Our Team
Meet Leela Institute of Kathak’s global team including our Board of Directors, artists, faculty, and administrative staff working across the United States and India to elevate India’s artistic and cultural heritage.
Board of Directors
Los Angeles
Harkishan Vasa, Chair
Ronda Berkeley, Secretary
Dinesh Mehta, Treasurer
Dinker Shah
Nitin Shah
Swamy Venuturupalli
Anna Cross
Trina Chaudhuri
San Francisco
Ronda Berkeley, Chair
Sarah Morelli, Secretary
Bina Nivas
Evanthia Spanos
Artistic Leadership
Rina Mehta
Seibi Lee
Rachna Nivas
Sarah Morelli
Artists & Faculty
San Francisco
Joanna Meinl, Soloist & Senior Faculty
Cimeron Ahluwalia, Soloist & Senior Faculty
Poonam Narkar, Faculty
Neeraja Yadwakar, Faculty
Seema Barua, Faculty
Ahana Mukherjee, Ensemble Dancer
& LYDC Assistant Director
Ben Kunin, Guest Artist
Los Angeles
Suchitra Paranjpe, Faculty
Monika Ramnath, Faculty
Rakshitha Ballal, Faculty
Denver
Carrie McCune, Ensemble Dancer & Faculty
Pallavi Salvi, Faculty
Shilpi Nikhil, Faculty
New York
Neha Tummala, Faculty
Ria DasGupta, Ensemble Dancer & Faculty
India
Seema Mehta, Soloist & Guest Faculty
Jayanta Banerjee, Guest Artist, Kolkata
Kalinath Misra, Guest Artist, Mumbai
Satyaprakash Mishra, Guest Artist, Mumbai
Vaibhav Mankad, Guest Artist, Mumbai
Boston
Shefali Jain, Soloist
Texas
Ritu Joshi, Faculty
Seattle
Sonali Toppur, Ensemble Dancer & Faculty
Administrative Staff
Monika Ramnath, Executive Director | Leela Institute of Kathak
Shreya Mehta, Creative Director | Leela Institute of Kathak
Pallavi Salvi, Director | Leela Academy
Lavina Mehta, Director | Leela Academy
Carrie McCune, Manager | Leela Dance Collective
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