Ruchi Khare: loves the sound of Ghungroo

Born in Lucknow, U.P.,Dr. Ruchi Khare is an ‘A’ grade artist of Doordarshan and empanelled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations ,GOI.
 She received her initial Kathak Dance training from Guru ( Lt.) Subhash Dixit and Smt. Deepa Deva, later she completed her professional training of Kathak under  Guru-Shishya Parampara from Dr. Purnima Pande ji. She has been awarded PhD for her research work “Scope of Kathak Dance as Healing Therapy (with special focus on Acupressure)”.From 1990 till date, Dr.Ruchi has presented numerous Kathak dance Recitals and  dance ballets  at the regional, national and international level. Dr. Ruchi Khare produced and directed the dance choreographies and performed them along with her disciples which were highly appreciated by the audience and critics. She performed in the documentary “Zikr Us Parvarish Ka” curated by Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi on Padma Shri Begum Akhtarji. Dr Ruchi has also been awarded with Junior Research Fellowship from the Government of India. She has given successful Kathak performances and lec.dems. on international platforms like Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, Dubai etc . She was honoured with Shringar Mani Award, Chancellor’s Gold Medal, Sanskar Ratna Award, Nrityakar-e-Awadh Award, Satyapath Samman etc. As a Kathak guru, she has been training a large number of disciples. Presently she is serving as  Assistant Professor in Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Lucknow. Dr. Ruchi along with her Guru Dr. Purnima Pande launched their book “Yug Drashta” which is dedicated to the life  of Nrityacharya Pt. M.S. Kallianpurkar and his contribution to Kathak. Dr. Ruchi Khare has been felicitated with the Academy Award for the year 2014 by the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi for her remarkable contribution in Kathak.