Odissi Qualifications:

• Disciple of Guru Shri Durga Charan Ranbir
• Disciple of Pandit Nityananda Misra
• Trained in Hatha and Raja Yoga at the Satyananda Yoga Vidyalaya, Bihar School of Yoga
• Recipient of Junior Scholarship from Centre for Cultural Resources & Training, Dept. of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India in the Yr.1996
• Recipient of Senior Scholarship from Dept. of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India, with effect from 1st February 2003

Accolades & Awards:

• Empanelled Artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
• Honorary member of Sacred Dance Guild, USA
• Member of www.narthaki.com
• Member of the International Dance Council, CID, UNESCO
• Collaborated with Sutra Dance Theatre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Member of the World Movement for Indian Fine Arts, Italy
• Guest artist at Trinayan Collective, New York, USA
• Graded artist of Doordarshan, Govt of India
• First male Odissi dancer to be awarded the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
• Honoured by the Oriya Society of America and the Jagannath Society of America

Odissi Performances: (International & National Tours)

2013:

• Erasing Borders – Tour of USA, New York (15th & 16th Aug)
• Naman, ADA Rangamandir, Bangalore (28th July)
• National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai (10th July)
• Dhara – weaving stories through Odissi, Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore (1st June)
• Pallavi Festival organized by Smt. Kiran Segal, IIC, New Delhi (10th Feb)

2012:

• Odissi International Festival organized by Govt. of Orissa, Bhubaneshwar (29th Dec)
• Odissi International Festival organized by Shyamahari Chakra, Bhubaneshwar (25th Dec)
• Aloka Kanungo Festival, Kolkata (2nd Nov)
• SamVed Raindrops Festival organized by Smt. Uma Dogra, Mumbai (6th July)
• Krishna Gana Sabha, Duet with Bharatnatyam dancer Smt. Janaki Rangarajan, Chennai (4th July)
• Mukteshwara Festival, Bhubaneshwar (15th Jan)
• Swami Vivekananda Jayati organized by Ram Krishna Mission Institute of Culture, Kolkata (11th Jan)
• Moksha Tour of Japan organized by Swastika (1st Aug to 30th Sept)
• Kazuo Ohno Festival, Yokohama (30th Sept)
• MGIC invited by High Commissioner of India, Trinidad, West Indies (6th June)
• Mancha Pravesh of student, Trinidad, West Indies (3rd June)
• Yoga for dance workshop by Bliss Yoga Centre, Trinidad, West Indies (26th May)
• Alambana organized by Manishikha Baul, Esplanade Theatre, Singapore (10th Feb)

2011:

• International Odissi Festival organized by IPAP, Bhubaneshwar (25th Dec)
• Odissi International Festival organized by Shyamahari Chakra, Bhubaneshwar (18th Dec)
• Mudra Arts Festival, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (24th Oct)
• Uday Raga organized by Orissa Dance Academy, Bhubaneshwar
• GAIT to the Spirit organized by Mandala Arts and Culture, Vancouver, Canada (28th Oct)
• Tour of Japan; Tokyo, Fukuoka, Gifu, Yokohama (Aug-Sept)
• Bard College, Hudson, New York, USA
• Kansas University for SPIC MACAY, Kansas, USA
• Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
• Arthur Lok Jack Auditorium in collaboration with UWI, Trinidad, West Indies (Feb)
• Tour of Trinidad and Tobago organized by Nrityanjali Theatre (Feb)

2010:

• Khajuraho Dance Festival, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
• Kumbhalgarh Dance Festival, Udaipur, Rajasthan
• Ustad Bismillah Khan Award Ceremony at Meghdoot Theatre by Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
• Yoga of Dance, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
• Tour of Trinidad and Tobago organized by Nrityanjali Theatre (Aug)
• Jagannath Society of America, Nashville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama, USA
• Convention of Oriya Society of America, San Francisco, California, USA

2009:

• Parampara series organized by Natya Tarangini, Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi
• Natyanjali, Chidambaram and Brihan Natyanjali by Sangeet Natak Akademi, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
• Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Tour of Russia and Uzbekistan organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
• Erasing Boders Series Dance Festival, New York, USA
• Marin Centre Showcase Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA
• Tour of United States of America

2008:

• Udayshankar Dance Festival, Kolkata
• Ananya, Purana Quilla, New Delhi
• 10th National Festival of new choreographies, IHC, New Delhi
• National Dance Festival organized by Nritya Bharati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Mukteshwar Festival
• Marg Darshan, Purush Dance Festival organized by Drjan, Bhubaneshwar
• Joyce SoHo, New York, USA
• Tour of United States of America organized by Trinayan Collective

2007:

• Mandu Festival organized by Madhya Pradesh Sangeet and Kala Academy and MP tourism, Madhya Pradesh
• Purush Festival organized by Kathak Darpan, Mumbai
• Angaraag Utsav, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi
• Odissi Sandhya organized by Pracheen Kala Kendra and Odissi Research Centre, Chandigarh, Punjab & Haryana
• International Odissi Festival organized by IPAP
• Tour of United States of America organized by Trinayan Collective

2006:

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award ceremony for his Guru, Meghdoot Theatre, New Delhi and Indira Gandhi Kala Kendra, Noida UP
• 8th National Festival of new choreographies, IHC, New Delhi
• Dakshinachitra, Chennai
• Kalakshetra, Chennai
• National Centre for Performing Arts, NCPA, Mumbai
• Nritya Prativa organized by Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, Ranchi

2005:

• Rabindra Kalakshetra, Bangalore
• Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi
• Bharat Niwas Auditorium Auroville
• Ashram Theatre. Pondicherry
• Chennai Museum Theatre, Chennai
• Notthatbalai Art Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Collaboration with Sutra Dance Theatre organized by Sarawak Music Society, Borneo, Indonesia

2004:

• India International Centre, IIC, New Delhi
• Un Mundo Paraver, 9th Iberoamerican Theatre Festival, Bogota, Columbia
• Tour of Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Columbia, Germany, United Kingdom organized by ICCR

2003:

• Puri Beach Festival, Puri
• Konark Festival, Konark, Orissa
• Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata, West Bengal
• Kalabharti Decennial Celebration, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

2001:

• Tour of Mauritius, Re-union Islands, France organized by ICCR
• Fete de Pondicherry by Govt. of India, Pondicherry, Union Territory

2000:

• Pallavothsav, Mysore, Karnataka

Lecture Demonstrations:                               

• Organized by SPIC MACAY at IIT, Kharagpur
• Lecture demonstrations at premier national institutes like the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc), Bangalore           
• Shantiniketan, Vishwabharati University, West Bengal
• Universities in Reunion Islands
• Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela
• Colegio Timoteo Aguire, Merida, Venezuela
• Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
• Incolballet, Cali, Colombia
• Workshops at Lotus, New York, USA
• Yoga of Dance workshop at National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), in collaboration with University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), Trinidad, West Indies
• American College Dance Festival at the Wichita State University at Wichita, Kansas, USA
• Geeta Govinda lectures at Temple of Fine Arts, Singapore

Academic research for Odissi:

• Research in Jagannath Culture
• Articles for www.narthaki.com
• Articles for the Sacred Dance Guild Journal, USA
• Articles for various international dance journals and websites
• Currently working on a volume on “Evolution of Odissi”

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