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John Twipraham Debbarma

B.Tech + M.Tech (Dual Degree) CSE, IIT Gandhinagar · Graduating 2027. Building at the intersection of machine learning, robotics and the arts.

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Rhythm

Tabla and the
rhythm of code.

Eight years of training in a tradition that runs on cycles, accents and patient repetition. The same instincts I bring to engineering — listen, repeat, refine.

Credentials

Sangeet Bivakar (Bachelor of Music, 8-year professional course) · Bangiya Sangeet Parishad · 2018 · 1st Division. 3rd at State Level. Background tabla musician for the Inter-IIT 5.0 dramatics troupe.

Journey

Training, performance, certification.

Sangeet Bivakar is the Bachelor of Music certification of the Bangiya Sangeet Parishad — eight years of structured training.

  1. 2018 · State Level

    3rd at State Level

    Bangiya Sangeet Parishad — Tripura

    Recognised at the state-level recital among regional finalists.

  2. 2018

    Sangeet Bivakar — 1st Division

    Bangiya Sangeet Parishad

    Final practical and theoretical examinations across taal, laya and bols, awarded with first-division standing.

  3. Jan – Mar 2023

    Inter-IIT Cultural Meet 5.0

    IIT Madras — Dramatics

    Background tabla musician representing IIT Gandhinagar, composing, adapting and synchronising music with the play within a 35-member dramatics team.

  4. 2010 – 2018

    Eight years of structured training

    Bangiya Sangeet Parishad curriculum

    Daily practice on theka, laya control, dadra, kaharva, teen taal and many more, building toward the Sangeet Bivakar exit certification.

Cycle

Teen Taal — 16 beats.

A scroll-driven visualisation of the cycle I've trained on the longest. The amber hand sweeps through the sixteen beats as the section scrolls past; the coloured nodes mark sam (1), tali (5 and 13) and khaali (9).

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Sam (1)Tali (5, 13)Khaali (9)

Performances

Selected appearances.

Recordings coming soon.

Coming soon

Inter-IIT Cultural Meet 5.0

IIT Madras · 2023

Background tabla in Dramatics — composed, adapted and synchronised music with the play in a 35-member team.

Coming soon

Sangeet Bivakar examinations

Bangiya Sangeet Parishad · 2018

Final practical evaluation toward the Bachelor of Music certificate.

Coming soon

State-level recital

Tripura · 2018

3rd place at the State Level competition.

Statement

The tabla teaches structure as feel. You hold a sixteen-beat cycle in your head, decorate it without losing it, and land back on sam exactly on time. That instinct — discipline wearing the costume of play — is the one I bring to engineering.

Coming soon.