Namita Debroy is the founder and director of Nritya Bharati School of Kathak Dance, established in 1998 in Brisbane with 2 branches at Hamilton and Sunnybank Hills. An accomplished Kathak dancer, she was ranked first (East Zone) in her Bachelors in Performing Arts (Lucknow University), trained under the instruction of Pt Bihari Lal Singh and Dr. Uma Shankar Chakravarty.

Since coming to Australia she has performed in various cultural program organised by NGOs and State Government, multi-cultural and fund-raising programmes in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Townsville, as well as Woodford Folk Festival.

Namita is the guru of this year’s Rising Star Award winner in Kathak dance, Ku Sheena Rinky Bala, and will be giving Padhant for that performance.