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Jayashree Rajagopalan

Jhelum Paranjape

Johar Ali Khan

Jolly Mathew

Jyothi Pattabhiram

K. Nirmala Devi

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Jayashree Rajagopalan

Postal Address

1/71, Laxmi Niwas, Road No.25, Sion (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400 022

Phone : (022) 24072164

Fax :

Email : Jayaraja15@rediffmail.com

Websites : www.jayashreerajagopalan.com

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	September 15, 1952
Education	Nrityshali - Graduate in Fine Arts. Currently pursuing PhD program in Fine Arts
Field of expertise	Bharatanatyam Dance
Academic/Professional activities	• A performing dancer, choreographer, and teacher Jayashree has presented and choreographed dance-dramas in Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Marathi which include: Kalidasa’s ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam’, ‘Perior Bharatam’ – a compilation of Subramanya Bharati’s ‘Chandalika’. ‘Dasavarthara’ ‘Ritu Ranjan’, ‘Sita Swayamvaram’, ‘Mahavir Janmabhishek’, ‘Jalem’, ‘Kamayani’, ‘Bakht Sakha Vithalal’ and ‘Birth of Dhanvantri’. • She has a short Chitra Purvaranga, Dohas and Chaupayees from Tulsi Ramayan put into a Varnam in combination of Carnatic and Hindustani ragas, and Rasa-Sabdam of Uthukkadu Venkatasubbaiyas for a Tillana is her credit. • Jayashree has participated in India Festivals at Singapore, Mauritius, Greece, France and as an Indian Council for Cultural Relations delegate abroad. • She has given lecture demonstrations and conducted Workshops in various centres in the country including Anantacharya Indological Research Institute, Mumbai, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Education Deptt. Of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coorg, Spicmacay, Hyderabad, Pune University and Faculty of Performing Arts, Pune.
Name of the institution(s)you associated with	- Director, Nrithyodaya, Academy of Performing Arts, Mumbai - Resource Person, Anantacharya Indological Research Institute, Mumbai
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	Sr. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Department of Culture, Govt. of India Honoured with titles ‘ YASHASVITA’, ‘NATYA SELVI’, ‘NRITYA SHIVALI’, Mumbai GURU SEVA HANI Chennai
Books/Articles authored	Writes on dance topics which include articles. - “Dance Forms – Southern Styles” for Research Journal, Anantacharya Indological Institute, Mumbai; - “The Fifth Veda” for Dakshina Bharat Samaj Journal, Rourkela - “VIBGYOR” for Max Muller Bhavan journal, rourkela
Any other information	Examiner for BA/MA students of Pune University Performing Arts Centre.

Jhelum Paranjape

Postal Address

Smitalay, Dance Wing of Sane Guruji Arogya Mandir, Chunabhatti Santacruz (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400054

Phone : (022) 26616398,26615463 / 9620216315 / 26433871

Fax :

Email : jhelum@smitalay.com

Websites : www.smitalay.com

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	September 24, 1954
Education	M.Sc. (Statistics)
Field of expertise	Odissi Dance
Academic/Professional activities	Jhelum was Maths Prof.1979-1980 doing alongwith Odissi. Since then has been teaching, performing and choreographing Odissi. She has her own dance institute Smitalay.
Name of the institution(s)you associated with	Smitalay ; Srjan
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	MAHARI AWARD Guru Pankajcharan Odissi Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar EXCELLENCE IN CHOSEN PROFESSION AWARD Rotary Group, Mumbai KUMAR GANDHARVA’S AWARD Shriram Pujari Pratishthan, Solapur
Books/Articles authored	Has written articles on Odissi, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Smt. Sanjukta Panigrahi; in Marathi Newspapers and magazines.

