Dr.Debaldev Jana

Dance Research :

Presently involve in a new arena of research work “Multimedia Analysis of Indian Classical Dance: The Case of Bharatanatyam Adavu's” in collaboration with Prof. Partha Pratim Das, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. We particularly choose Bharatanatyam (one of the eight Indian classical dance forms) for its discrete nature, well-defned geometric forms, precise body movement, suitability to capture by low-cost sensors like Kinect 1.0 and the modeling and analysis by various image processing, computer vision,machine learning algorithms and finally formulate its mathematical model and validation of observed result with the model result. To keep the problems tractable we further restrict to the Adadu's that are formative units of Bharatanatyam.

The journey of a little boy-Debaldev Jana on the path of Bharatanatyam started at his childhood age at Tamluk-a small town which is 100 km far from Kolkata-the city of joy. He was introduced to the universe of Bharatanatyam by the influence of his mother Smt. Amita Jana and his first teacher Guru Sri Debabrata Chakraborty and under his guidance he learned the basics of Bharatanatyam.From the beginning of the days, he showed outstanding skill, promises and commitment to dance. Also he was a rank holder student of Tamluk Hamilton High School-a historically famous school. He was trained in science subjects with special emphasis on Mathematics under his father Sri Kishori Mohan Jana. From that time he was a very regular participant at different events of his school and Tamluk town and gradually became an adorable performer-student. From his childhood, he had also very keen interest and mature quality in painting also.

After successful completion of his Secondary and higher Secondary education with 20th rank under West Bengal Board in Science stream, he admitted to the Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University for his graduation study and eventually shifted to Kolkata from Tamluk. By his first dance teacher’s instruction he came to the tutelage of famous Bharatanatyam teachers-Guru Kalamandalam V. R. Venkitt and Smt. PreethaVenkitt and still this learning process is continuing with trust and grace. From then gradually Debaldev is blooming himself as a promising, talented and committed Bharatanatyam dancer. Along with his Bharatanatyam education, he successfully completed B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD in Mathematics from Jadavpur University with skill and repute.He continued his postdoctoral research work in Nonlinear Dynamics at VisvaBharati University, Santiniketan and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. He is the recipient of prestigious Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship by UGC, govt. of India and NBHM (National Board of Higher Mathematics) by Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India postdoctoral fellowships. After that from 2016 August he is working as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Department of Mathematics and SRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. After coming to Chennai, he comes to the tutelage of Kalaimamani Guru ThanjavurHerembanathan Pillai for grasping the depth knowledge about the ThanjavurBani.

As an acknowledged master of the complex and difficult art of Bharatanatyam, Debaldev has already carved a niche for himself. To see his graceful and lucid movements on stage is to believe in the power of art in his, the frozen icons of Thanjavur, Chidambaram and hundreds of other Tamilnadu temples have found a consummately able interpreter and performer. Abhinaya or interpretative dance is his forte where he excels in the varying nuances of a composition. His flawless execution of the brilliant and difficult choreography establishes a spontaneous rapport with the connoisseurs of the genre. Dr. Debaldev Jana performs as a Graded artist ofDoordarshan and empaneledartist of ICCR, New Delhi. Already he has performed at many prestigious platforms all over the globe including Natyanjali-Chidambaram, BrahanNatyanjali-Thanjavur, ChinnaMelam-Thanjavur, Uday Shankar Dance Festival-Kolkata,Siddhendra Dance Festival-Kuchipudi village, Ghoongur Dance Festival-Agartala, Bishnupur Festival-West Bengal, Navadit Festival by EZCC-Jalpaiguri, Naveen Kalakar Festival-Bhubaneswar, Bali Yatra Festival-Cuttack, SangeetNatakAkademy’s Festival-Trivandrum, Silparamam-Hyderabad, Parampara-Guwahati, Nrityakalpa by Saptaswa-Tezpur, World Dance Day Festival by Natarani-Ahmedabad, NatarajDance Festival-Visakhapattanam, UttarparaSangeet Chakra-West Bengal, Saptakby Vivekananda Kendra-Guwahati, Tripurasundari Dance and Music Festival, Udaipur, Tripura, ICCR Horizon Series, India Habitat Center-New Delhi, Nehru Centre-London, Ramakrishna Mission-Tokyo etc. He is a very regular performer at the cultural events of different International Conferences in India through this he can synchronize his Science and Dance. He extensively performed at International conference of Dynamical System and its Application, organized by Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Indian Biodiversity Meet, Kolkata, jointly organized by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and Biomathematical Society of India, International Conference on Environmental Biology and Ecological Modelling, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, National Symposium on Comparative Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology, organized by Department of Zoology, VisvaBharati etc. He is winner of many competitions including West Bengal State Music Academy, Youth Festival etc. and recipient of many awards-National NrutyaBhushan Award 2009 by UtkalYuvaSanskruti Sangha, Natya Kumar Award, 2013 by Nataraj Dance and Music Academy, Vizag, NrutyaKowmudhi Award, The National Youth Dancer Award, 2013 by AbhinayNrutyaBharati, Hyderabad, Yuvakalaratna Award, 2015 by Sri Sai ManjeeraKuchipudi Art Academy, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, NatyaBhushan Award-2018 by Sri SaradaKalasamithi-Akividu (Andhra Pradesh) etc. Dr. Debaldev Jana has an excellent skill in choreography also.

PresentlyDr.Debaldev Janais exploring a new arena of research work “Multimedia Analysis of Indian Classical Dance: The Case of Bharatanatyam Adavu's” in collaboration with Prof. ParthaPratim Das, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. They particularly choose Bharatanatyam (one of the eight Indian classical dance forms) for its discrete nature, well-defined geometric forms, precise body movement, suitability to capture by low-cost sensors like Kinect 1.0 and the modeling and analysis by various image processing, computer vision, machine learning algorithms and finally formulate its mathematical model and its validation with the performance data.

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