Affiliations received by Tabla Niketan |

Affiliations

Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal (ABGMVM)

Tabla Niketan has recently received affiliation from the premier authority in Indian music training, ‘Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal (ABGMVM)’. Tabla Niketan has become the affiliated examination center of ABGMVM in Bay Area and West Coast, California.

ABGMVM conducts exams in the following art forms :

Tabla
Hindustani Classical Vocal
Hindustani Classical Dance (Kathak & Bharatnatyam)

Exam sessions :
There are two exam session every year, April-May session and November-December session. A student can appear only in one exam session in a year for same art form. However, a student can take exams in both the sessions for different art forms. Students graduate when they complete total seven levels and further two levels for completing Masters level. The levels are named as follows :

Prarambhik, Praveshika Pratham, Praveshika Purna, Madhyama Pratham, Madhyama Purna, Visharad Pratham / Upantya Visharad, Visharad Purna.

However grading of Visharad is based on the total marks of level 6 plus total marks of level 7 put together.

Alankar – Part I, Alankar – Part 2

ABGMVM Affiliation Certificate

Introduction to the artists / teachers associated with ABGMVM in the Bay area :

Jaya Sharma

Jaya Sharma learnt Kathak (Lukhnow Gharana) from Performing Arts Faculty of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) India, under the supervision of Mrs. Ranjana Srivastava.

Jaya has been learning Kathak since the age of 5 yr. She have been performing on various Kathak compositions, Folk compositions , Semi-classical compositions.

Jaya is dance director at DanceKarishma. She is affiliated with ABGMVM for Kathak course.

Megha Shetty

Megha Shetty started her training at the early age of 7 from Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kalamandir in Mumbai. She had the wonderful opportunity of learning Bharatanatyam from Kalaimamani Guru T.K Mahalingam Pillai. During her course of learning her gurus Guru Vasanth Kumar, Smt Shanthi Shekhar, and Guru Lata Raman also played a very important role.

She has performed in several events organized by her dance school including the dance ballet Krishna Parijatam. She pursued her passion for dance by teaching here. She is the Dance Director of the dance school, “BayArea Nritya Guru”. Her students have won various awards in several events here in the Bay area.

Roopa Anand

Roopa has been trained in the field of Bharathanatyam under the tutelage of Smt Nirmala, Sri K R S Prasanna and Guru Bhanumathi . Roopa has achieved a distinction in the Proficiency grade (Vidwat) in Bharathanatyam conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Board. She has many performances to her credit that have been acclaimed far and wide.

Roopa performed her Arangetram in 1993 Roopa has her own dance school Nrityaarpana, located in West San Jose, imparts training in the authentic form which covers both the theory and practical aspects of dance in one of the most asthetic styles.

Suparna Dangi

Suparna’s singing was aesthetically shaped by Pt. Ratnakar Pai, a revered singer from the Jaipur Gharana. She is a Gold Medalist from Mumbai University (music) where she was blessed to be under the tutelage of Pt. Ajay Pohankar & Pt. Vidyadhar Vyas. She is a recipient of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Scholarship & Saajan-Milap Scholarship.

Among her many achievements are Zee Tv’s SaReGaMa 1995 and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa – World Series 2004. She has also participated in Zee Tv’s “Close-up Antakshari” and “Colgate gel Yoodleoo”. She is also a licensed examiner for the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.