Curated “Rasashwat” a dance film festival for Akshara’s “Rasa Festival” in collaboration with the Michigan Library System
Partnered with the Kalpa Society to present the four day Pragjyoti International Dance Festival ( PIDF), 2022
Presented the first ever Dance Film Curation from the North East- “Destination Northeast- Dance Films from a Land Deeply Loved” for the Pragjyoti International Dance Festival ( PIDF), 2022
Conducted an awareness session on “Arts and the Law” for the Guwahati based NEF Law College ( affiliated with Gauhati University) for the Law students in an attempt to engage the next generation of lawyers with intersections of Law and Arts issues.
Curated and presented a special and timely curation of Dance Films of issues of Environment and Climate Change.
Lead a Guided Viewing session of three “Dance films as Documentaries”, with students from Gauhati University
2Invited by the NCERT to join a preliminary meeting on NEP, where the paper on “The New Education Policy and the Performing Arts”, was presented, by Founder and Managing Trustee Kri Foundation, Dr. Arshiya Sethi.
Presented an illustrated talk at the Kathak Kendra on Nritya evam Baudhik Sampada Adhikar (Dance and Intellectual Property Rights).
Presented a Lecture at St. Catherine’s university, St. Paul, Minnesota on “On Target: Making art for, about and with 'at risk' communities: Closely observed Case Studies".
Participated in a meeting on the National Education Policy 2020, organized by the Bharatiya Shiksha Board.
Launch of the Book supported by Kri Foundation- “Non-Gharanedaar: Pt Mohanrao Kallianpurkar The Paviour of Kathak” at NCPA Mumbai.
National Focus Group Meeting on NEP, 2020, Organised by NCERT.
Launch of the Book supported by Kri Foundation- “Non-Gharanedaar: Pt Mohanrao Kallianpurkar The Paviour of Kathak” at Kathak Kendra Delhi.
Participated in the WDA discussion on “Dancing the Change and Changing the Dance” speaking in particular about Kri Foundation’s efforts during the Covid times.
Arts and the Law series- Workshop for performing Artists on Copyright issues and Ancillary Laws, with National University of Juridical Sciences
Participated on line on a Panel Discussion on Arts for Impact on Society, as part on the online Sanskriti Mahotsava ( UK Edition)
Participated in the Pondicherry Literature and Aerts festival: Towards the essence, ( May 28th -29th 2022), with a Talk on Non-Gharanedaar- Pt. Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, the Paviour of Kathak, read poetry written during Covid times and Participated in the discussion Towards the Essence: Emotion, Humanism, Poetics, Ecology
DanzLenz: The Dance and the Camera curation, the largest ever special on South Asian dance practices, film makers and artistes ( 67 films ( 14 countries) by Kri Foundation for In/Motion International Dance Film Festival
Public Lecture on" Why artistes and arts leaders must be aware and 'Unmute"-d about the intersections between Arts and The Law " for the Centre for Knowledge Ideas and development Studies, Kolkata.
Paper presented and interventions made at the two day Consultative Conference on “Traditional Cultural Expression, IPRs and the Performing Arts Copyright and Ancillary Laws in respect of Performing Arts”, conducted in collaboration with NUJS and Unmute.help (Unmute.help has been co - founded by Kri Foundation)
Presentation at Gauhati University (The new Centre for Performance Studies) on the journal South Asian Dance Intersections ( SADI).
Presentation to the Department of Law, Royal Global University, Guwahati on “Arts and the Law”.
Paper presented on the occasion of Nritya Parv the National Festival of Sattriya Dance on the subject “Altered Landscapes Altered Landscapes: Shifting Contexts and Changing Populations of Sattriya Dance”
Two days Unmute interaction organized by Artsforward and the Creative Arts Academy as part of the Pickle Factory season 3, in Kolkata. 12th December the focus was on “Copyright and Performers rights” and on 13th it was on “Sexual Harassment in the Performing Arts”.
“Nritya Charcha” – An enriching interaction with Kathak dancers from Guwahati, organized by Sadhana Kathak Kendra
- NUJS16th March, Nritya aur Baudhik Sampada Adhikar