Committee Members of Indian Fine Arts Academy

Given below are the names of the Board of Trustees and Executive & Operations Committee members of the Indian Fine Arts Academy. If you would like to contact IFAA, please send an email to info@ifaadfw.org

Board of Trustees

Lalitha Seshadri, Founding Trustee
Suchetha Raghavan, Trustee
Murali Bala, Ex-President

Committee (Executive & Operations)

Shanthi Murali, President
Sri Sridharan, Vice President
Santhi Mahadevan, Secretary
Usha Amble, Treasurer
Meena Bharadwaj, Committee Member
Bala Krishnamoorthi, Committee Member
Bhavani Sundar, Committee Member
Nithya Krishnamoorthi, Committee Member
Valli Kadamati, Committee Member
Vishi Venkat, Committee Member


Lalitha Seshadri Lalitha Seshadri
Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Lalitha Seshadri, one of the Founders of IFAA, has been a patron of Carnatic Music in the DFW Metroplex. She is a Grade A artist in India. Her contribution in spreading Carnatic Music in the metroplex and encouraging young and upcoming artists is phenomenal. Being a vocalist, she has performed for Indian Fine Arts Academy on many occasions. The annual Thyagaraja Aradhana is conducted under her leadership. She is a disciple a Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Dr. Balamurali Krishna. She has been singing since 1951 and still performing in India and abroad.
Phone : (972) 416-4490

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Suchetha Raghavan Suchetha Raghavan
Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Suchetha Raghavan is an avid music lover and the past-President of IFAA. She is a resident of Plano, who has been supporting IFAA since its inception in 1991.She was also the Secretary of IFAA in the previous term (2007-2008).She is trained in Classical Music and has participated in Thyagaraja Aradhana for several years.
Phone : (972) 422-0532

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Murali Bala Murali Bala
Ex-President, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Murali Bala, ex-president of IFAA has been in the committee since 2007. He has been deeply involved with a number of musical activities in the Dallas area as well as in other parts of the country. He is a percussionist who plays Mridangam and Thavil and has played in several temple functions all over the US..
Phone : (972) 608-2930

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Shanthi Murali Shanthi Murali
President, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Shanthi Murali is a passionate follower of Carnatic Music and Dance. She is an excellent event co-ordinator, who has organized a number of events in the DFW area. She is a great asset to the IFAA team.
Phone : (972) 618-7353

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Sri Sridharan Sri Sridharan
Vice-President, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Sridharan, a talented vocalist and veena player is a well respected member of our community. His professional approach to conducting organizational activities and knowledge of music & musicians is a valuable asset to our organization. He is activly engaged in other non-profit organizations that servers the community at large.
Phone : (972) 704-3005

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Santhi Mahadevan Santhi Mahadevan
Secretary , Indian Fine Arts Academy

Santhi is an avid rasika of carnatic music and has unending passion for it. She is a high graded artist of All India Radio, is a regular performer at the Chennai Music Festival since 2000. She is also a much sought after teacher of music in the DFW metroplex and the founder director of the Pranavam School of Music.
Phone : 972-678-0774

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Usha Amble Usha Amble
Treasurer, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Usha Amble, a keen rasika of Carnatic music and a long time resident of the DFW metroplex is an active member in the community voluteering in several non-profit organizations. Her far reaching contacts and a pragmatic approach to the conduct of business is an integral part of the smooth functioning of the organization..
Phone : 972-424-2919

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Meena Bharadwaj Meena Bharadwaj
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Meena is a long term resident of Dallas and an avid music lover. She partakes in several programs and is a major contributor to promote other non-profit organizations in the Dallas area.
Phone : 972-712-0815

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Bala Krishnamoorthi Bala Krishnamoorthi
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Bala Krishnamoorthi is the latest addition to our committee. An avid listener of carnatic music, he is also an adept web designer assisting in maintaining the web-site for IFAA.
Phone : (201) 850-9033

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Bhaani Sundar Bhavani Sundar
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy

An avid fan of Carnatic music and Indian classical dance. Interested in promoting the arts.
Phone : 214-227-0520

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Nithya Krishnamoorthi Nithya Krishnamoorthi
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy


Phone : 201-850-9032

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Valli Kadamati Valli Kadamati
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy

Valli is a music lover of both traditional and non-traditional music. She is a dedicated worker and has contributed a lot while participating in other programs and fund-raisers.
Phone : 972-377-4180

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Vishi Venkat Vishi Venkat
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy

A resident of Arlington, Tx since 2007. An avid listener and a rasika of classical music. Software Engineer by profession,
Phone : 817-366-7279

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