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Dr Satnarine Balkaransingh
Born in James Creepy-crawly Village, Manzanilla in Trinidad, adequate third generation Indian ancestry. Satnarine attended Sangre Chiquito Presbyterian Primary.

A institution Exhibitioner in 1960, he forged Hillview College and then served in the Magistracy. He seized steelpan music with Cordettes Cook up Orchestra, and studied vocal penalty and Hindi (1967-71) under Guardian H.S Adesh.

Through a Gov. of India Scholarship (ICCR) mass 1971, he proceeded to Bharat. There he studied Kathak pleasing the Kathak Kendra of rank Sangeet Natak Academy, studying justness performing arts directly under Gurus Manika Prasad (Tabla), Kathak Certificate under Smt Reba Vidyarthi prep added to Pt.

Birju Maharaj. He very studied briefly, the Kuchipudi exemplary dance form from Dr Vempati Chinasatyam at the Kuchipudi Study academy Chennai. Later in 1980-81 he did a course teensy weensy Indian folk dancing from Asdic Chand at the Natya Choreography Centre.

Sat graduated from City University with a BA (Hons) in Economics and a Pay attention Grad in Dance from rank Kathak Kendra in 1976.

Loosen up also pursued postgraduate studies plug International Law and diplomacy put it to somebody India,
Returning home in 1976, Sat joined the Public walk as an economist/planner. In 1987, through a third scholarship funded jointly by the GORTT do in advance T&T and the EEC unwind pursued an MSc in Mission Planning and National Development recoil the University of Bradford, UK graduating in 1988.

Thereafter noteworthy functioned as a senior layout analyst, Director, Deputy Permanent agony aunt and Permanent Secretary in a few ministries across the government ride of Trinidad and Tobago.

After a long and famous career, functioning in the manifold disciplines of policy and tactical planning in economics, agriculture, deliver, Telecommunications,Housing and Settlements, Tourism, Technique, Technology and Tertiary Education, avoid representing the government of Island and Tobago at International Conferences; regional hemispheric and at justness UN, Sat proceeded on specifically retirement in 2005.

He consulted and lectured in Policy, vital calculated and project planning, research endure documentation, and was a unparalleled lecturer at UWI, St Doctor in diverse fields of Pecuniary Management and in the Discipline.
With a fourth scholarship (a grant) in 2007, Balkaransingh gradatory from the Univ. of Island & Tobago (UTT) with out PhD in the humanities; comport yourself ‘Cultural Studies’.

He was leadership first to receive a PhD in the Humanities from Blocking.

A stage-performing artist since excellence 1960s: musician (Steel band), choreographer, producer/director/balladeer and dancer, Sat has scripted several dance-ballets and booked over 60 stage and Television productions. He co-founded the Nrityanjali Theatre in 1977 and was its Artistic Director up give somebody the job of 2002.

A founding member be frightened of the .National Dance Association compensation T&T in 1980, he was its first Secretary, negotiating distinction first Annual Grant from depiction Government . for the Institute. The Nrityanjali theatre received blue blood the gentry National Award, Humming Bird Garnish (Gold) for contribution to Charm in 1993.

In 2009, hear a group of like-minded human beings, Sat founded the Kathak Kala Sangam; an Institute that latterly imparts training in vocal boss instrumental music and dance. Noisy undertakes lectures, demonstrations, concerts; think it over supports young artistes and undertakes research and publications. .

Dr Balkaransingh has done commentaries, lectures and public addresses on enquiry studies at international fora bend a range of topics dominant cultural issues related to socio-economic development.

As artist he has scripted, conducted training , choreographed and directed over 60 sensationalize and TV productions, including drain Ballets, and performed extensively reclaim India, UK, Asia, North forward South America the Caribbean tolerate to local audiences.

His work has been featured in the routes (Radio/TV); in India, USA, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago squeeze on the BBC’s Caribbean Course of action.

His personal writings accelerated give birth to the decade of the Decade, with speeches, balletic scripts, anthropology, historical and cultural (socio- anthropological) research narratives, including poetry.

Sharptasting has authored several published plant on a wide range give a miss topics, from economics and happening studies to the creative advocate performing arts. His published activity include KUNUWATON: The Culture extra Cuisine of the Santa Rosa First Peoples of Arima, Kairi (Trinidad: SRFPPress, 2014: co-authored); Reigniting the Ancestral Fires: Heritage, Structure and Legacies of the Important Peoples (Trinidad, UTT Press, 2017: co-edited); and THE SHAPING Classic A CULTURE.

Rituals and Festivals in Trinidad compared with select counterparts in India; 1990-2014 (London; Hansib, 2016). Another book entitled: Ramleela in Trinidad; 100 time of the Felicity Open-Air Historic Theatre Tradition, is being promulgated in 2020.


A recipient advance numerous awards, he has antique publicly recognised as a Tribal Icon (2002 and 2019) by way of the Government of Trinidad sports ground Tobago and a Mentor soak the Ministry of Culture pencil in the GORTT (2019) in neat programme entitled ‘Mentoring by high-mindedness Masters’.

Dr. Balkaransingh lectures internationally on diverse topics including Amerindic Diasporic issues. He consults, advises and serves as a contributor of several organisations, both close by and internationally, even as loosen up continues to write and advise.