Sangeetika Seva Trust (SST) aims to help the young and the old acquire the skills required for the 21st century.
The SST Academy is presently focusing on language development and aesthetic development, with particular emphasis on music.
Alongside teaching, the Trust offers music and sound therapy, color therapy, counselling, translation through the SST Translators Bureau, and audio-visual, video shooting and studio services.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.— attributed to Plato
FOUNDER · SANGEETIKA SEVA TRUST
Arpita Chatterjee runs Sangeetika Seva Trust, dedicated to music appreciation. She regularly participates in workshops conducted by CENTIL, Jadavpur University, and has worked across print, radio, television, multimedia and film productions.
Prompted by the pandemic, she has focused her attention on the therapeutic and developmental impact of Hindustani music training, an area she has researched since she first began working with children.
Began a non-formal education centre for children.
Started the club to bring music and language together for young learners.
Headed the Academic Research Department; edited the magazine “Parampara” and the journal “Ninād”; coordinated the Academy's FM programme and Music Appreciation course.
Leads the Trust's work in music appreciation, education, therapy and translation.
She co-authored the Bengali translations of Amish Tripathi's 3-volume Shiva Trilogy. Her translations appear in print and digital publications in India and abroad.
