Sangeeta Isvaran

Sangeeta Isvaran is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, research scholar, and social worker. She has been awarded with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, the highest national award for young dancers.

Early life and education Isvaran graduated with a degree in mathematics from the Madras Christian College (MCC) in Chennai, India. She received formal training in Bharatanatyam from the age of five, She was also trained in the fine arts of Nritya, Abhinaya, Kalaripayattu, Kuchipudi, Carnatic music and the instrument of Nattuvangam. and is noted for developing the Katradi Method which utilises fine arts for the purpose of conflict resolution, imparting education and empowering marginalised and underprivileged communities. She also founded the Wind Dancers' Trust, which utilises folk arts for educating children, working in association with the Koothu artist Thilagavathi.

She has held a fellowship at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations since 2008 as well as a fellowship at The Asia Foundation, for which she has conducted workshops in Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia as part of the programme.