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1. The parameters determining the effectiveness of timbre in Indian Classical Music and speech..
   

2. The phonetic quality and articulation patterns in Indian Classical Music vis-à-vis Western Classical Music and Indian speech.
   

3. The Alankars in Indian Classical Music, namely, Taan, Meend, Gamaka etc.
   

4. Nasality in speech and music, the acoustic and perceptual cues of nasality, the degree of nasality and effect of nasality.
   

5. Musical scales, consonance and dissonance, shrutis and the intervals used in the Indian Classical Music performances.
   

6. The acoustic characters of different percussion instruments, namely the Tabla, Mridangam, Dhol, Dhak, and the Pakhwaj etc.
   

7. The acoustic characters of different string and wind instruments, namely the Tanpura, Sitar, Sarode, Veena, Sarangi, Santoor, Harmonium, Flute, Shehnai etc.
   

8. The characteristics of speakers and singers on the basis of pitch and time duration.
   

9. The pattern of vibration of different musical instruments and the evaluation of its quality.
   

10. Physical and microstructural studies of the raw material used in manufacture of Indian musical instruments (Tanpura, Sitar, Sarode, Harmonium, Veena, Sarangi etc.) namely the strings, wood, shell, reeds and the bridge material..
    

11. Extraction of the tonic and musical notations from recorded performances.
    

12. The study of timbral quality of voice and instruments through the study of various perturbation parameters, the jitter, the shimmer and the harmonic to noise ratio.
    

13. Study of non linearity in Indian Classical Music.
    

14. The Register mechanisms in Indian Classical Vocal Music.
     

15. Recognition of musical instruments from the sound signals.
     

16. Analysis of expressions and emotions in Indian classical music from the sound signals.