Thangadurai Samuel is a classical guitarist from India.
Samuel founded the Madras Guitar Society in 1988 which became the Madras Guitar String Ensemble in 1991. The Calcutta Classical Guitar Society honored him with a lifetime achievement award in 2010. He is the first classical guitarist to complete the practical part of the Trinity College of Music examination from Madras.[1][2] He has taught several people through out the past few decades, changing all of them to become great guitarists.