Ujwala Acharya

Ujwala Acharya, is pursuing 3rd Year Commercial Arts from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.
She has a strong base in Carnatic classical music, which she learnt for 10 years from Smt. Raji Raju, Smt. Chella Krishnamurthy and Shri Chandrashekhar Bhagwatar. She is learning Hindustani classical music since the last 7 years from Smt. Vatsala Rao (Chembur Fine Arts) and undergoing advanced training in the same field from Pt. Sharad Sathe.
A graceful dancer, Ujwala has also been learning Bharat Natyam for the last 16 yrs from Shri Rajarajeshwari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir under the tutelage of Smt. Karunambal, Shri Vishwanath and Shri Kalyanasundaram.

Gifted with multiple talents, she has achieved an ‘A’ grade in the Intermediate Drawing exam and is presently pursuing a career in the field of designing.

Among her achievements in her young age, are the following:

• She has performed in the presence of Shri A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
   (President of India during the period) in 2006.

• She has been awarded ‘Best Singer’ in Fine Arts Music Society
   from 2001-2007.

• She is the recipient of the ‘Kalavibhushan’ Award for the Best
   Artist in 2004.

• She has won several awards in the inter-school and college solo
   singing and dance competitions, group singing and group folk
   dance competitions.

• She has won prizes in the Swaradhana competition for solo
   singing and duet singing in 2002 and 2004 respectively.

Ujwala has grown up into CHYK from being a Chinmaya Bala Vihar child since her childhood.

Ujwala hails from a family of musicians and draws her inspiration from her grandmother, Smt. Susheela Acharya her mother, Smt. Shyamala Acharya and her aunt, Smt. Pramodini Rao who motivate her to sing well and do better each time.