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Trained in two styles of Indian Classical Dance-Bharathnatyam and Odissi. Bharathnatyam under Dr. Jayashree Rajagoplan, a student of Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam and Odissi under Guru Bansidhar Dwivedi, currently staff at Odissi Research Institute, Cuttack.
Other Awards /Recognitions
1999 US Patent for disposable wipes, Procter & Gamble
2005 Ohio Choreographer, Ohio Dance, a premier dance body in Ohio
2007 Invited Member to UNESCO, Council of World Dance, France
2007 24th World Congress Of Dance, Athens- Performer
2013 Ohio Heritage Fellow, Ohio Arts Council
2015 Dada Rafiki Award for Community Service through the Arts, Eye of the Artist Foundation
2016 National Judge Panel: Bollywood America
2017 Ohio Arts Council Grant Review Panelist
2018 Dance USA Dance Best Choreography Award for Midwest Regionals
2018 Dance USA Dance Junior Team Semifinalists
2018 Board Member, West Chester, and Liberty Twp. Arts Council
2019 Associate Choreographer, Jungle Book, The Children’s’ Theater, Cincinnati
2019 Cultural Chair, NAVIKA (North America Vishwa Kannada Association)
2019 Interviewed for the book ‘Power of Her’, a book recognizing women in Greater Cincinnati who have impacted the city. This book is tied to the 100 th year celebrations of Women’s Suffrage
Debuts-Dance Graduations
2010 Kavya Sreevalsan, Sandhya Warrier, Nisha Giridharan
2011 Kanthi Murali
2013 Sneha Gundavarapu
2015 Sneha Rajan
2017 Deepa Ananth, Megha Gupta
2018 Keerthi Sekar, Shankari Arulmani, Janani Arulmani