For over 10 years, Sai Ram Iyer has performed Semi classical and Light music with ease. The roots of his success, Sairam says, go back to the family support he received, and his tutelage under Pandit Shri Pradeep Chatterjee and Pandit Shri Dhruva Ghosh at the Sangeet Mahabharati Institution, where he did Diploma in Hindustani Classical Vocal Music.Iyer has also done a diploma in light vocal music from the University of Mumbai under the tutelage of music directors Shri Kamlakar Bhagwat and Shri Achyut Thakur.[citation needed] Iyer was a student of the late Pandit Ramesh Nadkarni, and won awards at music competitions at different levels (college, university, zonal and national).Iyer participated in the Mumbai University's music choir under the choir conductor Late Kanu Ghosh and, subsequently, was chosen to conduct the choir by Shri Ghosh.Sairam had done good amount of charity works for the earthquake victims and in the Tsumani hit areas. He is very much involved in social work and as a professional singer contributes a lot to the industry and to the people he belongs to.