nigeria and the USA have had a significant influence on his compositions. He is one of the very few privileged Indians to have performed at the United Nations, New York.Divakar holds a Master of Science degree in Advanced Music Production from the University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom, and is currently researching Tamizh Film music. He is probably the first South Indian music composer/producer to have scholarship in music production. Divakar is a researcher and part time lecturer at the Department of Drama and Music, Cardiff School of Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Glamorgan. He is also attached to the Skillset Screen Academy, Wales and a member of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology.Specialties: Tamizh film music, Popular Indian music composition, production, performance and education, creative music technologies