South India Cultural Association (SICA) was formed in Hyderabad in May 1968, to promote Carnatic music and Bharathanatyam, a long felt need in the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
Cultural activities abounded here even during the time of the Nizam but they were mostly North Indian classical music and dances. They had a distinctly Muslim flavor. Then there was the era when Bhakta Ramadoss composed and sang kirtanas in praise of Lord Rama of Bhadrachalam on the banks of river Godavari in Khammam district.

The advent of SICA and a few years later, Kalasagaram in the twin town of Secunderabad, gave a fillip to the cultural activities here. Soon SICA moved its monthly performances by renowned artistes to the newly constructed Ravindra Bharathi auditorium, right next to the seat of the Legislature in the heart of Hyderabad.

In this Golden Jubilee year, SICA has resolved to introduce several new programmes. One such is the Young Talents Promotional Concerts to encourage talented young artistes in Carnatic music, both vocal and instrumental.
Although SICA will formally inaugurate the Golden Jubilee celebrations on the 26th and 27th of May with concerts by Sanjay Subramanyam and Nithyasri Mahadevan, the SICA team decided to kick start the celebrations with a vocal concert by young Aishwarya on April 27 under the Young Talents Promotional Concert.
Aiswarya, an engineering student, learnt Carnatic music from guru Malathi Padmanabha Rao from a young age and has been a disciple of D. Raghavachari, the senior of the Hyderabad Brothers, for the past ten years.

Her’s was a versatile performance of sampradaya sangeetham starting with Abhogi Varnam, followed by Dixitar’s Panchanatanga (Malahari), Muthaiah Bhagavathar’s Himagiri Tanaye (Suddha Dhanyasi), several Thyagaraja Kirtanas in Ranjani, Saraswathi Manohari, Kannada Gowla and Shankarabharanam. Then came the RTP in Ramapriya and the concert ended with a Bhadrachala Ramadas composition in Yamuna Kalyani (Narahari Deva)
Aiswarya was accompanied by two young artistes, Peri Thagaraju (Violin) and Nemani Somayajulu (Mridangam).