​Trained under the visonary  Padmabhushan Kumudini Lakhia who in the early phase of her thought process almost obligated her to learn under her tutelage. A visionary at core she taught me to build the bridge between life and art and to appreciate the dignity of human body as a dancer.

 

Lajja´s  UGC awarded Research Fellowship titled “Contemporary Sensibilities vis a vis the heritage of Kathak”,   was completed under  Padmabhushan Kumudini Lakhia.A post graduate gold medallist in Performing Arts –Kathak from MS University she has a strong training in Jaipur Gharana under  Late Pt Sunderlal Gangani, Pt Harish Gangani and

Pt Jagdish Gangani

 

She has choreographed solos and productions with her group of dancers along with various fusion projects with international artists from various disciplines, like amalgamating Kathak  with  Indonesian gamelan . Her choreography of Kathak to composer Cesar Viana´s  “Café Oriente” was very well received.   Her  production “Uma Canção de país Longínquo” wherein she choreographed Kathak to  Portuguese literature from celebrated Portuguese poets Fernando Pessoa and Luis de Camões  was received with much critical acclaim.
 

Her academic studies have flourished delivering lectures as a visiting faculty at various academic institutions and are complimented with paper readings  at the World Forum,Den Hague, SIEF Congress, Lisbon,Portugal etc. 
 

 Further, she holds a graduate degree from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, in Clothing and Textiles specializing in Indian Handlooms.

Based in Lisbon, Portugal and Ahmedabad, India; she divides her time to further her art though her work.