WELCOME TO SRJAN

ACHIEVMENTS / AWARDS

1) Invited by the ministry of Human Resource Development, Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India as an expert committee member to select the candidates under the scheme of “Scholarship to young artists in different cultural forms.”

2) Received junior fellowship on Mardala from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.

3)Received a state level “Nrutyasri Award” from Mohansunder Devgoswami Smruti Sansad, Puri.

4)Invited by the national Song & Drama Division, Govt. of India as the Expert Member of the screening committee for selecting the artiste.

5)Awarded for the best presentation of Odissi dance for Cultural & Philanthropic Society, Calcutta High Court.

6)Barabati Nrutyotsav (national Festival of Dance & Music), Cuttack, awarded “Honour of Adore” for the best performance in Dashanana ballet in 2003.

7)Honoured by Indian Performing Arts Promotion Inc., Washington Dc, USA for the valued contribution in Odissi dance in 2003.

8)Honoured with the National Award “Pride of India” by Chinta-O-Chetna, Bhubaneswar 2004.

9)Honoured with “Sanjukta Panigrahi Samman” by Sanjukta Panigrahi Memorial Trust, Bhubaneswar, 2005.

10) Honoured with “Nrutya Bhushan” by International Dance & Theatre Festival 2005 at Cuttack.

11)Honoured with “Nritya Shiromani” by Utkal Yuva Sanskrutik Sangh at Cuttack, 2010.

12) Honoured with “Nrutya Bharati Samman 2010” by Sangeet Sudhakar Smruti Sansad at Bhubaneswar, 2011.

13) Created with his choreography the Gunnies Book of World Records with 555 Odissi Dancers, a large number of them belonging to foreign countries, performed in unison at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar during the International Odissi dance Festival 2011, Jointly organized by IPAP, USA, Dept. of Culture & Tourism, Govt. of Odisha.

14) Honoured with “Ka Sanskruti Samman 2011” by Shraddha Suman Creative Arts, New Delhi.

15) Honoured with “Vysakhi Excellence Award 2012” by Natraj Music Dance Academy, Visakhapatnam.

16) Honored with "IDC Award of Excellence-2012" by International Dance Congress, Bhubaneswar.

17) Honored with "Manana Award 2013" for his long standing contribution to Odissi Dance as a Choregrapher, Teacher, Performer and a Mardala player" by Manana Natya Sanstha , Bhubaneswar.

18) Honored with “SKGS Diamond Jubilee Nritya Choodamani 2014” by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai.

19) Honored with "Bhumiputra Samman" 2016 by Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Puri.

20) Honored with prestigious “Sangeet Natak Akademi Puruskar” for Odissi Dance for the year 2016.

RESEARCH WORK

Documentation through video & audio recording of eminent Guru/Dancers/Scholar’s experience and achievements in Odissi dance & Music, other classical art forms and research on evolution of pakhawaj-playing originating with the traditional folk forms to the classical Odissi dance.

PRODUCTION PERFORMED

1) Geeta Govinda Dance Ballet- Played the central character of Lord Krishna, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

2) Kishora Chandranana Chmpu Dance Ballet- Played the central character of Lord Krishna, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

3) Kanchi Bijaya Dance Ballet- Played the character of king Purushotam Dev, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

4) Chandashok Dance Ballet- Played the central character of Chandashok, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

5) Konark Dance Ballet- Played the central character of Bishu Moharana, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

6) Dashanana Dance Ballet (story based on king Ravana from Oriya Ramayana)- Played the central character of Dashanana, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

7) Leelavati Dance Ballet (based on mathematics)- Played the central character of Bhaskaracharya, choreographed by Smt. Jhelum Paranjape.

8) Bhagvat Geeta Dance Ballet- Played the character of Arjuna, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

9) Prema Bhakti Dance Ballet (based on Narada Bhakti Sutra)- played the character of Hanuman & Udhav choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

10) Chudamani Pradan Dance Ballet (from Ramcharit Manas)- played the central Character of Hanuman), choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

11) Chandrabhaga dance ballet- Played the character of Madana, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

12) Jagynaseni Dance Ballet- Played the character of Bhima, choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.

13) Jatayu Mokshya (from Ramcharit Manas)- played the central Character of Jatayu.

14) Bali Badha (from Ramcharit Manas)- played the central Character of Bali.

15) Ravana (written by Dr. Manmohan Acharaya) played the central Character of Ravana.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Srjan, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Nrityabasa, Bhubaneshwar
Padatik Dance Centre, Kolkata and Srjan’s Kolkata Chapter
National centre for the Performing arts, Mumbai.
Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya, Delhi.
Nrityagram, Bangalore.
Abhinaya, Guahati.
Mahatma Gandhi Sangeet Academy, Aurangabad.
Dance Academy of Meneka Thakkar, Canada.
Glasgow University, U.K
Mandapa, France.
ARTA (Professional Theatre Company), France.
Temple of Fine Arts, Malaysia
GKCM Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar.
Kala Vikas Kendra, Cuttack.
Guru Shradha, USA (Workshop)
Meneka Thakkar Dance Company, Canada
Mrudanga, Canada
Temple of Fine Arts, Singapore
Chitrakala Dance Academy, Singapore (Workshop)
Studio Odissi, Japan (Workshop)
Sampatti, Yukie Indian Dance Company, Japan (Workshop)

OTHER EXPERIENCE
1) Dance choreography (commercial & classical) for national & regional television network.
2) Acted in “Kedar Gouri” serial for national television (DD-1).
3) Choreographed Odissi dance sequences for an Indo–Chinese film “The Desire”
4) Choreographed traditional group Odissi dance bringing 555 dancers together in one platform for the Guinness Book of World Records.

PERCUSSION ACCOMPANIMENT

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Pandit Birju Maharaj, Smt Sanjukta Panigrahi, Smt Kumkum Mohanty, Madhavi Mudgal, Protima Bedi, Sharon Lowen, Meneka Thakkar, Rani Karna, Ileana Chitaristi, Guru Ramani Ranjan Jena, Guru Gangadhra Pradhan, .

Alok Kanungo, Sharmila Biswas, Suttapa Talukdar, Devi Basu, Jhelum Paranjape, Poushali Mukherjee, Anandi Ramachandran, Daksha Mashruwalla, Sujata Mohapatra, Meera Das, Sharmila Mukherjee, Guru Naba Kishore Mishra and others.

Pt. Bhubaneshwar Mishra, Pt. Raghunath Panigrahi, Pandit Jasraj, Smt. Girija Devi and Asit Desai.

Geetamritam

Samakaala

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