Educationalist

Pali Chandra has the rare reputation of being an art educationist with radical ideas and experiments. Over the years she has delivered lectures at several prestigious institutions in different parts of the world. Some of them are the universities of Seattle, Birmingham, Oxford, Liverpool, Bradford, Westminster, Surrey, Middlesex, Hong Kong, London School of Contemporary Dance, Wellington International School and Royal Dubai School.

She was a member of the South Asian Dance Faculty committee of Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing during which she contributed towards ISTD's Kathak syllabus formulation. Today, this syllabus is emulated by various renowned dance academies.

Pali Chandra is a graded member of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.

She is the soul of Gurukul, a Dubai based organization founded by Somna Tugnait, an art visionary and an active contributor of Pali Peacock Productions, UK.

The Gurukul's (www.gurukuldubai.com) training has five focus areas. They are confidence building, team orientation, fitness, multi-tasking and joy through appreciation.