2011 - ST. LOUIS INDIAN DANCE FESTIVAL AWARDS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

IN RECOGNITION OF LIFETIME CREATIVE  CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE TO THE FIELD OF INDIAN DANCING TO

GURU HEMA RAJAGOPALAN (CHICAGO, IL)

GURU MYTHILI KUMAR (SAN JOSE, CA)

NRITYA RATNAKARA AWARD

IN RECOGNITION OF CREATIVE  CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE TO THE FIELD OF INDIAN DANCING 
TO

GURU SUJATHA SRINIVASAN (CLEVELAND, OH)
GURU ROOPA SHYAMASUNDARA (DETROIT, MI)

ABHINAYA SHIROMANI  AWARD

IN RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE IN ABHINAYA AND CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE TO THE FIELD OF INDIAN DANCING
TO

GURU SUNANDA NAIR (HOUSTON, TEXAS)

NRITYA CHOODAMANI AWARD

IN RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE AND ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE IN RESPECTIVE INDIAN DANCE STYLES SUCH AS ODISSI AND KATHAK
TO

GURU SREYASHI DEY (ANN ARBOR, MI)
CHARLOTTE MORAGA

NRITYA SEVA RATNA AWARD

IN RECOGNITION OF WORK PROMOTING INDIAN PERFORMING ARTS AND SPREADING ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE TO THE FIELD OF INDIAN DANCING
TO

GURU HEMA SHARMA (OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS)

AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONALITIES

USTAD IMRATH KHAN SAAB

GURU PRASANNA KASTHURI, GURU SUJATHA VINJAMURI, GURU SMITHA RAJAN