The introduction to an interview about the course in The Music Magazine, the course author's standing in this field has been described as follows:

"No library of books on Indian music would be complete without Ludwig Pesch's Raga Dhana (published by Natana Kairali) and The Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music (Oxford University Press). They are among the most widely consulted books on Indian music in English. Pesch's writing is highly regarded for its accurate scholarship. At the same time he takes pains to write in a style that does not intimidate the lay reader." - www.themusicmagazine.com, Bangalore, 2 July 2003

Read also the summary of the course by critic V.R. Devika in The Hindu ("Classic connectivity") and an interview about the course by Latha Venkatraman in The Hindu Business Line Financial Daily (online edition, Mumbai 21 June 2003)