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ARTISTE'S PROFILE
 
Name  : Kanak Y. Rele

Postal Address  

House No.& Street  :
165/A, Dr. B. Ambedkar Road
 
Town/City  : Dadar

District  : Mumbai

State  : Maharashtra

Pin Code  : 400014

 

Telephone(s) with STD Code  : 022

Landline  : 24142427

Mobile  : 9821025843

Fax  : 26245008

Other PP number(s) for contact  : 26206326

E-mail ID  : ndrc@mtnl.net.in

Website  :  
 
 

Date of Birth/Age  : June 11, 1937

Education  :
Ph.D. in Dance (Mumbai)
LL.B (Mumbai)
D.G. Diploma in International Law (Manchester, U.K.)
 
Field of expertise  :
Dance Pedagogy
Research in Dance Forms

Academic/Professional activities  :
Renowned exponent of classical dance, Ph.D Guide for Dance at Mumbai University, Dance Expert, Deptt. of Culture, Govt. of India., Dance Advisor, Planning Commission, Dance Expert for curriculum development at UGC, Expert – consultant to develop academic dance courses in Indian universities and abroad, Kanak is a pioneering dance educationist.
 
Name of the institution(s)you    :
    associated with     
Founder-Director, Nalanda Dance Research Centre
Founder–Principal Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya
Ex-Dean Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Mumbai
 
Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc.  :

PADMASHREE
SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD
GAURAV PURASKAR
Gujarat
NRITYA CHOODAMANI
Chennai
KALA RATNA
Mumbai
Awarded major research project for dance by UGC

 
Books/Articles authored  :
Mohiniattam-The Lyrical Dance
Bhavaniroopanna
Hand book of Indian Dance Terminology
More than 100 research articles published in various journals
 
Any association with foreign   :
institution(s)    
Invited to develop Dance Pedagogy by the Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius
Conducts workshop in Indian Classical Dance, aesthetics and choreography in several countries abroad
 
Any other information  :
Honoured by the President of India as “Leading Mohiniattam exponent and pioneering dance Educationist”
Pioneer in India for use of dance as therapy for handicapped children.

 
 
 
                       
Under the aegis of Ministry of Culture,
Government of India
15-A, Sector - 7, Pappankalan, Dwarka,
New Delhi - 110075

Centre for Cultural Resources and Training
Telephone:(011) 25088638,
47151000

Fax: 91-11-25088637,
Gram: CENCULT

E-mail:- dg.ccrt@nic.in