Suchit Narant, a visually impaired exponent of Hindustani music, has been working with a City-based industrialist-cum -Carnatic musician to evolve a basic pattern of the script. Based in Dehradun, a city where NIVH has its head office, Suchit has been here for a week and a half in working out the script. "My proficiency in music and Braille have been good," Suchit told Deccan Herald. "So, I have been chosen by NIVH to work on the project. The work so far has been to compare and understand scripts in both the classical forms."

While Hindustani music has standard set of symbols in braille, Carnatic music doesn't have a standard script. As a result, Suchit said, visually challenged musicians (practicing Carnatic music) have to depend on a diverse set of Braille notations to record musical compositions.

"We hope we’ll be able to remove discrepancies and develop a standard set of symbols that can be used easily by visually challenged musicians.”

He has been joined in this project by Srinivasan Sampat, an exponent of Hansa Veena, who has a knowledge in both the classical genres. "He is able to compare virtually every note in the classical music and explain the differences clearly. This has made me understand how each note is expressed in Carnatic music," he said.

He said the ground work is nearing completion. Once the basic scripts are submitted to the NIVH, a Carnatic (visually impaired) musician will be called to Dehradun to refine it. " The NIVH will then publish books and popularise scripts through different means,” Suchit added. 

The 31-year-old vocalist, who is an exponent of Kirana Gharana style of Hindustani music, has also given two concerts in Bangalore, adding his tunes to the buzzing season of classical music that has been a delight to fans of Carnatic music in the city.