A 1st rank holder in MA (Music) and a B-High grade artiste of All India Radio, Naveen Namboodiri is a well known Carnatic classical music singer who has performed over 700 concerts across India, France and Italy. Naveen Namboodiri comes from a musically inclined family of north Kerala. His late uncle Shri Raman Namboodiri was a disciple of Shri Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar. He started learning music at an early age, under Shri Harippad K P N Pillai