Personal Details
| Date of Birth/Age | March 4, 1960 |
| Education | Graduate (Odissi Dance), Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack B.A. (English Hons.) |
| Field of expertise | Odissi Dance |
| Academic/Professional activities | Trained under eminent Gurus, Monalisa has been performing in prestigious music and dance conferences in India since 1983. Her performances abroad include in Bangladesh, Italy, France, Holland, Sweden, UK, United Arab Emirates, and USA. She has given over 50 performances in the cities of Germany and Austria every year since 1992, which is a record for any Odissi dancer. Principal of her institute Kalajyoti Gurukul, Kolkata where on the pattern of Gurukul, the students from India and abroad stay there while receiving training, she also provides free training to 25 students from very poor families. A senior empanelled artiste of Indian Council for Cultural Relations and EZCC, ‘A’ grade Doordarshan TV artiste, judge for West Bengal State Music Academy and Juba Utsab, Monalisa is Head of the Department of Odissi, Surnandan Bharati, Kolkata. |
| Name of the institution(s)you associated with | Kalajyoti Gurukul, Kolkata |
| Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. | NRUTYASRI SINGARMANI OUTSTANDING YOUNG TALENT OF CALCUTTA 91 AWARD |
| Any association with foreign institution(s) | Visiting Lecturer, Nritya Vikash School of Odissi dance, The Hague, (Netherlands) Vosotomg Giri pf Afrp – Asiatisches Institute, Vienna, (Austria) |
