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Akella Mallikarjuna Sharma an Indian Classical Music Violinist, Musicologist, Musician and Vocalist trained in Carnatic Music. He has spent over 4 decades researching Tala Prastara, an element in Tala Dasha Pranas in Indian Classical Music. He is a follower of Violin Virtuoso, Sangeetha Kalanidhi, M.S. Gopalakrishnan. He has been a 'TOP GRADE violinist' in AIR and has several programs broadcast on AIR and Doordarshan. He has accompanied several eminent artists, and has several solo programs. He has toured the U.K, USA and Canada accompanying Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. He worked as Lecturer in Violin in various Government Colleges of Music and Dance of Andhra Pradesh and served as Principal for 12 years before retiring in 1996. He received an award of "Best book of fine arts" from the Telugu University in 1985 for “Talaprastara Ratnakaram”. He also received the TTK Award from the Music Academy, Chennai in 2010. He has written and published several books on Indian classical music.