“Life is not a support system for art. It’s the other way around”
In our efforts as flag bearers of Indian contemporary dance, we have been fortunate to receive support from various organizations and benefactors who believe in us and what we are doing, however as we grow, so do our requirements.
In line with our vision, it is our hope that one day we will be fully self sufficient and for that day to come, we need your help.
If you wish to be a part of our team by supporting us, financially or otherwise, please contact or write to madhuri@nritarutya.com
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Our Trustees & Sponsors
Hemant Trevedi
Internationally trained and educated in every aspect of the Fashion Industry, since 1985… Hemant Trevedi is India’s leading Fashion Designer, Artistic Director, Choreographer of fashion events, Stylist, Creative Visualiser, Professor of Fashion, & currently… the Executive Fashion Director for the Sheetal Clothing Company.
His fashions and events are showcased worldwide to an international clientle.
He has trained and groomed every Indian beauty-pagaent winner who has won an international title, such as Miss Universe, Miss World, etc, wearing his award winning gowns.
The bulk of aspiring and currently leading models of India, have been groomed and tutored by him and many have become today’s leading superstars.
Roshan Abbas
Roshan Abbas has been associated with Theatre for 7 years working with Aamir Raza Husain at Stagedoor and has won 3 RAPA Awards and two screen awards for Best Host and best show. He wrote and directed Graffiti, an Indigenous Indian Musical on school which was choreographed by Shiamak Davar.
He has hosted over 1000 events both across the country and abroad. He has maintained a radio presence since 1995 with Times FM, AIR FM, Radiocity and Win 94.6. In 1997 he set up Encompass, to fill the vacuum between promise and delivery, ideation and execution and to promote their philosophy of building brands through customer engagement.
Prasad Bidapa
Prasad Bidapa is considered the definitive Fashion Guru of India, and with over three decades of work in the industry, has seen Indian Fashion become the international sensation it is today.
He instituted the Kingfisher Fashion Awards in association with Vijay Mallya in the year 2000, the first ever Indian Fashion Award to celebrate the enormous contribution of the Indian Fashion Industry to India’s Global Image. Awardees include Rohit Bal, Tarun Tehiliani, Anamika Khanna, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu & Deepika Padukone, who was also one of Prasad’s proteges.
In 2005 Bidapa instituted India’s first ever Mens Fashion Week, the India Mens Fashion Fair. This was a hugely successful enterprise that featured all of India’s top designers showcasing their collections with designers from London, Dhaka, Karachi & Colombo. In 2009 he will present Colombo Fashion Week in association with Ajai Vir Singh. He has also presented the Bangladesh Fashion Week twice.
S G Vasudev
Born in Mysore, he grew up in Bangalore where he completed his graduation in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Vasudev had this great urge to study art. His mother and father, a painter and agriculturist respectively, had this dream that their son would become a doctor or perhaps an engineer. “But I was always interested in art and had to convince my parents that I should get into painting,” he says.
With no art college in Bangalore, the nearest option was the Govt. College of Arts & Crafts, in Madras. A leading institution in the country at that time and headed by well known and leading artist himself, the late M.C.S. Panicker, it was the perfect setting for young Vasudev to learn the rudiments of art. National Award in 1967 at the age of 24, one of the youngest to have achieved that distinction.
In 1994 the State Government conferred on him the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award. He has great regard for his mentor, the late K.C.S Panicker, who along with K.K. Hebbar were the two artists greatly having influenced his life.
