
Lalitha Sindhuri Yarasuri
Assistant Professor, Fine and Performing Arts, GSHS, HYD
Education
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Education
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She is a Kuchipudi dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She gave over 1000 performances across the country and the USA. She also pursued Dance academically and holds a doctorate in Dance from the department of Dance, University of Hyderabad. Her doctoral thesis is on “Cross-Cultural Training and its Impact on the Pedagogy and Practice of Kuchipudi Dance.” Lalitha worked as a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Scholar at Barnard College, New York City, USA for nine months as part of her research. Along with conducting her research, Lalitha, as a Fulbrighter, also performed across the USA in different dance festivals at Palo Alto, State College, New York, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Rochester. Lalitha has many awards to her credit like Balashree National Award from the former President of India, Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Balaratna State award from the former C.M. of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Outstanding Young Person Award from JCI International, Young Woman Achiever Award. She also completed her certification in Intermediate Mat Pilates with a fully-funded scholarship from CorePilatesNYC. Lalitha was the recipient of many prestigious scholarships which include Junior &Research Fellowship(UGC), Ministry of Culture’s Scholarship for Advanced Training in Dance, NCERT Scholarship and Indira Vikas Patra.
Experience
Designation | Organization | From Date | To Date |
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Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Fellow | Barnard College Columbia University Affiliation | 05-09-2017 | 30-05-2018 |
Assistant Instructor | Study in India Program University of Hyderabad | 01-06-2014 | 30-11-2016 |
Awards
Award name | Award Organization | Awarded year |
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Diversity Fellowship for Pilates | Core Pilates NYC | 2020 |
Performance Project for restoration of Taramati Premamati Tombs | U S Consulate Hyderabad | 2019 |
Funding for International Poster Presentation | Cultural Department Andhra Pradesh | 2018 |
FulbrightNehru Doctoral Fellowship | USIEF Fulbright | 2017 |
Natya Manjeera | Sai Manjeera Arts Academy | 2016 |
Young Women Achiever Award | BJP Mahila Morcha | 2015 |
Grade B | Doordarshan | 2014 |
Nritya Vilasini | Nrithyathi Kalakshetra | 2013 |
Junior Research Fellowship | UGC | 2013 |
Scholarship for advanced training | Ministry of Culture India | 2011 |
Outstanding Young Person Award | JCI International | 2011 |
Abhinava Rasa Dhuni title | Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Ashtakshari Jeeyar Swamy | 2011 |
Nritya Bharati | Kalavani | 2010 |
Nritya Koumudi | Abhinaya Nritya Bharati | 2010 |
Silver Rolling Trophy | Navya Nataka Samiti YMCA | 2010 |
Natya Mayuri Title | Radha Madhava Rasa Ranjani | 2009 |
Balashree President Award | Government of India | 2006 |
NCERT National Scholarship | NCERT | 2006 |
Pratibha Award | Government of Andhra Pradesh | 2005 |
Balaratna | Government of Andhra Pradesh | 2004 |