FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

RIGVEDA DESHPANDEY

(MUMBAI)

Rigveda Deshpandey is a multi-talented media professional- a Sound Engineer, Dubbing Director, Writer, Quality Controller & Lecturer. He is presently a Vice President in a corporate studio. He loves teaching Sound Engineering and sharing his industry experiences with students, making concepts very simple to understand and involving them in his projects for hands on experience.

He has been whistling musically since the age of 6, looking up to his dad and founded the Indian Whistlers’ Association at a young age of 18 with a utopic dream of changing the ‘taboo’ perception of musical whistling in India and spreading it as a serious performing art among the people of India. His mother Meeinal is his biggest supporter and critique and he believes that this art specially needs an extraordinary amount of family support to hone and prosper. He aims to bring out all the “bathroom whistlers” on to the stage.

His pioneering work has been a Whistling Syllabus-first and only one of its kind in India and he teaches from the basics- “Man is the instrument” and all about the anatomy and origins of whistling to how one should prepare to perform at international platforms.

It was under his leadership and vision that Indian Whistlers’ Association made a Limca Book Record of 48 whistlers whistling “Saare Jahan Se Achha” together at one place in July 2008 (published in 2009), a 4 member team competed at the International Whistling Convention, 2010 China doing a skit called “Bollywood Love Story” along with whistling and won the 3rd prize-first for anyone from India. In 2016, a 8 member team traveled to World Whistlers Convention, 2016 Japan and won 3 -1st prizes and became World Champions. Also for the first time in the world he attempted Salsa dance and whistling with his dance partner Dr. Farzana Lakdavala. In 2018, a 150 whistlers National Record was created under his leadership and in 2020 he directed and produced a viral music video of “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” involving 50 whistlers, from India and abroad, mostly shot on mobile.