Arushi Nishank

Early life and background

Arushi was born in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand in northern India. She has done her bachelor's degree in Political Science and Philosophy from Bansathali Vidhyapeeth, Rajasthan. She continued her studies with MBA and International Business Certification from Metropolitan College,Toronto, Canada. She has done 8 years of "Nishnaat" a Specialization certification in Kathak dance form.Currently she is pursuing her PhD in human resource in India. She is also the chairperson of her own Himalayan Aryuvedic Medical College & Hospital in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Career

Arushi has given many renowned international kathak performances like "Special Yoga & Kathak Concert" in London, "Lecture Recital" Indian Sphere "Graz" in Austria, "Bengalischz Nacht", an Indian classical dance in Germany, "Toronto Festival of India" in Canada. Others include "Tarana Dance Concert" and Foreign Delegate Conference in Canada, Indhradhanush "Color of India" in Dubai, "Horizon Series" for the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and the Doordarshan Live Concert in Delhi, Taj Mahotsav in Agra and a performance at the International Yoga Festival, Rishikesh. She has also composed and choreographed many compositions like "Ganga Avatran", a story of Goddess Ganga coming to earth, and "Sajda", an Sufiyana classical Kathak Dance. Arushi has also worked as a teacher with Spic Macay in teaching students the art of Kathak across India. She has also done many performances under Indian Council for Cultural Relations. She has also been interviewed by the Times of India, News 24 and Doordarshan Group on many occasions. Arushi has also worked in TV advertisements to market Patanjali Yogpeeth. Her first TV advertisement for patanjali products was aired in 2012 on Aastha TV. Arushi was fortunate enough to meet and present a Souvenir to Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on their visit to Parmarth Niketan Rishikesh Uttarakhand in 2013.

Composer

Ganga Avtaran:

Ganga Avtaran is a color kathak ballet giving the story of Goddess Ganga coming to earth. This show was first performed in rishikesh with 60 artist performing on stage which was created over River Ganga. After the successful commencement of the project she was invited by Rastriya Kathak Sansthan Lucknow to give her performance, which was highly appreciated and witnessed by many dignitaries. After the grand success in northern India. This project was later collaborated with ICCR New Delhi.

Namami Gange

Arushi has been an active promoter for Namami Gange Mission which is project started by Govt of India to clean river Ganga. Arushi has contributed her first ever Clean Ganga Initiative Kathak performance "Ganga Tughae Salaam" in Dubai, UAE in 2016. This was the world's first International Clean Ganga Program held outside India to educate NRI's about the importance of river Ganga and its cleanliness drive. In 2016 itself she has performed Ganga Avatran in Varanasi, lucknow and Kanpur and won hearts of many audiences. Shri Uma Bharti (Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) has appreciated Arushi's efforts to educate people about importance of Ganga. Shri Sushma Swaraj (Minister of External Affairs) has also appreciated Arushi for her contribution to this noble cause.

Poetry

Arushi is also a poet. Two of her books on poetry collections, Dharti Swarg Bananugi and Kamal Mahshal ban Jaye, have been published in India. She has been fortunate enough to meet and present her books to Pratibha Patil, former President of India; Ratan Tata, founder of Tata Group; Anupam Kher, actor; and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, cricketer.

Awards and honors

YI National Youth Icon Award, 2015

Garhwal Post Outstanding Achievement Award, 2016

Pride Of Uttarakhand Award, 2016

Personal life

Arushi is married to Abhinav Pant. She is also the eldest daughter of Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, a Member of Parliament and Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.