Organized by SANGAM, The Association of Indian Students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (This article is from an original piece written by Waris E. Warsi 10/6/2105)

On January 10, 1976, Sangam, the Association of Indian students at MIT hosted a sitar concert by Pundit Ravi Shankar at the Kresge Auditorium at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.  This concert by a world-renowned maestro was truly a major undertaking for our club.  A large section of the MIT Indian student body was involved in organizing of the concert.  Amazingly various arrangements for the concert were accomplished like a clock-work.

Pandit Ravi Shankar’s party arrived a day before the concert from Maine and was welcomed at the Logan Airport.  The next day Panditji with his party arrived early in the afternoon at Kresge.  He was very particular about the stage arrangements.  In fact, he had provided written instructions to Sangam about the types of microphones, their locations and volume settings to be used for his concert. Being satisfied with the arrangements, Panditji jokingly remarked, “these boys know their stuff!”. Following the stage inspection, the MIT CCTV team arrived for an interview and Punditji obliged.

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