Rupam Sarmah

Rupam Sarmah is an Indian-born

Work Sarmah has worked with some of the award-winning artists and actors -- Siedah Garrett, Dan Aykroyd, Moloya Goswami, Tamela D'Amico, Abhinaya, Jaya Seal, Kushol Chakravarty, Asim Bose, Pabitra Rabha, Rituparna Sengupta, Debashree Roy, Paoli Dam, and others.

Rupam has produced, engineered, and recorded songs and music with award-winning artists such as Quincy Jones, Siedah Garrett, Kathy Sledge, Julian Lennon, Janis Ian, Kechi Okwuchi, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Laura Sullivan, George Kahumoku, Jr., Cindy Paulos, Wouter Kellerman, Brian Vibberts, Ricky Kej, Sumitra Guha, Kevin Mackie, Sophia Agranovich, Alan Roy Scott, Udit Narayan, Babul Supriyo, Sadhna Sargam, Kumar Sanu, Rupankar, Subhamita, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Usha Uthup, Anweshaa, Iman Chakraborty, and many others.

Sarmah and Sumitra Guha have represented India for Festival of India concerts in France (2018) organized by the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, and the Embassy of India in Paris on the occasion of India's 70th Independence. The theme of the project was A Musical Journey towards Rising India.

As a Computer Engineer, Executive, and media professional, Rupam has worked for technology startups and other companies , including Apple. Dr. Sarmah worked in the White House (non-political | Senior Advisor) during the Biden Administration. Rupam has been a Voting member of the Grammy® as a Musician, Producer, and Engineer (P&E) since 2005.

Sarmah has been involved with AI, Autism, and Music research and started a research center (RMAN ) for ongoing research.

Activism Sarmah founded the One Little Finger Global Foundation (501c3) to support underprivileged children and persons with disabilities, media production house RJ Productions International for collaborative content creation. He has worked on several projects with organizations, including UNESCO Center for Peace, PRERONA, Manovikas - Welfare and Rehabilitation Center for the Children with Special Needs, Bhupen Hazarika Foundation.

Awards Sarmah made a Guinness World Record on 24 February 2013 for his project 'A Musical Journey for World Peace', which united more than 500 participants from across the globe playing 315 kinds of musical instruments for world peace.

Sarmah has received numerous awards and recognitions for his music and film. One Little Finger, written and directed by Sarmah, received several awards. His research-based world music project, OMKARA - The Sound of Divine Love and Gospel with BorgeetTalk to God received nominations at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2014.

Chart performance The album A Musical Journey: Together in Peace made the top 10 on the Billboard World Albums chart. Sarmah created history by becoming the first Assamese and also probably the first artist of Northeast origin to get a #1 album on the Billboard World Albums chart.

OMKARA was listed in the top 10 Radio Airplay chart.

Action Moves People United, co-produced and engineered by Sarmah, made the top 10 on the US Billboard Compilation Album chart.

Life Sarmah was born in Jorhat, Assam. He learned Indian instruments and classical vocal music during his time in Golaghat and Jorhat. He also continued to explore other fields, such as film, sound engineering, and music. Sarmah migrated to the United States after completing his BS in Engineering in India. He then earned his doctorate from George Washington University's School of Engineering and Applied Science with a dissertation in Artificial Intelligence. Rupam completed his Master's in Management, Master's in Computer Science, and Doctorate from US universities. - Bistirno Parore - Video Produced and Directed by Rupam Sarmah ARISE TOGETHER - Video - I Am Brave by Dana | Gandhi's Grandson Speech (Album Produced and Directed by Rupam Sarmah) [2022, Sep 23] AUM - Blessings to Humanity - Music Video (track from AUM - The Divine Sound; Music Directed and Produced by Rupam Sarmah) [2021, Sep 24] Enlighten Your Soul | Tribute to Gandhi, Mandela, MLK Jr. - Music Video (Music Directed and Produced by Rupam Sarmah [Oct 2, 2021] One Little Finger (2019-2020) - Feature Film - Story, Screenplay and Direction by Sarmah Gumsum Gumsum - Music Video (Singers: Anweshaa, Rupam; Music and Direction by Rupam Sarmah) O Mor Axomi Aai (Love for my country) - Music Video: Participated in Grammy® winning composer Laura Sullivan’s project In Search of God - Film Director (Best Documentary Award, Indian Film Festival, Houston, Texas; Music Score, composer, Sound Design) Sagar Kinare (Bengali) - Music Director Alor Thikana (Bengali) - Music Director A Musical Journey for World Peace - A Musical Concert Film, Directed by Rupam Majestic Assam - Music Video Story of Gulsher - Music Video Art of Healing - Documentary, produced by Rupam (portrait of an artist, Lisa Sniderman)

Discography Arise Together - Songs to Inspire - Co-Produced and Engineered by Rupam Sarmah Old Man River - Co-Produced and Engineered by Rupam Sarmah Love Serenade - Rupam Sarmah, Sophia Agranovich ARISE TOGETHER - Composed and Directed by Rupam Sarmah AUM - ALOHA Blessings - Composed and Directed by Rupam Sarmah, feat. George Kahumoku, Jr., Cindy Paulos One Little Finger (2019) - Rupam Sarmah featuring Quincy Jones, Siedah Garrett, Julian Lennon, Kechi Okwuchi, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt A Musical Journey towards Rising India (2018) - Produced by Padmashri Sumitra Guha and Rupam Sarmah; Music Direction by Rupam Sarmah A Musical Journey: Together in Peace (2017) - album composed, directed, produced by Sarmah The Song Unsung (2016) - vocals by Janis Ian and Sarmah (words by Tagore, music inspired by Borgeet 'Pawe Pori Hori') Story of Gulsher (2016) - a collaboration between India and Pakistan produced and composed by Sarmah Mandela Meets Gandhi (2016) - a collaboration with Sharon Katz and The Peace Train (South Africa) Action Moves People United (September 2016) - album with Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Sledge, Julian Lennon, Alan White, Annie Haslam, Lillias White, and others (Sarmah as Co-Producer, Singer, Composer, Engineer) includes "Enlighten Your Soul" (2016) - with Dan Aykroyd, Alan White and others (composed by Sarmah) Arise Above Abuse (Spoken Word and Music Album by Cindy Paulos and others) Sounds from the Circle - New Age Album - compilation OMKARA – The Sound of Divine Love (World Music Project based on Chakra and healing music) – Directed and Produced by Rupam (feat. Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Sumitra Guha, Laura Sullivan, and others) Talk to God (Contemporary Gospel song blended with Borgeet 'gopale ki goti'), Rupam Sarmah and Nona Brown, Singer and Composer Angel Blessings (Benefiting Hospice): Take in a Deep Breath of Heaven (Rupam Sarmah and Nona Brown) In Search of God - Singer, Direction and Score Sagar Kinare (Bengali) - Singer and Music Director Hits of Rupam - Singer and composer Priyam (Assamese) - Singer and composer Gems of Bishnu Rabha, vol 1, 2, 3 (iTunes) - Sound Design Geetali (Assamese) - Singer and composer Piya Re (Hindi) - Singer and composer Praner Gaan - Singer and Composer Sylvan Rhapsody of Assam (iTunes) - Sound Design Sangeetpremee - Singer and composer My Love Is You - Singer and composer Music Film (world record concert) – A Musical Journey for World Peace by Rupam and his team Bengali Album (Banjara) Bishnuprasadar Prosad (book – published) (assisted Dilip K. Datta, URI, USA) Bhupen Hazarikar Geet aru Jeevan Roth – (assisted Dilip K. Datta, URI, USA), published 2014