Padmini Rangarajan

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• Extended a scholarship for ;Tetro Lambe Lambe," a four-week course in November - December 2021 led by Mr
• Fagner Gastaldon and Cass Gastaldon of Puppet Soup Ltd., Guild—NCPG Washington, MD, USA—extended a scholarship toward 'Pop Up for Puppet Performers,' a three-week course in, led by South African puppeteer Peter Court
• Selected to participate in the four-week ‘World Diabetes Storytelling Lab’ in India from Sept 25-Oct 16, 2021, supported by the World Diabetes Foundation and USAID and developed by Dalberg
• Sharing Our Stories: Personal and Creative Storytelling and Drama activities for Teachers”,
• Beyond- Creative and Engaging-2022 Storytelling for Teachers-Beyond -CrEST”
• Creative and Engaging Storytelling for Teachers-CrEST” 2021 byMr
• David Heathfield and Ms
• Tammy Heathfield

The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India under its “Waste to Wealth” Mission initiated applications for the award of Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship to recognize students, community workers/self-help groups, and municipal/sanitary workers who are engaged in tackling the enormous challenge of waste management, scientifically and sustainably. The fellowship is an initiative to empower young innovators who are engaged in community work of waste management/awareness campaigns/waste surveys/studies, etc. as Swachhta Saarthis and implement actions to reduce waste for a greener planet.

Honoured to receive the Swachhata Sarathi Fellowship from the Indian government in 2021–2022.

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Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art, and Craft -STEPARC Under the Society's Act of 2001, the Government of Andhra.Pradesh, was established in 2005. Its President is Srinivasan Raghu, an engineer with advanced training. I work as the Director of organizations and also one of the founding members. Creating an open platform to reach out to like-minded people, experts, art lovers, and amateurs will be a key component of the goal as it aims to preserve, sustain, and encourage the tradition of puppetry art.

Outstanding Individuals in the Cultural Fields are given Senior/Junior Fellowships each year. I am honoured to get a Senior Fellowship in Folk/Traditional Indigenous Art—Puppetry for the academic year 2021–2022 this year.

Under The Societies Registration Act, 1860, UNIMA India was formally established on December 22, 1986, in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Bringing together puppeteers from India and over 60 other countries, UNIMA India is an organization committed to fostering worldwide friendship through the medium of puppetry. To serve, connect, and develop Indian Puppetry with the globe, I have been elected as General Secretary for the years 2023-25.

• Magic in our Hands,' Vicky Hart's 2012, documentary on Sphoorthi Theatre for Hart In Media Ltd, "Real Stories That Make a Difference," www.hartinmedia.com, has been shown at a number of international film festivals in Europe and the United States
• Seeing this film has brought together a diverse group of people from all over the world who share a love of Sphoorthi Theatre
• Bommalollu” –a Documentary Film: My Tata Fellwoship study on “Revival of Traditional Wooden String Puppetry of Ammapuram” that has moved the Director Ajit Nag produced Bommalollu –a documentary film on Traditional Wooden String Puppeteers of Telangana Telangana in collaboration with Department of Language and Culture, Telangana and is uploaded on Youtube.com in four parts and I had the privileged to be part of the documentary film -2016
• Successful Women Award” at “Shodha Swatahcha”-International Women Conference by Vidarbha Youth Welfare Society,Amaravathi in March 8, 2016
• Women’s Day” 2016 by Sunnetwork.in Gemini Kushi TV Vanita Award