TEDxLahore - Beena Raza - Sanjan Nagar Institute's role in promoting musicology

"Music is about emotional communication" -- and this is what the Sanjan Nagar Institute is trying to access with the evolution of the Sagar Veena, as Beena Raza explains the vision behind the Sanjan Nagar Institute. About the speaker An education & communication specialist with a multi disciplinary background, Beena Raza has over fifteen years of experience in teaching, project management, educational management and coordination, and promoting South Asian culture and arts. As Pakistan's leading female sitar player she has performed on different musical forums. Beena is part of SIPA's core musicology team and worked extensively in setting up the first ever four year undergrad program in Musicology at the National College of Arts where she taught music for five years. She is currently a visiting faculty at BNU where she teaches History of Music at the School of Liberal Arts. Beena has had the opportunity to train with Sitar maestros such as Late Ustaad Sharif Khan Poonchwala, Ustaad Shujaat Hussein Khan and Ustaad Shahid Pervaiz as part of her musical training. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) About TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani,Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to host local, self-organized events around the world, and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.