Fellowship Award Recipients | 2019
Shweta Prachande
Recipient of Junior Fellowship Award, 2019
Shweta Prachande is currently training with Guru Smt. Priyadarsini Govind after completing the five-year course at Kalavardhini Dance Institute under Guru Dr. Sucheta Chapekar.
She has since come to be recognized as one of Bharatanatyam’s leading young dancers in today’s generation.
Shweta Prachande is an ‘A’ Grade artist with the national broadcaster Doordarshan, and an empanelled artist of the ICCR for Bharatanatyam.
Shweta Prachande has performed extensively in India and abroad in many prestigious festivals. She has conducted workshops, lectures and presentations.
Awards:
- National Bal Shree Honour by H.E. President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at the Rashtrapati Bhavan (2003)
- District Youth Award by Nehru Yuva Kendra from Ministry of Youth and Sports, Government of India (2010)
- Sri T.S. Parthasarathy Award by Music Academy Madras for Spirit of Youth Dance Festival (2008)
- Lakshmi Viswanathan Endowment Prize for Abhinaya by Krishna Gana Sabha (2011)
- Rajeev Gandhi Puraskar (2008)
- Natya Ratna by Trinity Fine Arts, Chennai
Gauri Diwakar
Recipient of Senior Fellowship Award, 2019
Gauri Diwakar started her dance journey in Jamshedpur where she learned under Ms Sumita Chowdhary. She further honed her skills under the tutelage of the renowned Gurus, Pandit Birju Maharaj and Shri Jai Kishan Maharaj at the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi. After graduating with distinction from Kathak Kendra, Gauri further perfected her skills under the renowned exponent of Kathak, Ms Aditi Mangaldas.
Gauri Diwakar has created a niche for herself and has performed in national and international dance festivals. An ‘A’ Grade artist with the national broadcaster Doordarshan, she is credited with a number of noted solo performances. She is also an empanelled artist with Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
Gauri Diwakar continues to pass on her skills by training young students under her own trust “Gauri Diwakar Sanskriti Foundation- Sarvatra Nrityam” and thus helping to keep an age-old tradition alive.
Awards:
- Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by the Sangeet Natak Akademi (2008)
- Jaydev Pratibha Puraskar (2015)
- Sringar Mani Award (2002)
