Mira Misra Kaushik OBE

Mira Misra Kaushik OBE

Artistic Director, Akademi

UK

Mira Misra Kaushik OBE is the Director of a London-based award-winning South Asian dance organisation in its 40th year. In the last three decades, Mira has taken Indian dance to hundreds of schools, communities, hospitals, unconventional and iconic places in the UK. In 2007, Mira was awarded an Honorary Order of the British Empire (OBE). Her most recent dance theatre production, The Troth – Usne Kaha Tha, is a widely acclaimed and moving tribute to India’s sacrifices in World War I. This project was an outcome of a true UK-India partnership as creative, political and bureaucratic establishments from both the countries came together to create, fund and support 45 shows in a year. Our British partners included Arts Council, British Council, British Army, Imperial War Museum and National Army Museum. The Indian counterparts were Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ministries of External Affairs and Culture, three state governments, National School of Drama Delhi, President’s House and more. Recently, Mira was invited by the Institute of Soft Power, Bangalore to speak at a conference held at New Delhi. Her