Sirkazhi Dr G.Sivachidambaram

Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a physician, Carnatic music vocalist, and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.

Sivachidambaram was born in Chennai. He is the son of Carnatic vocalist Sirkazhi Govindarajan.

He is an alumnus of Madras Medical College, where he earned undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in internal medicine. He attended Trinity College of Music, where he learnt classical and Carnatic music. He is the principle disciple of the great master Sangeetha Vidwan Prof. B.Krishnamurthy in the intricacies and nuances of Indian Classical music, since childhood till date.

Sivachidambaram recorded the song Enadharumai Raanuva Veerargaal written by former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. His extempore rendition of the song on youth empowerment in Tamil, written by Abdul Kalam, during the inauguration of the Tamil Isai Sangam festival in Chennai, was appreciated.

Sivachidambaram is a physician and now works as the Dean/Special Officer at Perambalur Government Medical College, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, on promotion from his previous designation as a Professor and HOD of Medicine at his alma mater, Madras Medical College, as Director I/C of the Institute of Internal Medicine at MMC.

Sivachidambaram received the Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu government, Madras Music Academy Award for Best Rendering, and Tamil Isai Vendar. In 2008, he received the Padma Shri award from the Government of India. The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University honoured him with an honorary doctorate, D.Sc. Honoris causa, in appreciation of his service in the medical field as an eminent physician and teacher of medicine. He was the recipient of the prestigious “Aryabhatta Award” from Karnataka.

Sivachidambaram was awarded the title of “Isai Peraringar” from Tamil Isai Sangam in 2014. In November 2015, he was appointed as the Dean of Perambalur Government Hospital in Tamil Nadu.

Sivachidambaram was appointed a member of the Board of Governors in Dr. J Jayalalithaa Music and Arts University of Tamil Nadu in 2022, and met the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin, who congratulated him.

Sivachidambaram instituted the Isaimani Dr. Seerkazhi S. Govindarajan Memorial Foundation, a charitable trust in memory of his father, to serve the society at large with medical help, scholarships, and educational aids for the unaffordable, apart from taking music to inaccessible areas and exposing traditional musical wealth for all in the nook and corner of the country.

His regular charity concerts are arranged for fundraising for schools and performances in orphanages, senior citizens’ old age homes, and terminal health care centres. He has been appreciated by organisations such as the Lions Club and Rotary Club with awards for his charitable contributions. Endowments created by the Isaimani Foundation at the Thiruvannamalai Ramanashramam, Vadalur Sathyagnana Sabha, Annamalai University, Madurai Tamil Isai Sangam towards annadhanam feeding and youth appreciation awards.