Neela Manasa Bhaskar, M.A.

Trained in Bharatanatyam (since age 5) and Carnatic music (since age 6), Neela Manasa Bhaskar did her B.A. at Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai (Affiliated to Madras University) ‘Bachelor of Arts in History’ (2012-2015). She just defended her Master at Hamburg University with a thesis on “Mātavi’s Dance - A translation of Aṭiyārkkunallār’s Commentary on Araṅkēṟṟu Kātai (Cilappatikāram 1:3)”

Awards: Chandran S. Devanesan Award for Academic Excellence presented by the faculty of Madras Christian College

Her doctoral thesis will analyse manuscripts from the Mackenzie Collection and elsewhere that have adapted material from the Tiruviḷaiyaṭal cycles.