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SUMITRA CHARAT RAM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The veteran
dancer and Member of the Rajya Sabha, Sonal Mansingh was conferred the Sumitra
Charat Ram Lifetime Achievement Award 2019. The award was given by the Shriram
Bharatiya Kala Kendra, renowned organisation for art and culture in New Delhi.
The management of Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra instituted the Sumitra
Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010, which is given annually to
an eminent personality in Indian classical music or dance. The first recipient
of the award was Pandit Birju Maharaj. This year Sonal Mansingh received this
award from Birju Maharaj in the presence of Shobha Deepak Singh, Director of
the Kendra.
The award ceremony was
followed by a dance presentation by Dr. Sonal Mansingh.