Baideu, thanks a lot for sharing this excellent news. Congratulations, we are feeling so proud at your achievement as a fellow Indian an even more as an Assamese. With best Regards, Mofid, Hyderabad. On 4 Jul 2016 09:40, "Menaka PP Bora [email protected] [FriendsofAssamNE]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Dear Friends of Assam Members > > Sharing some good news... > > > Dr. Menaka PP Bora wins Britain’s coveted Leverhulme Fellowship Award as > the first Indian Artiste. > > > > Dr. Menaka PP Bora, a national awardee of Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva > Puraskar has won Britain's highly prestigious and coveted Leverhulme > Fellowship Award 2016 for 3 years to develop her artistic-academic career > in India, UK and USA. As per the records, the majority of Leverhulme awards > are usually given in the advancement of scientific, social and > technological research to male scientists, scholars and academics with a > proven record of national and global success. First Indian artiste to be > awarded for her contribution to public engagement in research of humanities, > Menaka > will be researching the contemporary cross-cultural role of Sattriya > performance traditions in India and global contexts with special reference > to launching a global archive centre of digital humanities for Assamese > arts at key world renowned British institutions including Oxford > University’s Bodleian Library, British Library, British Museum, Victoria & > Albert Museum among others. > > > It is worth mentioning that Dr. Menaka PP Bora has been promoting > ‘Assamese arts as a Global Brand’ for international audiences through her > dance performances, film screenings, BBC TV and Radio appearances and talk > shows in recent years. She is the first Assamese artiste to be invited by > the British Museum to promote Assam on a global scale and deliver a unique > lecture and performance series (sold out) on Assam in connection with the > famous Vrindavani Vastra in March 2016 at the British Museum. > > > Over the years, Dr. Menaka PP Bora, the daughter of the legendary Indira > PP Bora has played a pioneering role as the young cultural ambassador of > Assam and India through her global dance tours including a recent tour > sponsored by ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations), Ministry of > Culture, Govt. of India to Australia and New Zealand with artists from > Barpeta sattra in Assam. She has promoted Sattriya dance as a contemporary > classical dance after research work as a GLOBAL DANCE & MUSIC in the UK, > USA, France, Vietnam, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Singapore, Australia and > New Zealand among others. > > > *Hailed in India as a 'avant garde diva' (**The New Indian Express**) > and 'youth icon' (**The Hindu**), Dr. Menaka PP Bora is a newly > appointed Affiliated Artist at Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford > after completing her PhD and post-doctoral research fellowships as a > Wingate Scholar in Ethnomusicology at Faculty of Music, University > of Oxford. Menaka is a multi award-winning and highly sought > after classical dance soloist, choreographer and ethnomusicologist who > combines the best of the Eastern and Western > intellectual traditions having trained in Indian classical dance styles in > India, ballet and contemporary dance at Laban Centre London. Menaka has > won Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva Puraskar (India's most prestigious National > Award for young artists ). She has an MA in Transnational Communications > and Global Media from Goldsmiths, University of London. She is an elected > Fellow of The Royal Asiatic Society in London. She was a Finalist of BBC > Radio 4's** Journey of a Life time Award **for radio broadcasting on > music and monks of Assam. She has performed as a soloist in prestigious > festivals and venues across the world including the The Edinburgh Festival, > Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in NYC, Hanoi Opera House in Vietnam, > Centre Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Te Papa National Museum in > New Zealand and appeared as a Guest Speaker on BBC Radio's 'World music' > programmes, Radio New Zealand and SBS National Radio in Australia. * > > > > > >
