Indira Gandhi National Centre For the Arts Regional Centre, Thrissur cordially invites you to the program.

Speaker(s)/Artist: Dr. Guru Sharad Pandya, Bharathanatyam Exponent, Founder- Director “Purva”, Baroda

Dr. Guru Sharad Pandya is an author, Classical Dance Exponent and Scholar in the field of Bharatanatyam. He has represented India at Countries such as USSR, USA, Brazil, Singapore, Mauritius, Srilanka, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Dubai, Pakistan, Serbia and many more to conduct workshops, Masterclasses and Lecture Demonstrations on Classical Dance and interdisciplinary subjects. He is the founder of Purva school of Bharatanatyam, Vadodara.

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Event (Offline): Gopeetham

Speaker(s)/Artist:

1. Dr. V Jayarajan– Chairman of Folkland, Scholar
   2. Dr.Sheena Aiswarya (Mavelikkara) –  researcher on agriculture folklore
   3. Mr. Balamurali –  Chairman of Lalit Kala Academy
   4. P.V Jayachandran –  A Sanskrit scholar and a teacher
   5. George Thazharkara – Scholar of kalam and Sarpam Thullal
   6. Suresh Mannarasala – Senior artist of floor drawings of Kerala
   7. Eramalloor Shanmugadas –  Artist of Sarpakalam and pulluvan pattu
   8. K.R Babu–  Painter and a scholar of mural paintings
   9. Dr. Girish –  Conservation architect of INTACH Kasaragod chapter
   10. Gopi Budhanur – Researcher – snake worship and pulluvan community.
   11. Jayakumar Chettikulangara – Kerala Folklore Academy Awardee and   silver jubilee Fellowship of the Department of Culture.
   12. Jalajakumari – Eminent Pulluva pattu artist
   13. Vishnu V Nath – A young scholar and practitioner

Event (Offline): International Women’s Day Celebration

Speaker(s)/Artist:

• Dr. Suvarna Nalapat – Author of 100+ books, Kerala Sahithya Academy Endowment Award for Vaidhika Sahithya, Academician from the Medical Field.
• Dr. Lakshmi Sankar – Member, PG Board of Studies, Dept. of Sanskrit, H.O.D Dept of Sanskrit, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur
• Smt. Kavil Chandini – President, Suvitham, Kunnamkulam
• Dr. K. Bharathi – Retd. Principal Munnar Govt.  College 
• Smt.Vasumathi – Guruvayur Paithrukam Organisation, Social worker. 

Programme –
1. Paper Presentation – Relevance of Shiva in Vedic Studies
2. Talk, Demonstration & Bharatanatyam Recital Shiva: The Bhakti aspect in Classical dance

Speaker(s)/Artist-
1. Sri Kothamangalam Vasudevan Namboothiri, (Traditional Vedic Scholar)
2. Prof. S. Raghunandan (Kalayogi),

Speaker(s)/Artist: Dr.Kalamandalam Krishnapriya N.B, Doordarshan graded artist, Guest Lecturer, Kerala Kalamandalam, Cheruthuruthy

Speaker(s)/Artist: Soumya Balagopal (Thripunithura) Doordarshan A-Grade Artist (Mohiniyattam)

Speaker(s)/Artist: Sowmya Thilak (Chennai)m, Founder and President of Nritya Samooha, a California Non-Profit, Organization for Indian Classical Dancers

Speaker(s)/Artist: Kalamandalam Sangeetha Prasad, Faculty, Department of Classical Dance, Kerala Kalamandalam, Cheruthuruthy

Speaker(s)/Artist: Ms. Sreedivya Sreenadh (Faculty, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thrissur.)

Speaker(s)/Artist: Ms. Renjitha Sreenath (UGC-NET in Dance, Pursuing PhD)