Indian Languages Awareness Board UK

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Mrs Ragasudha Vinjamuri

Mrs Ragasudha Vinjamuri is currently Associate Lecturer at the University of Sunderland in London. Trained in dance under Guru Dr Uma Rama Rao in Hyderabad, she has made substantial contributions to Art, Culture, Diversity and Heritage scene in the UK. She has the distinction of representing Britain as Cultural Coordinator and performer at the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity COP11 and during two World Telugu Conventions inaugurated and concluded by consecutive honourable Presidents of India, in 2012 and in 2017 respectively. 

Ardent and passionate about presenting cultural and linguistic diversity of India and South Asia, she has been pivotal in marking several key occasions that highlighted a variety of dances and multitude of languages in the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain and Luxembourg. 

She has transcribed a 300-year-old Telugu work on the life of Saint-Philosopher Acharya Ramanuja present on palm-leaf folios in the possession of British Library and brought out the same in 2016 on the occasion of his 999th birth anniversary. She has done commendable work in highlighting Maithili language compositions through Bharatanatyam, a unique work for which she has been conferred with the prestigious Mithila Gaurav Samman Award 2024. Her Telugu poems book Kavita Ragasudha, short stories and several articles were published by renowned publications in the USA, Mauritius, Britain and in India. She has also done Telugu language mixing for various Warner Brothers movies like Aquaman, Justice League & Fantastic Beasts- Secrets of Dumbledore. She has consistently spotlighted endangered languages of India during the events at British Parliament Houses and emphasised on the promotion of mother languages through greater engagement. She also popularises the concept of Sanskrit in Arts- bringing out research pieces, compositions & stories from ancient texts. 

Ragasudha has carved a niche in taking Indian dancing to a variety of subjects using dance as a tool to raise awareness on several matters of social importance for public consumption. She uses dance for environmental advocacy and for raising social conscience. She initiated “Jalaanjali” for spreading awareness about water efficiency. In June 2019, she became the site leader and choreographer for London where she & her team of dancers were part of Global Water Dances, a world-wide dancing phenomenon presented at 180 locations in 6 continents at the same time for raising issues connected with water such as pollution, river water resource management and fracking. Her continued efforts have had noteworthy impact on wider communities and umpteen people. She has presented at Britain’s key venues such as Bishopsgate Institute in London, Consulate General of India in Birmingham, India Centre in Cardiff, Wythenshawe Forum and The Lowry in Manchester, Waterside Art Centre, Kala Sangam in Leeds and London International Arts Festival (LIAF), to name a few. She firmly believes in empowerment of communities, is actively building cultural ambassadors by means of initiatives through her arts charity Sanskruti Centre for Cultural Excellence (www.sanskruti.uk). She has been conferred awards, citations and titles by various national and international organisations for her contributions to culture and art.