Padmashri Kumudini Lakhia , of the Lucknow gharana, is one of the foremost Gurus and Kathak Choreographers in India. Credited with many innovations in Kathak, she is the Founder & Director of Kadamb, a renowned Kathak institution in Ahmedabad, India. Her teaching and choreography is admired not only in India but the world over.

Sujata Mohapatra is an accomplished and versatile Odissi artiste from Bhubaneshwar, Orissa. Sujata has been intensively trained and groomed by her guru Padma Vibhushan Shri Kelucharan Mohapatra for more than eighteen years.. Her dance is particularly noteworthy for her strict adherence to her guru's style and vision. Sujata has a compelling and arresting stage presence, with an exhilarating combination of intensity and spontaneity. Currently she is the principal of Srjan, the institute founded by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra for imparting training in Odissi and she regularly conducts workshops throughout India and abroad.

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Prashant Shah has received over two and half decades of training under the tutelage of Smt. Kumudini Lakhia, which makes him one of the most outstanding male dancers of Kathak today. Prashant has also been honoured with the prestigious Ustaad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, the national Award for young and promising dancers, from the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India

Sanjukta Sinha, student of Smt. Kumudini Lakhia, is a young and upcoming Kathak dancer and represents the new generation of artistes in India. She currently teaches in Kadamb at Ahmedabad and as an ICCR empanelled artist, regularly features in major festivals across India. She is also working with her Guru on a cutting-edge project called ‘Kathak in its New Vocabulary’, which explores the use of new movements, dimensions, space and speed while keeping the traditional framework of Kathak in tact.