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- Indian Fine Arts Academy (IFAA)
  is a non-profit community based organization founded in 1990 with the purpose of promoting Indian Classical Music and Dance among the residents of Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and neighborhood.
  
  The main emphasis of the academy is to arrange performances of prominent visiting music and dance artists from India and encourage local talents in classical music and dance. IFAA has arranged earlier and continues to encourage Vocal artists, Instrumentalists and dancers, from India every year by having their concerts. IFAA also encourages and fosters local talents, by bringing the best in them in the field of music and dance.
  
  Towards this end, our Trustee Smt. Lalitha Seshadri has directed many musical features like "Navka Charithram", "Pibare Rama Rasam", "Prahalatha Charitham" using local artists (singers, instrumentalists & dancers). Over the years with the support from the members, hard work and dedication of the past and present Committee members, IFAA has achieved its objective and has made rapid progress. With a humble initial membership of 30 in 1990, the membership has grown to 180 in 2007.
  
  The City of Dallas has recognized IFAA as a minority organization encouraging ethnic culture in Dallas metroplex area. IFAA is a non-profit organization under section (501)(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donors may be permitted to deduct contributions to IFAA under section 170(C), to the extent to which the rule permits. Please join IFAA by becoming a member and volunteering your services.
Team
- Given below are the names of the Board of Trustees and Executive & Operations Committee members of the Indian Fine Arts Academy. If you would like to contact IFAA, please send an email to ifaadfw@yahoo.com
  
  IFAA Members
  
  Lalitha Seshadri - Permanent Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Lalitha Seshadri, one of the Founders of IFAA, has been a patron of Carnatic Music in the DFW Metroplex. She is a Grade A artist in India. Her contribution in spreading Carnatic Music in the metroplex and encouraging young and upcoming artists is phenomenal. Being a Vocalist, she has performed for Indian Fine Arts Academy on many occasions. The annual Thyagaraja Jayanthi is conducted under her leadership. She is a disciple a Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Dr. Balamurali Krishna. She has been singing since 1951 and still performing in India and abroad.
  
  Santhi Mahadevan - Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Santhi is an avid rasika of carnatic music and has unending passion for it. She is a high graded artist of All India Radio, is a regular performer at the Chennai Music Festival since 2000. She is also a much sought after teacher of music in the DFW metroplex and the founder director of the Pranavam School of Music.
  
  Dr.Sujatha Subramanian - Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Dr. Sujatha Subramanian is an avid fan of Carnatic music and a longtime supporter of music. She hails from a music loving family. Her mother is a graded Veena artist in AIR and was a teacher at Shanmukananda Sabha of Mumbai until her retirement . Dr. Sujatha has helped organize several Carnatic music concerts of prominent musicians from India in Melbourne, Australia before coming to Dallas.
  
  Jayashree Murthy - President, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Jayashree Murthy has been an avid rasika and a long-time supporter of Indian Fine Arts in the Dallas Metroplex. She has volunteered at several local music and dance events. She has also served as the president of Mallige Kannada Sangha in he past. She looks forward to serving on the IFAA committee for the current term.
  
  Srinivas Prabhala - Vice President, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Srini Prabhala is a music composer, singer, veena and keyboard player. He has composed music for over 50 albums, short films and feature films. He teaches vocal and instrumental music. He is eager to serve and support IFAA and is keen to have next generation cherish the great legacy of our music.
  
  Radhika Kodela - Treasurer, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Radhika Kodela is a rasika of Indian Classical Music and dance and is always motivated to spread these beautiful art forms to the next generation. She has been a volunteer at Karya Siddhi Hanuman temple, Frisco in various capacities like handling registration desk, coordinating different classes held at temple and also has been teaching bhajans & slokas at Baladatta classes since 2008. She has been serving as core committee member for Little Musicians Academy Dallas since 2011. She has been a Dallas resident since 1995.
  
  Sumitra Parthasarathy - Secretary, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Sumitra is an avid rasika of Carnatic music and Classical dance.
  
  Sridhar Nagaraj - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Sridhar learnt violin starting at an early age of 7 under S. V. Ramachandran, a well known violinist and an A grade All India Radio and Doordarshan artist. Sridhar has accompanied several local artists in the Plano and Frisco area over the last 20 years including vocalarangetrams and community music events. Sridhar is a senior marketing manager employed at Texas Instruments for over 20 years and lives in Plano, Texas with his family. He has been teaching atChinmaya mission since 2008.
  
  Lakshmi Raghavan - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Lakshmi Raghavan is a recent resident of TX . She is an ardent lover of music and dance. Hails from a family of music lovers.
  
  Pooja Iyer - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Pooja has been always culturaly inclined towards Indian classical art and music.She was brought up in Vadodara, Gujarat and has studied Bharatanatyam under her Guru Smt. Rema Shrikant for 10 Years. She has also been blessed to have learnt Carnatic Music under Smt. Geetha Kalyanaraman. In Dallas, Pooja works for a Supply Chain company as a Data Scientist and is also a Realtor in the DFW Region. Her keen interest in Indian cultural activities has made her part of the IFAA family.
  
  Nani Iswara - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Nani Iswara is passionate about Indian Classical Arts and is an ardent Rasika for the arts. He has been trained in Veena and Vocal music and is a regular follower of Indian classical dance/music. He has been in Dallas since 2002 and volunteers/helps organize many Indian classical arts events. He provides leadership and serves on the boards for a variety of nonprofit organizations.
  
  UmaMahesh Iyer - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Sri.Umamahesh Iyer is ardent lover of music and started learning violin from young age under various gurus and continues his passion towards music and violin . Umamahesh works as an IT professional with a reputed IT company in a Senior management position and currently lives in Plano TX USA. He has been supporting upcoming artists with his able accompaniment in DFW area events and now on online events. He has also accompanied visiting artistes. His passion and dedication to Carnatic music has kept him going despite a hectic IT career. and tries to uphold the values imbibed from his gurus. He has organized many programs in DFW area.
  
  Saiharini Ramakrishnan - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
  Saiharini Ramakrishnan was fortunate to start her musical journey under the guidance of Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi, imbibing the Semmangudi Baani and then continuing to learn under tutelage of Kalaimamani Chengalpattu Ranganathan and her Veena Guru's were her mother Kalaimamani Vasantha Krishnamurthy and Smt Kamala Aswathama (mother of Veena E Gayathri). She got her Hindustani music training from Pandit Sri Aalaap Hussain. She has perfomed in all major Sabhas during the December Chennai Music Season. She was Conferred with the Title, "SANGEETHA KALA SIGAMANI”, by Padma Bhushan Trichur Sri. V. Ramachandran & Kalaimamani, Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran. She was also conferred with the titles in July "Acharya Kalaratna" from the hands of Sri. V. V. Sundaram (Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana), "Gana Kala Siromani", by Sri Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavathar Cultural Trust and "Sangeetha Mala Vidya Nidhi" - M S Subbulakshmi Memorial Award, by Narada Gana Sabha and Malar Cultural Academy. She has released two albums, Thiru Osai (a vocal album) and Enchanting Strokes (a veena instrumental meditation album in collaboration with her mother, Kalaimamani Vasantha Krishnamurthy), based on her research on Ragas and Tamil Literature. She is the founder of Vasanthalaya School Of music.

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