A dedicated research centre for advanced research in Kathak was established under the Directorship of Dr Puru Dadheech in collaboration with t he esteemed Sri Sri University - Cuttack. This centre -the Sri Sri Centre for Advanced Research in Kathak (SSCARK) is first of its kind in the world dedicated ONLY to Kathak

 

 

1. The centre has around 30 PhD research sc holars to be working on Kathak research.

2. The centre organized the first ever virtual "International Kathak Conference 2021" on Kathak and Sashtra. There were 60 research papers presented, 15 plenary sessions and attended by almost 100 participants all over the globe.

3. For the very first time. the proceedings and selected research papers are also being published by t he Sangeet Natak Academy in their SNA journal - a special edition dedicated to Research in Kathak.