Overview
We offer year-round online examinations for students seeking flexibility and convenience in scheduling. Our exam process is designed to accommodate your busy schedule, allowing you to choose the date and time that works best for you. Exams are conducted through online platforms such as Google meet/Zoom, where our supervisors proctor the session in real-time to ensure a secure and fair environment. This system eliminates the need for travel, providing the comfort of taking exams from home, while maintaining the integrity and rigour of traditional exams. Our goal is to streamline the examination process while giving students control over when and how they take their assessments.
Features
20+ Courses Available
Get certified in over 20 courses, spanning Hindustani and Carnatic vocal and instrumental disciplines
Unmatched Convenience
Take your exams from the comfort of your home, avoiding the stress of travel.
Schedule at Your Ease
Choose a convenient time for your exam, with scheduling available throughout the year.
Effortless Fee Payment
Pay your exam fees easily through our online system or direct bank deposit.
Swift Results
Receive your exam results within 45 days.
Certification
After successful completion, receive a scanned copy of the certificate via email. A minimum of 10 certificates are necessary for shipping.
Exam rules
Required Documents
- Standard age proof
- Recent photograph
- Passing certificate of the last examination (Not applicable to Prarambhik examination)
Exam Subjects and Sessions
- Candidates must maintain a minimum gap of one year between two exams, starting from Praveshika Poorna.
- Simultaneous appearance in two subjects within the same session is permitted up to Praveshika Poorna. However, certain subject combinations are restricted beyond this level.
- Vocal and instrumental examinations from Prarambhik level must be accompanied by tabla app/machine/live.
- Vocal examinations from Madhyama Pratham onwards must be accompanied by Tanpura. Harmonium accompaniment is not allowed.
- From Visharad pratham exam of musical instrument and classical vocal, live Tabla accompaniment is compulsory (except for percussion instruments)
- For Tabla Examinations - Lehra or Nagma accompaniment is compulsory from Prarambhik level. Lehra app or machine use is allowed till Madhyama Poorna.
- From Visharad pratham Tabla examinations, live vocal or instrumental (Lehra or Nagma) accompaniment is compulsory.
Examination Requirements
- It is mandatory to pass both the written and practical examinations.
- Failure in any of the two assessments - Practical and theory exams of Madhyama Pratham and Madhyama Poorna necessitates reappearing for both the practical and theory exams.
- From the Visharad Pratham exam onwards, candidates that have failed to clear one particular assessment (practical or theory) but have secured more than 50% i.e passed in the other assessment need only to give re-examination of the assessment they have failed in. In such a case he/she will have to attach a “no objection certificate” signed by the centre in-charge, as well as the full amount of examination fee along with the application form. This candidate will have to appear for this re-examination in the next session. If he/she wishes to sit for the exam after one year, both the practical as well as written examination will have to be taken again.
Eligibility Criteria
- Minimum age criteria for Prarambhik exam is 7 years and for Madhyama Pratham it is 12 years
- If a student has cleared the vocal Visharad Poorna examination and wishes to appear for the exam for a musical instrument such as Harmonium, Sitar, etc, he/she can directly appear for Visharad Pratham. The same applies if a candidate has cleared the Visharad Poorna exam in a musical instrument, and wishes to appear for the vocal exam.
- Simultaneous appearing for two subjects in the same session will be allowed up to Praveshika Poorna examination. A candidate is not eligible to give examinations of two subjects simultaneously that consist of theory (written) assessment. For example - If a candidate appears for Madhyama Pratham Vocal examination, he can appear for a second subject exam of Prarambhik till Praveshika Poorna ( exam level 1,2 and 3 which don’t have theory assessment) in the same session. However he cannot appear for any exam from 4th exam level onwards simultaneously for two subjects.
- Students with a B.A. degree in Music can skip examinations up to Madhyama poorna.
- Accredited artists or music experts with a B+ grade at All India Radio or Doordarshan may appear directly for Visharad Pratham. However, examinations will be conducted only at the Pune centre of BSPM’s Gandharva Mahavidyalaya,Pune.
- If you have taken exams from any other institutions, you must provide the syllabus for those examinations. An authorized person at GMV Pune will determine your eligibility for the next exam level, based on the syllabus you covered in the previous exams
Additional Information
- Incomplete application forms will not be accepted
- Rescheduling of exam date is chargeable
Course-wise fee structure
(In USD or equivalent currency or equivalent INR)
| Course Name | Fees (USD) |
| Prarambhik | 60 USD |
| Praveshika Pratham | 70 USD |
| Praveshika Poorna | 90 USD |
| Madhyama Pratham | 100 USD |
| Madhyama Poorna | 100 USD |
| Visharad Pratham | 120 USD |
| Visharad Poorna | 120 USD |
| Alankar Pratham | 120 USD |
| Alankar Poorna | 120 USD |
| Balgeet | 20 USD |
| Sugam Pratham | 70 USD |
| Sugam Poorna | 90 USD |