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Radha Prasada Rao

Radha Reddy

Raghava Raj Bhatt

Rahul Acharya

Raja Reddy

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Radha Bhaskar Menon

Postal Address

D/1 Sterling Park Society, Near Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad-380052

Phone : +91 79 27431690, +91 9898327398 (Mo)

Fax :

Email : Ananthmenon@rediffmail.com/ananthmenon@mudraperformingarts.com

Websites : www.mudraperformingarts.com

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	September 28, 1948
Education	M.A. (English) from Sophiya College
Field of expertise	Performing artiste, teacher, choreographer - Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam and Kathakali
Academic/Professional activities	Started training at an early age of 8 years under the Gurukul system under eminent gurus. Has given performances all over India and lecture demonstrations in various institutions and universities. Has composed several dance ballets which include ‘Venkateshware Kalayanam’, ‘Bhama Kalapam’, Kalidas ‘Meghdootam’ and ‘Astha Nayika’ depicting eight types of heroine described in Shastras in Bharatanatyam. Her style being focusing four classical dance styles apart from regular traditional dance margams. She is co-founder of Mudra School of Indian Classical Dances with her husband Shri Bhaskar Raghav Menon.
Name of the institution(s) you associated with	Mudra School of Indian Classical Dances, Gujarat
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	» SRINGARMANI, Sur singar Samsad, Mumbai » GAURAV PURASKAR, Government of Gujarat » SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD
Books/Articles authored	Co-author “Ananta Nrityam” a basic study of Bharatanatyam
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Radha Prasada Rao

Postal Address

966, SBI Officers Colony, Street No.8, Bakaram, Gandhi Nagar, Hyderabad

Phone : +91 40 27533378, +91 9391118430 (Mo)

Fax : +91 40 27532215

Email :

Websites :

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	March 14, 1961
Education	» M.A. (Lit.) » MBA » PGHDMM » PGHDSM » Govt. Certificate in Classical Dance
Field of expertise	Kuchipudi, Bharatnatyam Dance
Academic/Professional activities	Belonging to the family of scholars and artistes, Radha highly qualified academically has rendered during the last 25 years more than 2000 recitals in India and abroad. She has done original work in temple sculptures related to Indian classical dances. She has trained lot of students in dance at her established institution Radha Prasada Rao Dance Academy, Hyderabad.
Name of the institution(s)you associated with	Radha Prasada Rao Dance Academy, Hyderabad (Director)
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	» NRITYA KALA SIROMANI » NATYA DAYA KARODA » NATYA KALA NIGAMAMBIKA
Books/Articles authored	Contributes articles to reputed magazines and journals on dance subjects.
Any association with foreign institution(s)
Any other information	Has rendered more than 2000 recitals in India and abroad during the last 25 years.

Radha Reddy

Postal Address

D-II/57, Kaka Nagar, New Delhi-110003

Phone : +91 11 24356630

Fax : +91 11 24356640

Email : natyatarangini@hotmail.com

Websites : www.rajaradhareddy.com

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	February 15, 1955
Education	Diploma in Choreography
Field of expertise	Kuchipudi classical dance – Performer/Teacher
Academic/Professional activities	A famous professional Kuchipudi dance performer, Radha has been teaching Kuchipudi at Natya Tarangini Institute of Kuchipudi Dance, New Delhi
Name of the institution(s)you associated with	Natya Tarangini, New Delhi
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	» PADMA BHUSHAN (2000) » NRITYA CHOODAMANI (1993) » SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD (1991) » SAHITYA KALA PARISHAD AWARD (1990) » PADMA SHREE (1984) » ANDHRA PRADESH STATE AWARD for contribution to the field of Kuchipudi Dance (1982)
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Raghava Raj Bhatt

Postal Address

H.No.16-11-302 Musaram Bagh, Hyderabad-500036

Phone : +91 40 55617421/ 23317767/ 24548505, +91 9849344874 (Mo)

Fax :

Email : raghavrajbhatt@hotmail.com

Websites : www.aakruti.org

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	August 10, 1964
Education	M.A.
Field of expertise	Kathak Choreographer, Indian Folk & Tribal Arts, Artistic Director
Academic/Professional activities
Name of the institution(s) you associated with	Pt. Birju Maharaj ji Kala Ashram, Kathak Kendra, New Delhi
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.
Books/Articles authored	‘My sketches’ Uday Shankar Shatabdi. SNA, New Delhi
Any association with foreign institution(s)
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Rahul Acharya

Postal Address

Plot No. N-1/329, I.R.C Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Khurda-751015

Phone : +91 674 2553882, +91 986107397 (Mo)

Fax :

Email : rahul_acharya@rediffmail.com

Websites : http://www.sacreddanceguild.org

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	November 2, 1982
Education	» BSc (Hons) » MSc (Biotech) Scholar
Field of expertise	Odissi Dance
Academic/Professional activities	Rahul started learning Odissi dance at a tender age of 4 years and has performed at foremost Indian festivals and important cultural functions including Puri Beach Festival, Konarak Festival, Eastern Zone Cultural Centre, Kolkatta, Fete-de-Pondicherry (2001), Pallavutsov (2000), Mysore. He has performed abroad in Germany, UK, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, for the programmes organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Rahul has also given lecture demonstrations at premier Indian National Institutes IIT, Kharagpur, IIT, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore and at Shantiniketan.
Name of the institution(s) you associated with
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	» NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi » NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India
Books/Articles authored	» “A systematic Analysis of Odissi Dance » “ From the mouth of a Mahari” » “ Speciality and Uniqueness of Odissi Dance” » “ Durgacharan Ranbir” » “ Neelashree Patnaik” » “ Transforming the South through Dance”
Any association with foreign institution(s)	» International Dance Council » UNESCO (Member) Sacred Dance Guild, USA (Member)
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Raja Reddy

Postal Address

D-II/57, Kaka Nagar, New Delhi-110003

Phone : +91 11 24356630

Fax : +91 11 24356640

Email : reddy.art@gmail.com

Websites : www.rajaradhareddy.com

Personal Details

Date of Birth/Age	October 6, 1943
Education	» Diploma in Choreography » B.A. (Osmania University)
Field of expertise	Kuchipudi classical dance – Performer/Teacher
Academic/Professional activities	A name to conjure with classical dance, Raja Reddy has been performing Kuchipudi dance over three decades now. He teaches dance at Natya Tarangini Institute of Kuchipudi Dance, New Delhi
Name of the institution(s) you associated with	Natya Tarangini, New Delhi
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.	» PADMA BHUSHAN (2000) » NRITYA CHOODAMANI (1994) » SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD ( 1992) » SAHITYA KALA PARISHAD AWARD ( 1991) » PADMA SHRI (1984) » ANDHRA PRADESH STATE AWARD for contribution to the field of Kuchipudi dance (1982)
Books/Articles authored	“Dances of India” - Kuchipudi
Any association with foreign institution(s)
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