Ramya Ranganathan Srinivas is a dancer, choreographer, guru, organizer, and promoter of youth talent and is the propagator of DEVANRITYAM – experience of the inner exploration, a divine form of Dance as derived from the VEDAs and AGAMAS. Ramya Ranganathan Srinivas is the creative arts director of AMBA ANANDESHWARI KALALAYA AZ wing where numerous students and aspiring performers of the future generations are trained and promoted as performers in Devanrityam & Bharatanatyam. Ramya Ranganathan Srinivas is an engineer by profession and has a Masters in Electronics engineering from University of Southern California with a specialization in multimedia and creative arts technologies. She is employed at Intel and is currently wearing the validation architect hat for Internet of Things group at Intel. She loves travelling and spending time with her husband and 3 kids.

Ramya during her growing years had seen how so many of the promising young artists dropout from their art forms as they enter their high school due to Priority shifts, lack of time and perceived financial burden. Her passion for the youth artists development made her think in innovative and meaningful ways that would promote the arts among youth. In the year 2015, Ramya Ranganathan Srinivas started an exclusive youth artist promotion event called “Jagadananda KArakA” where performing youth artists who are a role model to the community in pursuing their art forms are invited to come and present in front of a huge audience. This is a ticketed event, and the funds are used towards the event expenses and to felicitate the performing artists. This event is being run 5 years in a row amidst COVID Pandemic and has been the most awaited event in the valley. The success of Jagadananda kArakA kindled the desire to create a greater powerful platform for the youth which then inspired her to form YADA – Youth Artists Development Association a 501c3 nonprofit organization headquartered in AZ. YADA empowers youth artists to stay passionate in their art form by showing them the purpose. It provides a platform for youth artists to come together to ignite their passion and enrich their experiences in various art forms. In 2020-21, YADA hosted a number of live events, chamber concerts, global Zoom events, workshops, Yoga/Meditation Sessions, and multitude of Do-It-Daily sessions. This lead to the creation of www.YADATV.org , a unique online portal to showcase all of YADA events. In 2020, for the first time in USA YADA hosted Margazhi YUVA Utsav during the month of Dharnur Masam/December-January that brought in youth artists from across the globe on the global virtual platform. Also, YADA conducted YUVA Tyagaraja Aradhana in March that celebrated the greatness of Saint Tyagaraja and his divine compositions. YADA hopes to continue this mega events year after year.

Another unique event of YADA is the ANANDOTSAV , the brain child of my Guru Dr Ranjani Ganesan Ramesh – an offering of various art forms to the divine giving a wholistic experience in understanding the divine energy. The offerings commence with Veda Seva (origin of sound patterns), and proceed to Vadya seva (invoking the divine naadam), Gayana Seva (expressing the divine through our vocal chords), Chithra Seva (exploring the divine visually), Nritya Seva (expressing the divine form through our body). There will be illustrative and interaction experiences through sathvaArtha Saras and Sambhashana which serves as the food for thought and stitching the various expressions of art forms giving an enhancing experience. YADA is proud to have hosted 101 editions of Anandotsav till date and will continue to host Anandotsav as an integral feature of YADA events.

At the 54th edition of Anandotsav, we were graced with the divine presence of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetadhipathi Jagadguru Shri Vijayendra Saraswathi Sankaracharya Swamigal and received His Holiness Anugraha Bhashanam (divine blessing words) to protect, preserve and propagate the culture and tradition of our Sanatana dharma. This triggered a new movement called Bharat Heritage Organization (www.bhogl.org), a 5013c non profit organization to bring in a revived perspective to our Bharat culture , traditions, Agamas , Arts and Architecture of Bharat Heritage.