Contemporary Indian dancer Astad Deboo, known for amalgamating Indian and western dance techniques, died. He was 73.
Deboo employed his training in Indian classical dance forms of kathak as well as kathakali to create a unique fusion dance form.
He left behind a formidable legacy of unforgettable performances combined with an unswerving dedication to his art, matched only by his huge, loving heart that gained him thousands of friends and a vast number of admirers.
Known for his charitable endeavours, Deboo worked with deaf children, both in India and abroad for two decades.
In 2002, he founded the Astad Deboo Dance Foundation which provided creative training to marginalised sections, including the differently-abled.
Dec 10, 2020
Eminent Hindi Poet and Journalist Manglesh Dabral Passes Away
Eminent Hindi poet and journalist Manglesh Dabral passed away at the age of 72.
Manglesh Dabral was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2000 for his poetry collection 'Ham Jo Dekhte Hain'.
Dabral was a prolific writer and has several collections in poetry as well as prose. His poetry collections include Pahar Par Lalten, Ghar Ka Rasta, Ham Jo Dekhte Hain, Awaz Bhi Ek Jagah Hai and Naye Yug Men Shatru.
His prose collections include Lekhak Ki Roti and Kavi Ka Akelapan, besides a travel diary Ek Bar Iowa.
Dec 09, 2020
Anil Soni First CEO of The WHO Foundation
Indian-origin global health expert Anil Soni has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer of the newly launched The WHO Foundation. The newly launched The WHO Foundation works alongside the World Health Organization to address the most pressing health challenges across the world.
Soni will take charge as the CEO of The WHO Foundation on January 1 next year.
The WHO Foundation is an independent grant-making agency headquartered in Geneva. It was launched in May 2020 to work alongside the World Health Organization (WHO) and the global health community to address the world's most pressing global health challenges.
Dec 08, 2020
RBL Bank Appoints Somnath Ghosh as Non- Executive Director
RBL Bank appointed Somnath Ghosh as an Additional (Non-Executive Independent) Director of the Bank.
Ghosh is a retired Professor & Founding Dean (Academics) from Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur. Before that, he was also a professor and Chair of the doctoral program at the Management Development Institute in Gurgaon.
He has also been a regular faculty at IIMs in Lucknow, Bangalore and Indore, International Management Institute, New Delhi, as well as the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.
Dec 05, 2020
J&K Ex-interlocutor Passes Away
Administrator of Lakshadweep and former J&K interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma passed away. He was 64.
Sharma, a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, was appointed as the administrator of Lakshadweep in October 2019.
Prior to this, he was an interlocutor for the Centre to Jammu and Kashmir.
Sharma was a 1976-batch IPS officer and belonged to the Kerala cadre.
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