Personal Details
| Date of Birth/Age | February 2, 1954 |
| Education | B.A. (Bangalore University) |
| Field of expertise | Classical Dance – Bharatanatyam |
| Academic/Professional activities | A trained dancer, teacher and cheoreographer Smt. Padmini Rao besides giving numerous performances has presented ‘Nrityaradhana’ and ‘Navasandhi Nritya’, a traditional temple dance. As Dance Guru, and Head of the Faculty, Ponnaiah Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore she imparts practical teaching and choreographing of new items, dance features and dance dramas. She has been Examiner, Karnataka State Education Board; Scholarship Committee, Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy; for M.A. Bangalore University; Member: Syllabus Committee for Bharatanatyam Dance for State Directorate of Text Books; Final Vidwath (Bharatanatyam) Text Book; Chairman, Syllabus Committee for Dance in Govt. Schools; and Member, Secretary and Treasurer, Karnataka Nrityakala Parishath. As Founder-Secretary, Ponnaiah Lalithakala Academy which Smt. Padmihni Rao has been developing into a cultural resource centre on Gurukul pattern with a model auditorium Parampara. |
| Name of the institution(s)you associated with | Ponnaiah Lalithakala Academy, Bangalore, Karnataka Nrithyakala Parishath |
| Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. |
» SCHOLARSHIP FROM GOVT. OF INDIA H.R.D. Deptt. of Culture, for Dance and ‘Nattuvangam’. » SCHOLARSHIP Bhulabhi Memorial Trust of Mumbai » JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP FOR RARE COMPOSITIONS OF THE TANJORE QUARTETT » SENIOR FELLOWSHIP FOR NAYIKAS IN JAVALIS Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India » SINGARAMANI AWARD Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai » BEST BHARATANATYAM GURU OBUL REDDY’S AWARD Music Academy, Chennai » FKARNATAKA KALATILAKA AWARD » Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy NATYA KALA SARASWATHI AWARD Natyanjali Trust, Madras. » INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF THE YEAR (DANCE) – 1988 American Bio-graphical Institute, USA and the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, U.K., by the Indian Institute for Talent Search, India. » VISHWESHWARAPURA RATNA AWARD, Bangalore Mahanagara Palika |
| Books/Articles authored | Has published “Javalis of Chinnaiah”, produced several CD’s on dance items, has been working on a CD on “Fundamentals of Bharatanatyam’ which comprises Adavus, Hasta Viniyogas, Pada Bhedas etc. |
| Any association with foreign institution(s) | Teaching students in European countries there in collaboration with their respective teachers. |
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