Classical music seems to have reversed a trend by making many youngsters return to India from the U.S., especially Chennai, Ramnath Venkat Bhagavath is one of them.
He was among the five finalists in The Hindu Saregama MS Subbulakshmi Award 2013. Ramnath has an impressive academic record. He is also interested in Tamil literature and composing music. 
On his academics:
I had my schooling in Chennai and then moved to Toronto York University to do my under graduation in Applied Mathematics and later, post graduation in University of South California, Los Angeles, in Operations Research Engineering. I got a job in the US. But, I realised that I cannot concentrate on both, work and classical music. Hailing from a family of musicians on my mother's side, I decided to settle in Chennai.
On his musical journey:
It was my grandmother, Meenakshi Ramanathan, disciple of K.S. Narayanaswami (veena), and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, who ushered me into classical music at a young age. Later, I trained under A.S. Murali (ghatam artist and a vocalist), and now I'm learning from Prof. S.R. Janakiraman. I had my lessons through skype when I was abroad and during vacations, I would fly down to Chennai. I have performed in Canada and the U.S. on many occasions. For the past two years, I have been giving concerts in Chennai.