Vikram Sampath

Bangalore- based historian, Vikram Sampath is the author of eight acclaimed books: “Splendours of Royal Mysore: the Untold Story of the Wodeyars”; “My Name Is Gauhar Jaan: The Life and Times of a Musician”; “Voice of the Veena: S Balachander, A Biography”; “Women of the Records”; “Indian Classical Music and the Gramophone: 1900-1930” and “Bravehearts of Bharat.” His two-volume biography-“Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past” and “Savarkar: A Contested Legacy” went on to become National Bestsellers and were acclaimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dr. Sampath was recently conferred the honour of being elected as a Fellow of UK's prestigious Royal Historical Society. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi's first Yuva Puraskar in English Literature and the ARSC International Award for Excellence in Historical research in New York for his book on Gauhar Jaan. The book has also been adapted to theatre as a play "Gauhar" by Lillette Dubey and is being adapted into a Bollywood film by Ashutosh Gowariker.