About

Ankita Ojha

Ankita Ojha (née Pandey)

Ankita began studying kathak at a very young age from Smt. Upasana Tiwari Ji (Disciple of Guru Pt. Krishna Mohan Maharaj ji and Guru Shri Krishna Dayal Shrivastava ji). Ankita holds “Visharad” in Kathak with “Vishesh Yogyata” from Gandharva University Mumbai.

Ankita has trained for over 20 years in the Raigarh and Lucknow gharana style of Kathak. After moving to the Bay Area, California she has been under guidance of Guru Smt. Anuradha Nag Ji(Disciple of Padma Vibhushan Guruji Pt. Birju Maharaj ji and Guru Vijay Shankar ji)

Ankita’s desire to present Kathak to a wide audience has taken her to stages across India and USA. She has won over 20 National level and 30 Regional dance competitions. She was the winner of Sony Entertainment Television’s popular dance show Boogie Woogie, for the year 2009. In 2014, she was one of Top 30 finalists of Zee TV Reality show, Zee CineStars Ki Khoj.
 
  • Visharad (Masters) in Kathak from Akhil Bhartiya Gandharva University Mumbai with Vishesh Yogyata.
  • 2009: Winner at Sony Entertainment Television show “Boogie-Woogie”.
  • 2008: 2nd Runner up at Sony Entertainment Television show “Boogie-Woogie”.
  • 2009: Top 32 finalist of Dance India Dance Season 1 Zee TV
  • 2014: Top 16 Finalist of Zee Cine Stars Ki Khoj by Zee TV
  • 2007: Performed for SAIL at National Stadium Delhi in front of then prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi and other Parliament Members.
  • 2005: Performed Nrityanjali (Solo kathak) for 2.5 hours. Sponsored by SAIL.
  • 2005: Guest performance for Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha cultural fest.
  • 2006: Guest performance in kathak for Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava.
  • 2007: Youngest Artist Achievement Award by SAIL for the contribution in Cultural Department of Chhattisgarh.
  • 2002: First prize in kathak Shimla-Mumbai All India Artist Association
  • 2002: Second prize in Gurgaon All India level kathak Fest.
  • 2002: First prize in Cuttack National level kathak Olympiad
  • 2003: First prize In kathak Solan All India Artist Assoc.
  • 2003: First prize in kathak at Dainik Bhaskar Yuva National Level Compt at Raipur.
  • 2002-2007: Performed at various state level and national shows.
  • 2005: Chhattisgarh Idol powered by C.G dept of artist association.
  • 2007-2009: Active participation in IPTA Theatre (dance and drama) co powered by Anurag Basu.