Chithra Ramakrishnan


Chithra Ramakrishnan is an Indian-born vocalist, Bharatanatyam dancer and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts living in Birmingham, UK. She is also the founder and artistic Director of ShruthiUK, a Solihull-based non-profit South Asian arts and culture organisation. She pioneered the British Carnatic Choir - the first of its kind in the country. She also organises the annual World Music Conference event which she founded in November 2017.
As a vocalist, she prominently sings in the Carnatic music genre. She also sings in Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit languages and has released albums in those languages.

Background

Ramakrishnan spent her childhood in Lalgudi. She had to move to Chennai as a 10-year old and then to Iraq two years later with her parents. Eventually she settled in the UK with her husband.
She has an MBA in Human Resources and a PhD in Management from the US.

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