Our Instructors

Amit Patel

Amit Patel began training in dance with Mona Khan and performed for three years with Naach as a dancer in the professional troupe. He went on to become an instructor....... More

Amrita Bhuj

Amrita Bhuj has studied Bollywood dance since she was eight years old with various instructors of the Mona Khan Company! She continues to pursue her passion...... More

Anu Varshneya

Anu studied Bharatnatyam for three years in Kala Vandana, under Guru Sundara Swaminathan in Fremont, when she was merely five years old...... More

Anya Mathur

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archana Ganesan

Archana Ganesan learnt Bharatnatyam in Chennai, India, under Lalitha Sreenivasan for 2 years and Swarnamalya Ganesh for 4 years. As a child, she used to....... More

Chitra Selvaraj

Chitra Selvaraj has been teaching variations of Bollywood Aerobics and Strength Training since 2006.She has taught fitness classes at various fitness....... More

Deepak Sinha

Deepak Sinha trained at the Shiamak Davar Institute for Performing Arts for two years. He came in as a student in 2009 and within one quarter he became a part of...... More

Divya Patel

Divya has been learning Bollywood dance since 2005, but has always had a music and rhythm in her blood. She began training in fitness under Mona Khan ...... More

Ishika Seth

Ishika Seth obtained a B.A. in dance from San Jose State University with a specialization in modern dance and extensive study of Ballet, Jazz, Yoga...... More

Janani Chalaka

Janani’s story shows that it is never too late to follow your passion. Even though she had no professional training, Janani was initiated...... More

Krishna Basude

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

Manuwela Kanade

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

Mishu Sharma

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monika Ramaswamy

Monika began her training as a student, in the year 2000 in Bangalore, India, at the Shiamak Davar Institute for the Performing Arts (SDIPA). She progressed to become...... More

Montre Bhiwandiwala

Montre began her journey in dance at the age of seven, beginning with Indian Folk Dances at her school for two years and going on to train at the Shiamak Davar....... More

Namitha Palasamudram

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

Nikita Thareja

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

Nishtha Bhatia

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

Pranjal Deo

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

Prapti Patel

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

Priya Aggarwal

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reema Kakaday

Reema Kakaday started training in Tap and Jazz when she was four years old, for a period of five years. She began taking Bollywood Dance classes with......More

Reena D. Shah

Reena Desai Shah trained under her mother, Heena Desai, in traditional Gujarati Folk dance since she was four years old. Together, they founded...... More

Rekha Pai

Rekha Pai has studied and performed Bharatnaytam and Kuchipudi for over twenty-five years. She began her training in Bharatnatyam under Guru Smt. Thankamani Kutty...... More

Ria Marathe

Ria first started dancing at the tender age of four with Joanne Brown Dancers, taking Tap, Jazz, and Ballet classes. She continued training in Ballet for eight years...... More

Rishi Iyer

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sangeeta Hill

In 2004, Sangeeta Hill saw Mona Khan dance on stage at a show in Hayward and it was like a light bulb went off inside in head! She had an epiphany and told herself:...... More

Sanjana Baldwa

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shefali Verma

Shefali began dancing with the Aavartan Dance School under the artistic director, Vinita Kumar, for two years. She went on to join....... More

Shelly Rojas

Shelly Rojas has been teaching fitness and dance since 1996 and has been a Fitness & Aerobics Director for various gyms in the Bay Area....... More

Shobana Shankar

Shobana Shankar joined Naach as part of the professional troupe in 2008 and went on to become an integral part of Mona Khan Company...... More

Shreya Krishnan

Shreya Krishnan studied Bharatnatyam for 3 years in Bangalore and in 2004 she joined Naach as a dancer and instructor....... More

Sonal Gokhale

Since she was three years old, Sonal has been a huge fan of Madhuri Dixit, and has been dancing to her songs! She studied Kathaks.......More

Sonali Singh

Assistant Instructor

 

 

 

 

 

Sonam Singh

Sonam Singh began training in dance when she was eight years old, studying Kathak with Pandit Chitresh Das and Charlotte Moraga .......More

Sumana Mannem

Assistant Instructor