The 15th Saraswathi awards festival was staged on the 19th November 2011 in New York. The day long festivities comprised of competitions in music and dance. More than 60 children of south Indian origin competed for the prestigious Saraswathi awards in pre-Junior, Junior and Senior categories. As in the previous years the competitions were judged by very prominent personalities in the field of Indian classical dance, music. The 15th Anniversary celebrations were inaugurated by Honorable Pramod Bajaj, Consul/Head of Chancery of Indian Consulate in New York. The Chief guest were Mrs. Purnima A Desai, Founder President & Director of Shikshalayam Cultural Center, Flushing, New York and Ajay Ghosh, Chief Editor of Asian Era. Mr. Jojo Thomas, founding President of the Saraswathi Award welcomed the audience and participants of the competitions.
Queens High school of Teaching , Glen oaks, New York. Jojo Thomas, Manju Thomas,
Sherly Sebastian, Dr. Asok Kumar, Mathew Cyriac are seen with participants.
Saraswathi Award is a symbol of
India’s Cultural Heritage: Pramod Bajaj
Consul/ Chancery of Indian Consulate, New York. Hon. Pramod Bajaj inaugurated the 15th Saraswathi Award festival and said it is a symbol of India’s cultural heritage , and the efforts and dedication of the organization to promote Indian culture in the United states is highly appreciated. 2011 Saraswathi awards were presented to winners by Hon. Pramod Bajaj and Mrs. Purnima A Desai of Shikshayalam Cultural Center, Inc. New York. Dr. Asok Kumar delivered vote of thanks.
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Mrs. Purnima A Desai, Founder President & Director of  Shikshalayam Cultural Center, New York, Chief Guest. |
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| Mr. Ajay Ghosh, Chief Editor, Asian Era, Chief Guest |
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| Winners and participants of the 15th Saraswathi Award with guest. |
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| 15th Saraswathi Award opening songs by Jojo Thomas, Sherly Sebastin and Participants . |
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Organizers and Judges of the 15th Saraswathi Awards with Hon. Consul Pramod Bajaj, Mr. Ajay Ghosh, Chief Editor, Asian Era, and Mrs. Purnima A Desai, Director of Shikshalayam Cultural Center, New York. Judges of the 15th Saraswathi award Mrs. Usha Balachandran Sulekha Karthikeyan Bina Asok Kumar K.N. Parthasaradhi Pillai Lakshmi Sundararaman  2011 SARASWATHI AWARD WINNERS: INDIAN LANGUAGE SONG: Pre- Junior: Ranjani Haran Junior: Shruthi Shekar Senior: Akash Ravindran CLASSICAL SONG: Pre- Junior: Ranjani Haran Junior: Christy Treesa Thomas Senior: Radhika Viswanathan CLASSICAL DANCE: Pre-Junior: Lalasa Rachapudi Junior: Kruthika Chintamani Senior: Meenu Jayakrishnan FOLK DANCE: Pre-Junior: Bharath Venkateshan Junior: Kruthika Chintamani INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: Pre-Junior: Krupa Sekhar Junior: Anu-Shree Rajagopal Senior: Akash Ravindran       Chennai Silks, Cochin, India C M C Furniture, New Roshell, New York Taj Travels, Queens, New York Sanjoy Augustine, CPA, New York Santoor Restaurant, Bellerose, New York Cotillion Caterers, Long island, New York & Cherian Palathara, New York 15th Saraswathi Award Committee Jojo Thomas, Founder Mathew Cyriac, Dr.Ashok Kumar Sebastian Thomas, B. Aravindakshan Maria Unni, Manju Thomas Aleyama Cyriac, Sherly Sebastian Program MC’s: Jyothi Thomas, Sherly Sebastian Event Coordinator: jeevan Thomas and Amulya Unni ____________________________________________________ Contact: Saraswathiawards @ gmail.com SARASWATHI AWARD USA PO Box: 7096, Hicksville, NY 11802 Tel: 1 516-455-9739 |
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