Background
Padma Subrahmanyam was born to Director Subrahmanyam and Meenakshi Subrahmanyam on 4 February 1943 in Madras (now Chennai).
choreographer ethnomusicologist
Padma Subrahmanyam was born to Director Subrahmanyam and Meenakshi Subrahmanyam on 4 February 1943 in Madras (now Chennai).
She is also a research scholar, choreographer, music composer, musician, teacher and author She is famous in India as well as abroad: several films and documentaries have been made in her honor by countries like Japan, Australia and Russia. She is a devotee of the Paramacharya of Kanchi.
Her father was a famous Indian filmmaker and her mother, Meenakshi was a music composer, and a lyricist in Tamil and Sanskrit.
She was trained by Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiah Pillai. Padma has a bachelor"s degree in Music, a Master"s degree in Ethnomusicology, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in Dance.
She has designed the sculptures of the 108 sculptures of lord nataraja and goddess parvathi in black granite for the nataraja temple at satara, an undertaking she took on bidding by the Kanchi Paramacharya. She has given lectures at various universities in south east Asia, on the subject of cultural links between India and other countries.
Doctor Padma has received many awards and honors to her cr including Padma Shri in 1981, Padma Bhushan in 2003, which are among the highest civilian awards of India. During her dancing career, she has received several awards, including: "Sangeet Natak Akademi Award" (1983) "Padma Bhushan" (2003) "Kalaimamani Award" from the government of Tamil Nadu "Kalidas Samman" from the federal government of Madhya Pradesh, "Nishagandhi Puraskaram" by the Government of Kerala in 2015, "Nada Brahmam" from Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai, "Bharata Sastra Rakshamani" from the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram. "Nehru Award" (1983) from the Soviet Union Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize from Japan, for "her contribution to development and harmony in Asia".
She has authored many articles, research papers, and books and has served as a non-official member of the Indo-Sub-commission for education and culture.
