Faculty #

Name

Title

Short Description

01

Smt. TR Kamala Subramanian

Founder-Director, Bharatanatyam Acharya

Smt. TR Kamala Subramanian,hails from Trivandrum with an educational qualification Masters of Computer Applications and several years of training in Bharatanatyam under her esteemed Gurus in Bharatanatyam, Smt. Kamala is a B Grade artist in Bharatanatyam, Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai. She is a qualified software professional (MCA) having worked with several multinational organizations.

A Senior Disciple of her most revered Guru Smt. Girija Chandran , Smt. Kamala has had her initial training from Regatta Natya Sangeetha VIdyalayam, Trivandrum under Guru Smt.GirijaChandran and Smt.Geetha Krishnakumar (Darpana , Trivandrum) and has also secured training in the great temple art of Kerala, Chakyarkoothu, under the eminent  Guru Sri. Margi Madhu. She is under the guidance and blessings of the veteran and ever respected Jaya teacher of Kalakshetra. 
Smt. Kamala was actively involved in learning and teaching process with Gurus Smt. and Shri. MS Hariharan ABNP, Chennai. 

Smt. Kamala has dedicated the last 25 years of her artistic life learning and teaching the divine art of Bharatanatyam. 

Currently Smt. Kamala is imparting bharatanatyam training - teaching being her passion, and managing a group of around 100 students who learn Violin, Mridangam, Classical Vocal and Drawing at Samskrithi Kala Kendram. She continues her learning under mentors like Shri. K.P Rakesh of Kalakshetra and through her associations with several revered artists/musicians in the field.

02

Smt. Seena Vijayakumar

Vocal Acharya

Mrs Seena, basically from Calicut (Kerala),holds a BBA degree. She started her music training from her school days and pursued Teachers Training Course from Music Academy, Chennai where she was trained under renowned musicians like Sri. Chengalpattu Ranganathan, who was the principal of academy, Mr K Nishant, Mr CR Vaidhyanathan and Mrs. Vasantha Shankar were her Gurus. She had performed in several concerts (Sadhas) during the Margazhi Mahotsav held at Music academy. At present her Guru is Mrs. Prarthana Narasimhan, and is very passionate to teach kids @ Samskrithi Kala Kendram. Still an avid learner, Seena is a passionate teacher and prefers teaching to performance. 
 

03

Shri. Kiran R Pai

Mridangam and 
Vocal Acharya

Shri. Kiran, based in chennai for the past 6 years, is a B-high graded artist in Mridangam, All India Radio Chennai. He holds a Diploma in Mridangam from the prestigious Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai ,B.A. in Vocal Music from Madras University and M.A. in Mridangam and Rhthmology from University of Madras

He has been under the tutelege of renowned vidwans in the field Mridangam and Carnatic vocal.

Sri.Neyveli Sri. Narayanan (Present Guru)

Sri. K.P. Anilkumar (2011 – 2015, Kalakshetra),Sri. Gurubharadwaj (2011 – 2015, Kalakshetra) etc Vocal Gurus: Sri. T.V. Ramprasadh (Present Guru),Sri. O.S. Thyagarajan (From 2011),etc

Achievements:Awarded“Best Instrumental Accompanist- Mridangam” prize at Madras Music Academy for Spirit of Youth Festival 2015 , Won best kacheri award in HCl concert series 2016 from Music Academy and Recipient of Ministry of culture scholarship for fellow artist. 

Alongside training Students of Samskrithi Kala Kendram, 
Kiran is a teacher at Kalakshetra Besant Arundale School 
kottur govt school, Naahar public school and Akshara Arbol etc.

04

Smt. Durga Ganesh

Violin and Vocal Acharya

A B.Tech in Information Technology apart from holding post graduate degree in management. Smt. Durga has had a short stint as Human Resource professional in one of the MNCs.

Initiated to Indian classical music (vocal and violin) at a tender age of 5, She was fortunate to learn from her mother late Mrs. Nalini Ganesh (MA, M. Phil in Indian classical music) who is a disciple of Vidwan Shri. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar. She also learnt from Dr. Narmadha and Shri. S. Swamynathan. She has been performing in classical concerts and dance performances all over India, which includes her solo performance, violin duet with her brother and accompanist.

Smt. Durga has been awarded as "Exponent of carnatic music" by South Indian cultural academy, "Sangeetagna" by Bharathakalanjali to name a few. Apart from performances, She has been training students and been sending for grade exams cum university exams.

05

Sangeetha R

Drawing Acharya