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757cultural heritage and inheritance. The vision behind Prakriti was to host events that would play a catalytic role in changing and enlarging the cultural scene in Chennai. Thus, Prakriti Foundation saw itself typically as the moving force behind events as diverse as music concerts, seminars and serious scholarly discourse, multi media events, experimental and protest cinema and theatre festivals.</p> 758<p>In the last nineteen years, Prakriti Foundation has worked to explore identity through history and heritage, art and cultural expression. In a city accustomed to a regular diet of classical performance, Prakriti has been the space where scholars, researchers, artists, critics, poets and filmmakers have been able to present their work to those who engage with it on serious terms. Our lecture demonstrations, poetry readings, film screenings and intimate performances continue to dot the Chennai calendar.</p> 759<p>Apart from events across various performing and non-performing art forms, the foundation has been conducting eight major festivals, currently of which four are still ongoing along with one biennial awards for contemporary dance.</p> 760 761 </div> 762 </div> 763<div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1500454559646"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><h3 class="boc_heading al_left " style="margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0px;color: #841d1d;"><span>FOUNDER TRUSTEE</span></h3></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-top vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="team_block_content "> 764 <div class="pic"> 765 766 <div class="team_image "><img width="768" height="1024" src="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ranvir-Shah.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Ranvir Shah" srcset="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ranvir-Shah.jpg 768w, https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ranvir-Shah-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></div> 767 768 769 770 <div class="team_block"> 771 <h4>Ranvir Shah</h4> 772 <p class="team_desc"></p> 773 <p class="team_text"></p> 774 <div class="team_icons"> 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 </div> 784 </div> 785 </div> 786 </div> 787 </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> 788 <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element" > 789 <div class="wpb_wrapper"> 790 <p>A cultural activist, philanthropist and businessman, Ranvir has always had a great interest in books, art, music, design and a sharp aesthetic perception. Ranvir first came to Chennai in 1981, and worked with Theatre Arts Workshop, started by Usha Aroor and Minu Rathod where he managed to stage Hindi plays to packed houses at the Music Academy and Museum Theatre. Ranvirâs directorial debut, a dramatization of an anthology of classical Tamil poems, The Interior Landscape, by A.K.Ramanujan of Sangham poetry was well received by the critics.</p> 791<p>Ranvir has always brought unique and unthought-of theatre events to Chennai. In 1998, he founded the Prakriti Foundation. Single handedly, he has been a catalyst in broadening the cultural spectrum in Chennai. He is involved in the conceptualization and delivery of eight calendar events throughout the year. He is also a theatre/art critic and contributes to several top publications in the country.</p> 792<p>Ranvir Shah holds a Masterâs Degree in Political Science and has over two decades of experience in the domestic and international markets in garment exports. He is currently Managing Partner of PS Apparels, Chennai as well as the independent director of KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd and also Managing Partner of PS Hospitals. He thus straddles the seemingly unconnected worlds of art and industry and attempts to create symbiotic links between the two, as a firm believer in the proactive role industry can play in non-commercial ventures and the importance of art in the human endeavour.</p> 793<p>Ranvir has also been a part of the Citizenâs Run trust since its initiation and has seen the event grow in stature, in its capacity to spread awareness and impact lives positively.</p> 794<p>
794He currently resides in Chennai with his wife Nandi Shah, an activist and educator in child sexual abuse; three children Pratham, Prasan and Prakriti and four dogs.</p> 795 796 </div> 797 </div> 798</div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1500454567190"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><h3 class="boc_heading al_left " style="margin-bottom: 10px;margin-top: 0px;color: #841d1d;"><span>THE TEAM</span></h3></div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="team_block_content "> 799 <div class="pic"> 800 801 <div class="team_image "><img width="534" height="800" src="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_3367.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Meera Krishnan" srcset="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_3367.jpg 534w, https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_3367-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px" /></div> 802 803 804 805 <div class="team_block"> 806 <h4>Meera Krishnan</h4> 807 <p class="team_desc"></p> 808 <p class="team_text"></p> 809 <div class="team_icons"> 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 </div> 819 </div> 820 </div> 821 </div> 822 </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> 823 <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element" > 824 <div class="wpb_wrapper"> 825 <p>Meera Krishnan, is the Senior Programme Coordinator at Prakiti Foundation, with whom she has been associated since 2008. Meeraâs role includes ideating and drawing project proposals, coordinating major festivals and managing digital and non-digital media communication. Her day-to-day activities broadly include, budgeting, sourcing technical requirements, vendor management, fund raising, marketing, promotions, PR and logistics handling. She has also been responsible for coordinating collaborative events with international agencies like British Council, Alliance Française, Goethe Institute, Embassy of Spain and INKO. She has been instrumental in successfully executing a 6-city tour with Akram Khan Akram Khan Companyâs Torobaka.</p> 826<p>She holds the position of Festival Director of the Short+Sweet Theatre Festival for the last three editions. Meera has a post-graduate degree in Mathematics and Diploma in Arts Management from Dakshina Chitra.</p> 827 828 </div> 829 </div> 830</div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="team_block_content "> 831 <div class="pic"> 832 833 <div class="team_image "><img width="534" height="800" src="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_3369.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="Santosh Manohar" srcset="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_3369.jpg 534w, https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_3369-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px" /></div> 834 835 836 837 <div class="team_block"> 838 <h4>Santosh Manohar</h4> 839 <p class="team_desc"></p> 840 <p class="team_text"></p> 841 <div class="team_icons"> 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 </div> 851 </div> 852 </div> 853 </div> 854 </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> 855 <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element" > 856 <div class="wpb_wrapper"> 857 <p>Santhosh joined Prakriti Foundation in 2012. He holds a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and a post-graduate degree in Management (MBA).
