Winner of Gargi Woman Award 2018 – (Performer)
By Bharathi R
Poornima Sharma has been awarded Hindu Council of Australia’s Gargi Woman Award 2018 for her outstanding contribution as a performer. The award consisting of a plaque was presented to her by Federal Member of Parliament Hon. Michelle Rowland and Councillor Hill Shire Reena Jethi, representing Hon Ray Williams – Minister for Multicultural .
Poornima is an innovative dancer and choreographer for last 22 years. She has fulfilled her dreams of successfully mixing classical and semi classical dance forms with Bollywood style of dancing. She learnt dancing in Indian Dance centre that was established in 1987 by Raghavan Nair, her father.
In 2003 Raghavan Nair Ji passed his responsibilities to his daughter for running India Dance Centre (IDC) as an Artistic Director. Since then she has successfully taken the IDC company to new heights by performing many shows nationally in Australia as well as Internationally. She has received many awards for her latest project “RAMAYANA”. She is a role model to give new dimension to dance in national and international level.
Poornima Sharma has been awarded the Gargi Woman Award for her outstanding service to the community as a Performer.
