About Bindu
Described as a “Bangalore woman educating children differently” by Femina and a “third-generation prodigy” by the Hindustan Times, Bindu Subramaniam is an entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, and educator. She is the co-founder and CEO of SaPa and the lead vocalist of SubraMania and the Thayir Sadam Project.
Her mission through SaPa is to build the ecosystem to make music education accessible to every child. Today, SaPa works with over 50,000 children annually - across a variety of backgrounds and circumstances.
As an artist, Bindu has traveled the world and has been performing solo since the age of 12, with her family, with her bands SubraMania and The Thayir Sadam Project, and with orchestras, for audiences of up to 500,000 people. She won a GiMA for best fusion album (with Dr. L. Subramaniam) and honourable mentions at the 16th and 17th billboard world song contest. Bindu was also a finalist at the Unisong international songwriting contest and appeared on Verve Magazine’s list of 12 gen-next achievers.
Bindu has delivered multiple TEDx talks, and writes for the Economic Times HR, The Hindu, Education World, and other outlets. Bindu is the President of the Stanford Seed Transformation Network South Asia, the Vice-Chair of the All India Management Association’s Young Leaders Council, and a Chair of the Australia-India Youth DIalogue.
Bindu was named an icon of South India 2021-22 by Femina magazine and won the 2022 Women Who Lead National Award for CEO of the Year – Art & Music. In 2021, Bindu was named among GQ’s 25 most influential young Indians, BusinessWorld 40 under 40, BusinessWorld Disrupt top women achievers, AdGully’s top women disruptors, and the Indian Achiever’s Club’s 40 under 40.
She has a PhD in Music Education, an MPhil, a master’s certificate in songwriting and music business, a diploma in Montessori education, BA-LLB, LLM and completed the Stanford Seed Transformation Program.
“Bangalore woman educating children differently”
by Femina