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Dhananjayan (other)
Dhananjayan may refer to: * G. Dhananjayan, an Indian film producer in Tamil cinema * Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, the Secretary General of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation * Vannadil Pudiyaveettil Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan, an Indian dancing couple known as the Dhananjayans See also * Dhananjay (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
Dhananjayan Sivaguru "Danny" Sriskandarajah (born December 1975) is a Sri Lankan-born British-Australian activist who is the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation. Until December 2023, he was Chief Executive of Oxfam GB. Prior to that, Sriskandarajah was the Secretary General of CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society organisations. He was the first non-British and youngest person to head the Royal Commonwealth Society, a large non-governmental organisation (NGO) devoted to Commonwealth affairs, based in London, England. Sriskandarajah is the author of the book ''Power to the People'', published in 2024. Early life and education Danny Sriskandarajah was born in Sri Lanka, the son of Sri Lankan Tamil parents who first moved to Australia as doctoral students.(28 October 1997)"Migrants' son is Australia's first Asian Rhodes Scholar" '' The Straits Times''. Sriskandarajah was educated at James Ruse Agricultural High School in Carlingford, New South Wales, Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhananjayans
Vannadil Pudiyaveettil Dhananjayan (born 30 April 1939) and Shanta Dhananjayan (born 12 August 1943), collectively known as the Dhananjayans, are an Indian dance duo specializing in Bharatanatyam and Kathakali. Personal life V.P Dhananjayan was born into a Malayali family of eight children on 30 April 1939 in Payyanur, Kannur District, Kerala, India. A chance encounter with Kathakali Master Guru Chandu Panicker of Kalakshetra made his father decide to send his son and V. Balagopalan to Kalakshetra under his tutelage. Dhananjayan joined Kalakshetra on 5th of October 1953 and trained as a male dancer under Rukmini Devi Arundale (founder of Kalakshetra) from 1955 to 1967. He graduated from Kalakshetra with a Postgraduate Diploma in Dance (Bharatanatyam and Kathakali) with distinction. Additionally, he holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Politics. Shanta Dhananjayan was born on 12 August 1943 into a Malayali family in Malaysia and traces her ancestral roots to Kerala, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |