Bharatanatyam Arangetram of Raka Banerjee, disciple of Dr.Yamini Krishnamurti at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre, Pragati Vihar, Lodhi Road > 6:15pm on 9th September 2012

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Time : 6:15 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Place : Sri Sathya Sai International Centre, Pragati Vihar, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

Landmark : Opposite Sai Baba Mandir 

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Event Details : Bharatanatyam Arangetram of Raka Banerjee, disciple of Dr.Yamini Krishnamurti.

Raka is a rare combination of dancer,social worker, a keen learner, painter and an ardent student of music.Raka has grown up in an environment which was both artistically  as  well  as  educationally inclined. Her  father  Mr. Purnendu  Banerjee is a reputed  statistician  and  currently  works in the Indian  Statistical  service. Raka's  mother  Dr 
Kamalika Banerjee is a Reader in Chemistry at IGNOU as well as a dancer, horeographer and a singer.
Raka started learning dance from a very early age at Kolkata.Later she came under the wings of Dr Yamini Krishnamurthy at New Delhi.Raka has performed in several  dance  concerts  ranging  from  her  school programme, concerts  in  the Azad  Bhawan, ICCR,
Gurgaon Epicentre, IGNOU convention centre and in thematic dance documentary on “Chipko movement”. She  has  also  taken  part  in  concerts conducted  by  her  Guru  Dr Yamini Krishnamurthy. She is a student of Mother's International School at New Delhi from where she passed class 10(CBSE) with a CGPA 10 and has represented her school in 
various interschool competitions. Raka has pursued her training in piano from the Theme Music Institute and has completed the Trinity Guild Hall Foundation Level Graded Exam in Music Literacy with distinction from the Trinity college.London.She is currently learning flute under the guidance of Shri Himangshu Kumar and has performed in several concerts in her school. Raka has worked for the cause and care of the elderly under Helpage India. She is currently working for the restoration of the Begampur Mosque,  New Delhi.
At present she is in class eleven of the MIS pursuing the science stream.

Chief Guest : Dr. C. Chandramouli, IAS, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India

Guest of Honour : Mrs Sanghamitra Ghosh, Principal, The Mother's International School, New Delhi

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