office in Paris. Positions Served as a Honorary Board member for New Jersey Governor school, New Jersey, USA. Served as an Artist in residence - Princeton University, Princeton, USA Advisor - Sangam Festival, New Jersey Philanthropy Bala Devi Chandrashekar ancestors belong to Kodavasal, Manjakudi of Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu. She is actively involved in village of Umayalpuram, by maintaining a very old Sri Rama temple in Umayalpuram with visits and performances every year. Publications "Indian Classical Dances as a Cultural Communication" – AACC Department of Dance – Mason Gross School of Performing Arts, Rutgers University & NJ Council for the Humanities. "Revival of Margi – The need of the hour" -The 2004 Barbara Stoler Miller Conference – Contesting Pasts, Performing Futures: Nationalism, globalization and the Performing Arts in Modern South. Asia – Barnard College and Columbia University in the City of New York. "Arts in Community Life" – Lotus Music and Dance & Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Artists and community's collaboration. "The under-current of Margi in today’s Desis" - Mount Holyoke College Fall 2004, sponsored by Dept. of Asian Studies in connection with the course on classical Indian literature and aesthetics. "Experiencing the Cosmic energy through dance and movement - Barnard College" – Columbia University. See also Indians in the New York City metropolitan area References External links [2] Times of India Thehindu.com Thehindu.com Shreepadmanrityam.org Thehindu.com Mccc.edu www.sangamfestival.org ^ Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Bharatanatyam exponents Indian dance teachers Performers of Indian classical dance Teachers of Indian classical dance