The first Lecture-Demonstration series was held in 1979, with six artistes, including Sonal Mansingh, Birju Maharaj, Asad Ali Khan, the Dagar brothers and Munawar Ali Khan who performed in a few colleges in Delhi.
Kiran Seth (born 1949) is an Indian academician, Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi since 1976, and is most known as the founder of SPIC MACAY (1977), a non-profit organization which promotes Indian classical music, Indian classical dance, and other aspects Indian culture, amongst youth the world over; through its about 500 chapters and through conventions, baithaks, lectures and musical fests.