Gurus:

• Smt B. Uma Maheshwari (Kalakshetra), Ranipet.
• Smt Ganga Thampi, Kalakshetra,Chennai
• Late Smt Krishnaveni Lakshmanan, Kalakshetra, Chennai
• Sri Pasumarti Ramalinga Shastry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
• Sri A.Janardhanan, Kalakshetra, Chennai     

Areas of Interest:

• Choreography, Critical analysis of Contemporary and classical Indian Dance — its content and contexts, Dance in Indian Diaspora, Dance Criticism, New Frontiers in Dance History.  

Research Papers and Dissertations:
Articles:

• Co-Author - Globalisation, Diaspora and the Cultural Landscape: The Case Of Bharatanatyam in Diaspora, Nartanam, Vol: 4, No: 1, Jan- Mar 2004
• Invited as a resource person to participate and present a paper – ‘Bharatanatyam in Indian Diaspora- From an Esoteric to a Global Arts Form’, National Seminar and Workshop on Indian Diaspora and Museum, 17-18 Sep 2004 at IGMRS, Bhopal
• Changing Lives – Changing Forms: A Seminar on Performers and their Arts in a Changing Milieu, Nartanam, Quarterly Journal of Indian Dance, Vol: 2, No: 1 Jan- Mar 2002
• Workshop in HCU, Nartanam, and Vol: 2, No: 3, Jul-Sep 2002
• Reaching Out … to an Openness, Nartanam, Jan- Mar 2007

Dissertation:

• “Sakunthala –An Understanding of the Character with Bhava Analysis” as part of Master of Performing Arts, University of Hyderabad, 2003 

Fellowships and Scholarships:

• Merit Scholarship, 1997-2000, Kalakshetra, Chennai
• Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, 2000-2001, Kalakshetra, Chennai
• Merit Scholarship, 2001-2002, University of Hyderabad
• Senior Research Fellow and NET Qualified 2003 from UGC, New Delhi