About the Performer

Satwika Penna is one of the foremost young accomplished talents in the field of Andhra Natyam, the temple dance tradition of the Telugu region. She carved a niche for herself under the tutelage of Guru Kalakrishna and Dr.Suvarchala Suresh. She is an aeronautical engineer by education and is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. programme at Hyderabad Central University. She is the first Andhra Natyam artist to be selected as the recipient of the "Young Talent Award" by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. She is a "B-grade" artist from Doordarshan. She is also the first female solo performer of Perini.