vadodara in a first artists from ms universitys faculty of performing arts have got overseas placements students from msu will play the role of teachers for students in trinidad and tobago vikalp upadhyay 22 madhav purohit 23 and dhrupadsinh gohil 22 students of faculty of performing arts will teach music at port of spain the capital city of republic of trinidad and tobago they have been appointed by the cultural organization laxminarayan temple and divine life society ltdls to promote indian classical music this is the first time that we are having a campus placement in our department the three students will be on regular salaries and will get medical insurance and other amenities ltdls will be taking care of the students for the next three years said dr rajesh kelkar head of the department of music vocal kelkar added that the department is looking forward to academic exchange with music departments at codarts rotterdam in netherlands university of florida in united states and university of sheffield in united kingdom in the future gajendra who is settled in trinidad and tobago also interviewed students from banaras hindu university and independent artists from ahmedabad the students will be teaching indian classical music along with gujarati folk music sugam sangeet and tabla while upadhyay and gohil are vocalists purohit has earned a gold medal in tabla it is a very defining moment for students who opt for course in music said purohit