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Aruna (given Name)
Aruna is a Hindic, mostly feminine, given name that may refer to the following notable people: * Aruna (singer) (born 1975), American musician * Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996), Indian educator, activist, and publisher * Aruna Balraj (fl. from 2006), Indian film actress * Aruna Biswas (fl. from 1986), Bangladeshi actress * Aruna Chaudhary (born 1957), Indian politician * Aruna Darshana (born 1999), Sri Lankan sprinter * Aruna De Silva (born 1961), Sri Lankan cricketer * Aruna Dharmasena (born 1993), Sri Lankan cricketer * Aruna Dhathathreyan (), Indian biophysicist * Aruna Dindane (born 1980), Ivorian football player * Aruna Gunawardene (born 1969), Sri Lankan cricketer * Aruna Irani (born 1946), Indian actress * Aruna Jayanthi (), Indian businesswoman * Aruna Kori (born 1973), Indian politician * Aruna Kumari Galla (born 1944), Indian politician * Aruna Lama (1945–1998), Indian singer * Aruna Mishra (fl. from 2003), female Indian boxer * Aruna Mohanty (born 1960), Od ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna (singer)
Aruna Beth Abrams (born January 16, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, DJ, producer and pianist. She is best known as a vocalist in dance music since 2007 but has been working as DJ and producer of her own work since 2011. She resides in Los Angeles, California. Early life and career Aruna grew up in Flemington, New Jersey, the daughter of Beatrice and Larry S. Abrams, a clinical pharmaceutical researcher. Her name was suggested by her Indian godfather and means "sunrise" in Hindi. She began studying classical piano and later, jazz improvisation, and left her hometown to study piano as well as film scoring and electronic music production at the Berklee College of Music, Boston. In 1996 she worked on the 'Portal' project together with members of the progressive metal band Cynic, providing vocals and keyboards. This material was eventually released in 2012 as ''The Portal Tapes,'' under the Cynic name. At Berklee, Abrams completed courses in music production, audio editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Kumari Galla
Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist Paturi Rajagopala Naidu. She is currently a polit buro member of the Telugu Desam Party. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India and MLA for the Chandragiri constituency. On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party. Aruna Kumari is married to Galla Ramachandra Naidu, an industrialist and founder of Amara Raja Group of Companies. She has a B.S. in computer science from Lake View College. She worked for the Chrysler Corporation as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994, 1999–2014 and Health Education and Insuran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Shields
Aruna Lakkur Nagappa Srinivasa Murthy, better known as Aruna Shields, is a British psychotherapist and a former actress and filmmaker. She debuted with the 2010 Indian film ''Prince'' starring Vivek Oberoi. Career Born to an Indian father and a British mother she was, while at a theatrical workshop, spotted by an acting agent. According to Google Trends, in the year 2010, Aruna was the number one most sought-after actress in internet queries originating from India. Shields has a wellbeing channel on YouTube called Aruna Shields TV, which began in 2015. Her education includes a distinction from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, a B.A. from Central Saint Martins. She has also studied hypnosis psychotherapy in London and has trained in mindfulness. She made her Bollywood debut in 2010 in the action thriller ''Prince'', released on 9 April 2010. The same year, she played the female lead in the epic adventure ''Ao The Last Neanderthal'', a love story set 30,000 years ago in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Shanbaug
Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug (1 June 1948 – 18 May 2015) was an Indian nurse who was at the centre of attention in a court case on euthanasia after spending over 42 years in a vegetative state as a result of a sexual assault. In 1973, while working as a junior nurse at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Shanbaug was sexually assaulted by a hospital janitor, and remained in a vegetative state following the assault. On 24 January 2011, after Shanbaug had been in this state for 37 years, the Supreme Court of India responded to a plea for euthanasia filed by journalist Pinki Virani, setting up a medical panel to examine her. The court rejected the petition on 7 March 2011. However, in its landmark opinion, it allowed passive euthanasia in India. Shanbaug died of pneumonia on 18 May 2015, after being in a persistent vegetative state for nearly 42 years. Background Aruna Shanbhaug Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug was born on 1 June 1948 to a Konkani-speaking Brahmin Saraswat G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Sairam
Sangita Kalanidhi Aruna Sairam is an Indian classical vocalist and carnatic music singer. She is a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the Government of India and was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Academy (India's premier national institution for music and dance) by the Government of India until 2022. In 2011, Aruna was the first Carnatic musician to perform at the BBC proms in London. She is also the first Carnatic musician to perform in Oud Festival of Israel (Jerusalem). Early life Vidhushi Aruna Sairam was born in Mumbai into a Tamil musical family. She received vocal training from her mother Rajalakshmi Sethuraman, who was a student of the Alathur Brothers and Thanjavoor Sankara Iyer. Her father Shri Sethuraman was a music connoisseur who hosted musicians and dancers in the family home. At one of these gatherings, Aruna met Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. T. Brinda, who trained her in the style of Veena Dhanammal. Indian-American business executive and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Roy
