INDIA HONORS CALARTS TEACHER.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: December 3, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2000 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer

VALENCIA - An Indian music teacher at California Institute of the Arts will receive the Sangeet Natak Academy Award for his contributions to North Indian classical music.

Rajeev Taranath, who has been teaching at CalArts since 1995, will be presented with the highest award of its kind by Indian President K.R. Narayanan at a February ceremony in the president's home.

``This is the highest award in my country given by the government and the people of India,'' Taranath said. ``I shall be receiving it from no lesser person than the ...

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