Ravikiran has consistently expanded on the musical traditions of India. He has sought to share the sophisticated brilliance of Carnatic music, and at the same time widen his own horizons, by composing for and collaborating with musicians from various cultures such as the US, the UK, France, China, Brazil and Ghana. After a few years of 'jamming' with stars from different world music systems, he felt the need to create more meaningful music with his global partners.

The fundamental difference between the melodic and harmonic approaches to music makes it difficult to compose in a way that is true to both systems. This stirred Ravikiran to create a unique concept called Melharmony, a melding of Indian melodic principles with Western harmonic ones. Melharmony received critical acclaim when first premiered at the Millennium Festival in UK with members of the BBC Philharmonic orchestra in the year 2000 at the behest of the Bradford-based Kalasangam, a leading multi-cultural organisation in Europe.

This collaboration was chosen as one of the top 5 performances among 2000 international events, and also won the Millennium Festival Award. The BBC magazine, in its cover story entitled BBC Melharmonic, described the concert at Manchester thus: "Judging by the audience reaction after the end of tonight's show and the extent to which the melharmonious tones of 'KK Suite' is ringing in all of our ears for a considerable length of time afterwards, it's a real buzz".

Since then, Ravikiran has composed and presented many world music pieces (such as Torrent, Keeravani, Avalanche, River & Haunted Brook), employing the Melharmonic approach. His first Melharmonic concerto for chitravina, violin and flute, 'Ujjwal', was presented at the India Gate, New Delhi in Oct 2003. It was also released as an audio album in early 2004 with additional sections rendered by violinists from the Cleveland Opera.

In his own words, Ravikiran has sought to "not merely popularise Indian concerts but Indian concepts". His compositions in ragas like Jyotiswaroopini, Deepakam, Saraswati and Nattai, have brought several new melodies to the Western classical and Jazz world. His intricate rhythmic structures have also been received with relish both by the musicians and the listeners. He has also woven concepts such as shrutibhedam (modal shift of tonic) and korvai (melo-rhythmic cadenzas) in some of his compositions.

He is currently working with distinguished composers Robert Morris and Charles Demyunck on a series of Melharmonic creations.