M.D.A. is a Chicago based, registered non-profit organization promoting education of Classical Indian Dance instruction to everyone of all ages. Guru is a Performing Arts graduate from MS University of Baroda, Gujarat, 1991. She received extensive Kalakshetra style BharataNatyam instruction from Guru C.V. Chandrasekhar of Chennai. Since it’s inception in 1993, the academy has now grown to hundreds of pupils having performed countless local, state and national community events.