Hi Ram is the founder of this group. taking an avathar as Lalitha Ram he authored a book on a musical giant GNB. the book review has come in ananda vikadan today. the review " wonders at the depth of his musical knowledge."
I had downloaded a book "A Karnatic Music primer" by Mr. P. Sriram. I am curious whether both Rams are the same. That book is also very informative and extremely well written.
Dr. Parthasarathy Sriram, is an aerospace engineer, with a bachelors degree from IIT, Madras (1982) and a Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology where is currently a research engineer in the Dept. of Aerospace Engineering.
there is also a V. Sriram who wrote "Carnatic summmer" and writes for the hindu, and the madras musings. sriram conducts heritage wallks aimed a musically important places in chennai.