Dr. Kiran Seth is an Indian academician, currently Professor Emeritus in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, where he has been since 1976, and is most known as the founder of the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture amongst Youth, SPIC MACAY (in 1977), a non-profit organization which promotes Indian classical music and dance, and other aspects of Indian culture, amongst youth through workshops, lec-dems, cultural programs and conventions.