Being elected as an Honorary Patron of CMANA is a major award of CMANA. To be elected an Honorary Patron, a person should have made exemplary contributions towards causes relevant to CMANA’s objectives, and/or served CMANAin an exemplary manner. Honorary Patrons shall enjoy all powers and privileges vested in a Life Member and shall be listed separately as Honorary Patrons in the membership list of the Association.

CMANA List of Honorary Patrons  (the list is alphabetical by last name):

Dr. P. N. Aruna
Mr. Robert Browning
Vidwan Guruvayur Dorai
Ms. Simanthini Kauta
Dr. P. Rajagopalan – Founder
Mrs.Gowri Ramakrishnan
Dr. V. Ramaswami
Prof. Dr. David Reck
Dr. Uma Roy
Mr. Sury Subban
Mr. G. S. Subbiah
Dr V. Swaminathan

Trichy Sankaran

Ms. Chayamma Visweswariah

CMANA regrets that the following Honorary Patrons have left us. May they rest in peace and continue to guide us musically.  (the list is alphabetical by last name):

Mr. T.N. Bala
Mr. R. Krishnaswami
Mr. Narayanakutty Menon
Ms. Balambal Natarajan
Prof. Dr. Harold Powers
Vidwan Ramnad Raghavan
Ms. Padma Srinivasan
Mr. R. Surianarayanan
Sangeetha Kalanidhi Prof. T. Viswanathan