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Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Senior Kathak exponent and teacher, Malini Ranganathan,
French national of Indian origin, was conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman by
the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind on 23 January 2019 in Varanasi, for her
“extraordinary contribution in academics and arts”. The Samman is the highest
honour conferred on the occasion of the Bharatiya Pravasi Divas, on members of
the Indian diaspora for their contribution in diverse fields. Fluent in
English, Hindi, Urdu and Tamil, Malini who has trained both in the Lucknow and
Jaipur gharanas of Kathak, has performed in several prestigious festivals and
has also convened and curated several events in France.