# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ananda-shankar-jayant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:58:32.188Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ananda-shankar-jayant"
name: "Ananda Shankar Jayant"
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description: "Ananda Shankar Jayant is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, scholar and bureaucrat, known for her proficiency in the classical dance forms of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. She is the first woman officer in the Indian Railway Traffic Service on South Central Railway and her 2009 TED talk is ranked among the top twelve Incredible TED talks on cancer. She is a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Kalaimamani Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu and Kala Ratna Award of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for her contributions to arts."
tagline: "Indian dancer, choreographer and dance scholar"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1961-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump