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Parwati Dutta

An evolved performing artiste, thinker, researcher, writer and a dedicated Arts Administrator; Parwati Dutta is the Founder-Director of Mahagami Gurukul, Aurangabad. She is a renowned Kathak and Odissi artist and an active commentator on Arts, Heritage, Ecology, Indology, Education and Media Studies. A senior disciple of Pt. Birju Maharaj, Madhavi Mudgal and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, she is a Kathak and Odissi performer having travelled extensively to more than 40 nations for performances, lectures and workshops. She has more than 180 choreographic artistic creations to her credit, some of those being presented in prestigious festivals like Festival of India (Germany), International Kathak Festival, Mukteshwar Festival, Khajuraho Festival, Ellora Festival, Odissi International Festival, Serendipity Festival, Ananya Festival, NCPA, Nehru Center, Kala Ghoda Festival, Bangkok International, Beijing International Festival and the like. Since 2017, she is also nurturing a unique Gurukul-based school named Vidyaa-Aranyam located at Bagh Talav, Gandheli rural area as Vision Director. Parwati has authored a book on Indian Classical Dance named ‘Nritya-Gatha’ which is published in 6 languages: Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali, Sanskrit and Malayalam and edited publications ‘Vayam’ to mark 21 years of Mahagami, and ‘Unnayan’ to mark 25 years of Mahatma Gandhi Mission. Her recent book 'Bagh Talav- Tiger Ecology Narratives' released in Feb 2020 addresses the multi-layered discourses on ecology as understood from biological, cultural and philosophical perspectives. More than 20 research writings have been published by Sangeet Natak Akademi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and other publishers. A film ‘Vaikhari’ has been made by PSBT which revolves around her creative explorations with rhythm and utterances. Her dance and research been featured in BBC film 'When east meets west' and Doordarshan documentary on Daulatabad Fort. She has been associated with IIM Bangalore https://www.iimb.ac.in/node/993 as Adjunct faculty and with few Indian and foreign Universities and organisations as advisor and expert. Parwati Dutta is also associated with the MGM University as Dean of Performing Arts.