Ananda shankar jayant biography

Ananda holds a Masters degree in Ancient Indian History (where she topped her university), a M. Phil in Art History and a Ph. D in Tourism.

  • Ananda holds a Masters degree in Ancient Indian History (where she topped her university), a M. Phil in Art History and a Ph. D in Tourism.
  • A renowned Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer and scholar, Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant prefers to regard herself not as a cancer survivor, but as cancer.
  • Ananda Shankar Jayant is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, scholar and bureaucrat, known for her proficiency in the classical dance forms of.
  • As a choreographer and performer, she uses dance to talk about gender issues (as in 1999's What About Me?), mythology and philosophy.
  • Ananda Shankar Jayant is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, scholar and bureaucrat, known for her proficiency in the classical dance forms of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.

    • Ananda Shankar Jayant is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, scholar and bureaucrat, known for her proficiency in the classical dance forms of.!

    Ananda Shankar Jayant

    Indian dancer, choreographer and dance scholar

    Ananda Shankar Jayant is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, scholar and bureaucrat, known for her proficiency in the classical dance forms of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi.[2] She is the first woman officer in the Indian Railway Traffic Service on South Central Railway [3] and her 2009 TED talk is ranked among the top twelve Incredible TED talks on cancer.[4] She is a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Kalaimamani Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu and Kala Ratna Award of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

    The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for her contributions to arts.[5]

    Biography

    Ananda Shankar, born in a Tamil Brahmin family from Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu to G.

    S. Shankar, an officer with Indian Railways and Subhashini, a school teacher and a musician, was brought up in