857</p> 858<p>His passion and keen interest in arts was instrumental in him joining Prakriti Foundation. Sathosh is responsibile for the logistics, ticketing, marketing and communication design, budgets and artiste management for all the four main festivals of the foundation. His organisation and problem-solving skills has helped him become the management head for two main festivals of the foundation, Indiaâs only one contemporary arts festival – The Parkâs New Festival and Festival of Sacred Music. He has single-handedly worked for the entire outreach programme for the Festival of Sacred Music which includes âThe Cauvery Clean-upâ campaign and the bhajan contests.</p> 859<p>He has been part of all the major tours organised by the foundation which includes Akram Khan Companyâs Torobaka and Avant Garde Dance Company’s Black Album.</p> 860 861 </div> 862 </div> 863</div></div></div></div><div class="vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="team_block_content "> 864 <div class="pic"> 865 866 <div class="team_image "><img width="3840" height="5760" src="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Avanti-âAdivarekar.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" srcset="https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Avanti-âAdivarekar.jpg 3840w, https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Avanti-âAdivarekar-200x300.jpg 200w, https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Avanti-âAdivarekar-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Avanti-âAdivarekar-683x1024.jpg 683w" sizes="(max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px" /></div> 867 868 869 870 <div class="team_block"> 871 <h4>Avanti Adivarekar</h4> 872 <p class="team_desc"></p> 873 <p class="team_text"></p> 874 <div class="team_icons"> 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 </div> 884 </div> 885 </div> 886 </div> 887 </div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-10"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"> 888 <div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element" > 889 <div class="wpb_wrapper"> 890 <p>Avanti âAdivarekar âis a performing arts manager trained in Bombay, Dubai, Los Angeles and New York City. She has been influenced byâ âart practices and story-telling techniques from all over the world, especially those that relate to social causes and change. At Prakriti she is working on creating sustainable arts ecosystems. Aside from the arts, she also is excited by travel, food and archives.</p> 891 892 </div> 893 </div> 894</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> 895</div> 896 897 </div> </div> 898 </div> 899 </div> 900 <!-- Page template :: END --> 901 902 903 904 </div> 905 <!-- Page content::END --> 906 907 <!-- Footer::Start --> 908 <div id="footer" class="" > 909 910 911 912 <div class="container"> 913 <div class="section"> 914 915 916 <div class="col span_1_of_3"> 917 <h3>Engage With Us</h3> <div class="textwidget"><p style="text-align:justify;">At Prakriti Foundation we believe in collaborating with the artistes and the community at large to present unique and captivating performances and initiatives to our audience. If you would like to engage with us as an artiste or a volunteer, or use our archival content for research, or support our work in general, please get in touch with us.</p></div> 918 919 </div> 920 921 922 <div class="col span_1_of_3"> 923 <h3>Reach Us</h3> <div class="textwidget"><div class="boc_contact_icon"> 924 <span class="icon icon-location2 bigger"></span> Prakriti Foundation <br> 15, Race Course Road Guindy, <br/>Chennai - 600 032. 925</div> 926<div class="boc_contact_icon"> 927 <span class="icon icon-mobile3"></span> +91 - 44 - 66848506 928</div> 929 930<div class="boc_contact_icon"> 931 <span class="icon icon-mail2"></span> <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> 932</div> 933 934 <div class="follow-us"> 935 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/prakritifound/" target="_blank">
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 1110
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1111<script type='text/javascript' src='https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/plugins/parallax_video_backgrounds_vc/assets/js/jquery.vhparallax.js?ver=1.5.6'></script>
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1112<script type='text/javascript' src='https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/plugins/parallax_video_backgrounds_vc/assets/js/jquery.appear.js?ver=1.5.6'></script>
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1113<script type='text/javascript' src='https://prakritifoundation.com/wp-content/plugins/parallax_video_backgrounds_vc/assets/js/custom.js?ver=1.5.6'></script>
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1114<script></script>
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Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.