Johar Ali Khan

Postal Address

3/73, Keshan Kunj, J Ext. Laxmi Nagar, New Delhi - 110092

Phone : (011) 22410425 / 9010724602

Fax :

Email : joharviolin@yahoo.co.in

Websites : www.violinjohar.com

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	December 22, 1967
Education	Sangeet Visharad (Violin) Degree in Music
Field of expertise	Violin – Performer/Teacher
Academic/Professional activities	Johar Ali Khan, with late Ustad Gohar Ali Khan for a father and Guru,mother from a musical family and grandfather, the founder of Patiala Gharana, the late illustrious Ustad Ali Baksh, has specialised in systematic elaboration of raag, melodies and innovative approach in presenting taan, and established himself as a noted violin exponent. He has performed in 400 recitals in Delhi alone and at ‘Young Music Festival’, Orissa; ‘Platinum Jubilee Celebration’ of Aligarh Muslim University; SPIC-MACAY; Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Academy; Annual Music Festival, Delhi School of Music, Punjab Amritsar Heritage Festival, INTACH. He has represented India in many countries abroad including Africa, Europe and has given performances in Nepal, Indo-West Fusion Concert, Dubai, BBC, London, Trans Musical Festival, France and Helsinki Music Festival, Finland. A regular performer on TV and radio, Johar has been associated with many groups and artistes of international repute, and creating innovative and thematic music. Sargam, a musical band founded by him aimed at Fusion of modern and traditional musical instruments/musical archaistic with light classical, Bollywood, popular Jazz, Punjabi and Hindi songs, has found instant success.
Name of the institution(s)you associated with	Sargam, Delhi (Founder)
Any association with foreign institution(s)	Visiting Professor, Asian School of Music, Manchester (UK)

Jolly Mathew

Postal Address

Sarga, Sastri Road, Thiruvankulam, Ernakulam, Kerala - 682305

Phone : (0484) 2787979 / 9847480664 / 9447370717, 0484-2787978

Fax :

Email : Sarga_india@yahoo.com

Websites :

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	May 25, 1968
Education	I.T.I. Post Graduation in Political Science
Field of expertise	Bharatanatyam & Mohiniyattom
Academic/Professional activities	Jolly has been performing dance programmes in India and for the last six years in Europe. She has the distinction of doing Bible story in Mohiniyattom and Bharatanatyam for the first time in India (1998) and also she is the first Indian dancer to have performed 108 Karanas – sholokas taken from Natyashastra of Bharatmuni. For last 20 years Jolly has been teaching classical dance in Kerala and abroad. She does choreography in Bharatanatyam and Mohiniyattom
Name of the institution(s)you associated with	Swathi Thirunal Kalakendra Trust, Calicut (run by Sri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboodiri) & Sarga School of Classical dance, Thiruvankulam
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	“Gold Medal” award from Indo French Cultural Association (2002)
Books/Articles authored	“Folk – Lore Arts of Kerala” (under preparation)
Any association with foreign institution(s)	Indo-French Cultural Association, France

Jyothi Pattabhiram

Postal Address

Sadhana Sangama Trust, #48, HIG 6th Main 2nd Stage, KHB Colony, Basaveshwara Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka - 560079

Phone : (080) 23303748 / 9945280441 /080 - 23308910

Fax : 080-23303748 (Telefax)

Email : Sadhanasangamatrust@yahoo.co.in

Websites :

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	June 10, 1957
Education	M.A. (Eng. Lit.)
Field of expertise	Bharatanatyam
Academic/Professional activities	Professor of English Maharani’s Arts College, Bangalore
Name of the institution(s)you associated with	Director, Sadhana Sangama Dance, Yoga, Music Centre, Bangalore
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	YOGA-NATYA SARASWATI AWARD Sydney Kannada Sangh, Australia
Books/Articles authored	Yoga-Nritya Samanvaya Dance- - An Approach to Holistic Life
Any association with foreign institution(s)	Sadhana Sangama International, Portland (USA) Meditation Centre, Mineapolis (USA)
Any other information	Conducts yoga based dance workshops abroad.

K. Nirmala Devi

Postal Address

H.No.1-2-33/51, Prashanth Nagar, Nizampet Road, Hydernagar, Kulkalpally, Andhra Pradesh

Phone : (040) 23050385 / 9849386372

Fax :

Email : nirmalanrutyam@yahoo.com

Websites : www.nirmalanrutyaniketan.com

Personal Details

Field of expertise

Kuchipudi