Aruna Roy (née Jayaram, born 26 may 1946) is an Indian social activist, professor, union organiser and retired IAS officer. She was the president of the National Federation of Indian Women and founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan. Early life and education Aruna was born on 6 June 1946, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Chennai was known as Madras at the time and was a part of the Madras Presidency in British India), to parents Hema and E. D. Jayaram, a family of Tamil Brahmins. The family in which Aruna grew up was unconventional for their times and had a history of public service encompassing several generations. They rejected orthodox beliefs about caste and religion, and were known for a commitment to egalitarian principles. All her grandparents were highly educated and included an engineer, a magistrate and a lawyer. The women in her family in particular served as role models for her. Her maternal grandmother was an educated woman and was deeply involved in volu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Reddy
Budda Aruna Reddy (born 25 December 1995) is an Indian female artistic gymnast, representing at international competitions. She won bronze medal in 2018 World Cup Gymnastics in women's vault event in Melbourne. She created history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a medal at Gymnastics World Cup. She competed at world championships, including the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. She is supported by GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid athlete mentorship programme. Early life Aruna Reddy was born in Hyderabad, Telangana to Subadhra and Narayana Reddy, an accountant. She has an elder sister, Pavani Reddy, a Company Secretary. She completed her Intermediate from St Mary's Junior College, Basheerbagh in 2013 and B.Com from St. Mary's College, Hyderabad in 2017. She has black belt in karate and was a trainer until she joined gymnastics. Early Gymnastics Career When Aruna Reddy was five years old, her father pulled her out of karate and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Ramchandra Dhere
Aruna Ramchandra Dhere (born 2 February 1957) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... She was the President of the 92nd Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Yavatmal in 2019. Education * B.A. Marathi, Gold medal winner, Pune University : 1977 * Bhartiya Vidya Padvika, Tilak Vidyapeeth : 1997 * M.A. Marathi, Gold medal winner, Pune University : 1979 * Ph.D., University of Pune : 1986 (Thesis : Archetypal criticism of post independence Marathi fiction.) Career Aruna is the daughter of Ramchandra Chintamani Dhere. She completed a M.A and a Ph.D in Marathi literature from Pune University. She was a lecturer and producer in the Educational Media Research Center at Pune University during 1983-1988, and then had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Raje
Aruna Raje (born 1946) is an Indian film director and editor known for her works in Hindi cinema. Early life Aruna Raje was born on 17 October in 1946 in Pune, India. Education and career Aruna enrolled initially at Grant Medical College in Pune to study medicine but later quit to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). She passed out of FTII with a gold medal in 1969 becoming the first trained woman technician in the industry. At the beginning of her career Aruna Raje worked jointly with her ex-husband Vikas Desai in the name of Aruna-Vikas. She co-edited acclaimed films like ''Giddh'' and ''Masoom (1983 film), Masoom''. The duo later took to direction making films like ''Shaque'', ''Gehrayee'' and ''Sitam''. After separating from her husband she began independent film-direction, making hard hitting feminist movies. She has also made national award-winning documentaries on the well-known classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai and special children, ''The New Paradigm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Miller
Aruna Miller (née Katragadda; born November 6, 1964) is an American politician and civil engineer who has been serving as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, lieutenant governor of Maryland since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Miller previously served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland Legislative District 15, Legislative District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County. Miller ran for Congress in 2018 to represent Maryland's 6th congressional district, losing to David Trone in the Democratic primary. In December 2021, Wes Moore chose Miller as his running mate in the Democratic primary of the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election. They won the Democratic nomination on July 19, 2022, and defeated Republican nominee Dan Cox and his running mate Gordana Schifanelli on November 8, 2022. Miller is the first South Asian Americans, South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Mohanty
Aruna Mohanty (born 4 April 1960) is an Odissi dancer, choreographer and guru. She is currently the Secretary of the Orissa (Odisha) Dance Academy. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the Padma Shri, Padmashree award. Training Aruna Mohanty started her training in Odissi under Shrinath Rout and Gobinda Pal. In 1972 she started training under Gangadhar Pradhan. She has also received guidance in the dance form from Pankaj Charan Das, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Sanjukta Panigrahi and Sonal Mansingh. She has also received training in Odissi music from Nirmal Mohanty and Shantanu Das. Career Aruna Mohanty has nearly five decades of experience as a dancer and choreographer. Her choreographed works include ''Srushti O Pralay'' depicting the super cyclone that hit Odisha in 1999, ''Sravana Kumar, Kharavela, Jatra Baramasi, Gatha Odissi, Pratinayak, Krishna Sharanam,'' several Ashtapadis from Jayadeva's ''Gita Govinda'', and'' Siddhartha (novel), Siddhart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Mishra
Aruna Mishra is a female Indian boxer. Her career highlights include gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...s in the 2003 Asian Championships, 2004 World Cup and the 2011 World Police and Fire Games. References Indian women boxers Living people Welterweight boxers 1979 births Sportspeople from Jamshedpur Boxers from Jharkhand Sportswomen from Jharkhand AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships medalists {{India-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
