Manasi Pandya.
BIOGRAPHY
Born on April 30th 1985 in Baroda- Gujarat, Manasi is one of the youngest performers of Odissi & Bharatanatyam dance styles in India. She has learnt Bharatanatyam for over 15 years from her gurus and parents Shri Sharad Pandya and Smt. Niru Pandya at “Purva school of Bharatanatyam”- Baroda an institute founded by them. She has received her further training in Bharatanatnatyam from the renowned dance teacher Guru Smt. Jaya Chandrashekar- Chennai.
Manasi has received her training in Odissi dance style from Guru Shri Gangadhar Pradhan, Orissa.
Qualifications:
• Diploma in Bharatanatyam from the Faculty of Performing Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University – Baroda.
• ‘Kovida’ [Diploma] in Odissi dance from Nalanda Dance Research Centre - Mumbai.
• ‘Nritya Visharad’ [B.A in Bharatanatyam] with golden goose outlet gold medal & distinction & an ‘Alankar’ [M.A in Bharatanatyam]
• ‘Kovida’ [Diploma] in Odissi dance from Nalanda Dance Research Centre - Mumbai.
• ‘Visharad’ in Odissi dance – Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mandal, Bhubaneswar.
• Diploma in French – M.S. University, Baroda
• Graduate in English [Honors] – M.S. University, Baroda.