Abhinayadarpaṇa: The Galaxy of Indian Dance & Dramaturgy

Dr. Sayanika Goswami is hailing from a resourceful cultured and educated family of Nalbari Satra, Assam. She has passed B.A. with Sanskrit major in 1st class 4th position from Nalbari College, Masters in Sanskrit from Gauhati University in 1st class first position, B.Ed. under Gauhati University too. She is also awarded with Kavyasastri in Sanskrit. She has been awarded M.Phil. for the dissertation Natyarasa in Poetics and Ph.D. for the research work Abhinayadarpana – A study from Deptt. of Sanskrit, Gauhati University. She is the author of the book The Glory of Natyarasa published by Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Samitee. She has presented many resourceful papers on Sanskrit literature, poetics and philosophy etc. in national and international conferences, seminars and published many valuable articles in national and international journals and books. Now she is working as a guest faculty in the department of Sanskrit Sahitya, Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University, Nalbari, Assam. She is simultaneously working as a teacher of Kathak dance in Sadhana Kathak Kendra, Nalbari which is one of the leading institution of Kathak dance & Classical Music of Assam.

Dr. Sayanika is a disciple of renowned Kathak Dancers, National and International artist Smt. Aligunjan Kalita Mudiar and Smt. Chandrani Kalita Ojah for last fourteen years and holistically having regorious Talim through Guru-sishya parampara. She has completed Nritya Nipun in Kathak with 1st class from Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapith Lucknow.