How to pronounce “ranganath” in English

Sridhar Ranganathan: I think you should speak here. Yep.

Sridhar Ranganathan: You want this?

Sridhar Ranganathan: So there's a teacher here and she's gonna conduct a class with you guys.

Sridhar Ranganathan: Are you ready?

Sridhar Ranganathan: And is example of Shankar teaching one of his songs -- Shankar Mahadevan: I'm not using all the songs, this song I'm teaching --

Sridhar Ranganathan: we're launching this song on May 8th which happens to be the Mother's Day and the song was aptly named Maa.

Sridhar Ranganathan: So I'll show you a small?

Sridhar Ranganathan: Now when you arrive at the bridge as we can call it for this song that is when your singing has to be very--

Sridar Ranganathan: That's a sample of this.

Sridhar Ranganathan: Okay, so we can tell .

Sridar Ranganathan: So let me answer that wonderful questions in there.

Sridar Ranganathan: Also the language part so at three and four and five they actually pick up the language through the music much faster

Sridar Ranganathan: Three. Shankar Madadevan: 73 year old also so that is the range, bandwidth.

Sridar Ranganathan: Yeah, so we started we actually started our pre-pilot with the violin and then we, so the only music book part is easy right

Sridar Ranganathan: Yeah it's like that Carnatic music and then the popular .

Sridar Ranganathan: So we try to make the best fit.

Sridhar Ranganathan: And the teachers have to go through a teacher's certification program.

Sridhar Ranganathan: Okay. Shankar Mahadevan: You are the boss.

Sridhar Ranganathan: Two more questions.

Sridar Ranganathan: Or technology.

Sridar Ranganathan: There is a acoustic part where you don't hear dogs barking or crows -- Shankar Mahadevan: Traffic in Bombay's is great now so.

Sridar Ranganathan: We get one more question. Last question.

Sridar Ranganathan: Actually that is an important point that you bring up.

Okay -- Sridhar Ranganathan: Let's have a loud round of applause for Padma Shakar because --

Please pay attention to what Professor Ranganath has to say over the next half an hour.

You can also follow Professor Ranganath's work on social media.

Hi, Professor Ranganath.

So, Professor Ranganath, are you ready to-- I'm ready.

And an engineering college mate of mine Sridhar Ranganathan we met after 15 years.

Shankar Mahadevan: Thanks. Sridar Ranganathan: Thanks.

Thank you. Sridar Ranganathan: Thank you guys.

So thank you so much, Professor Ranganath.

Thank you so much, Professor Ranganath.

You know, Professor Ranganath, when I was reading your book, I was back in China two weeks ago when I got your transcript.

Thank you so much, Professor Ranganath.

I'm extremely excited today to chat with the author of the new book, "Why We Remember," Professor Charan Ranganath.

Please join me in welcoming UC Davis professor in the Center of Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Professor Ranganath.

So, Professor Ranganath, before I introduced you to the stage today, I promised the audience that at the end

So, audience at home, if you want to pause before Professor Ranganath answers and see if you can get it right.

These are things which are not different just because you are Thomas, or you are , or a Ranganath.

A few hundred years later, the father of Indian library science, Ranganathan, said--

So I'd like to welcome my friend and my partner, the CEO of Shankar Mahadevan Academy, Sridhar Ranganathan.

Shankar Mahadevan: It's just a month old, we just started March 3rd but we have -- Sridhar Ranganathan: Absolutely.