PERSONAL DETAILS:

Father’s Name : Gobinda Saikia
Guru’s Name : Gobinda Saikia (Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee 2022)
Duration of training : Formal training since the age of 6 yrs
Permanent Address : Sankar Path Opp BSF Camp, House no – 4 Gita Nagar,
Guwahati 21. Pin – 781021
Date of Birth : 12th November 1989
Religion : Hinduism
Nationality : Indian
Gender : Female
Profession : Assistant Professor in the Department of Performing Arts at
Majuli University of Culture, Majuli, Assam

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
● Graduated B.com from Gauhati Commerce College 2011
● Graduated M.com (Accountancy) from Gauhati University 2015
● Graduated M.A in Performing Arts (Sattriya Dance) from Dibrugarh University 2016
● Qualified NET in 2017, 2018, 2019
● Qualified for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, 2022

OTHER QUALIFICATION:
1. Passed “Gunin” of sattriya Dance from Sangit Satra Pariksha Parishad with Distinction under the guidance of Adhyapak Gobinda Saikia.

WORK HISTORY:
1. Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Performing Arts, Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyala from 30th July 2019 -26th May 2023.
2. Worked as Head(i/c) of the Department of Performing Arts, Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyala from 25th April 2022 -26th May 2023.
3. Presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Performing Arts, Majuli University of Culture, Majuli, Assam from 28th May 2023

Awards and Achievements:

1. Received Scholarship from Sangeet Natak Akademi, 2003
2. National Scholarship holder for Sattriya dance from Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Govt. of India, 2004
3. National Scholarship holder in Sattriya dance by Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, New Delhi,2011
4. Awarded “PERONA BOTA - 2017” from “Uttar Purvanchal Perona Samonnoy Unnayan Charitable Trust”, on 19th March 2017.
5. Awarded “PADMABATI RASTRIYA YUVA PRATIVA PURASKAR, at Jayadev Rastriya Samaroh, Bhubaneswar on 9th June 2017 for Sattriya Dance.
6. Empaneled artist at Spicmacay in the field of sattriya dance for Workshop Demonstration in 2018
7. Selected in the panel of artist for participation in Festival of India Abroad Cell in P-Promising category
by Ministry of Culture, Government of India 2017
8. Listed in the TOP 10 Best Dance 2017 by THE NEW YORK TIMES chief dance critic Alastair
Macaulay for the performance at IAACs Erasing Borders festival of Indian dance 2017 hosted by
Battery Dance Company
9. Conferred the title "NATYASREE" by Sabha at Salmiya, Kuwait on 25th February 2019
10. UGC Fellowship holder (NFOBC) for the year 2019-20
11. ‘B’ Grade Artsit for Sattriya dance by Prasar Bharati, Doordarshan, Guwahati, 2023

OTHER INSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

• Member (Subject Expert), Board of Studies in Programme of Performing Arts, Faculty of Humanm ities and Social Sciences, Assam down town University, January 2023 (for 2 years)

PERFORMANCES (ABROAD) (SOLO)
1. Erasing Borders: Festival of Indian Dance, New York organized by Indo American Arts Council
hosted by Battery dance Company on 15th Aug 2017
2. Performed in 15th Sabha “BALAM” in Kuwait on 25.02.2019

IMPORTANT PERFORMANCES (NATIONAL) (SOLO)
1. Performed at "Nritya Prava” on 07.09.2009 at Rabindra Bhawan, organised by Assam cultural
Affairs.
2. Performed sattriya under the “Horizon Series” organized by ICCR on 23.01.2012.
3. Performed in “Ranga Harsha” on 20.01.2017 in Mumbai organized by Somaiya Vidyavihar and
Navaneetham Cultural Trust.
4. Performed in “Taj Mahotsav” on 27.03.2017 at Agra organized by Agra Tourism.
5. Performed in Jayadev Rastriya Samaroh, Bhubaneswar on 09.06.2017
6. IIDF, Bhubaneswar on 23.07.2017
7. Uday Sankar Dance Festival, Kolkata organized by West Bengal State Music Academy -
information's and Cultural Affairs department West Bengal on 12.12.2017
8. Durgapur dance and music festival, Organized by Nritya Britta Batayan, Durgapur on
13.01.2018
9. Namomi Ram2, the festival of Classical Dances on Ram Katha, on 17.02.2018, at JALPAIGURI
(West Bengal).
10. Performed in Kala Utsaavam organized by Thejaswini in collaboration with Cultural Affairs
Guwahati on 8.11.2018.
11. Performed in Gowri National Cultural Festival, Palakkad on 8.02.2019
12. Performed at Nritya Parva, Guwahati organised by Sangeet Natak Akademi on 15.11.2019
13. Performed in Navapallava (an initiative by SPIC MACAY) on 10th may 2020 (virtual) hosted by
Mohiniattam exponent, Dr Sunanda Nair
14. Performed in IPAF (financially supporting artists via digital programs) on 24th Jan 2022
15. Performed in International Sree Sankara Dance and Music Festival 2022 Kalady on 22nd July
2022
16. Performed at IIC Double Bill Dance Recitals, New Delhi on 8th Nov 2023
17. Performed in the closing day of 100-Day World’s Biggest Bharath Nritholsav-2024, Peringottukara Devasthanam, Thrissur on 16th June 2024

PERFORMANCES in Duet, Trio and Group
1. Participated in the “Classical Dance Festival” organized by the North-East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur held at Mokokchang on 3rd & 4th Aug.1999.
2. Participated in the cultural programme under interstate culture exchange Scheme in “Motidaman” Daman from 27 April to 4th may, 2002.
3. Participated in the 3rd conference “Majuli Suraksha Abhijan” in Rabindra Bhawan, on 27th may 2002.
4. Participated in cultural programme in honour of the parliamentary standing committee on Labour Welfare 2002.
5. Participated in “Nitya Parva” on 2002, 2003, 2011 and 2021 in Guwahati organized by Sangeet Natak Akademi.
6. Participated in a cultural show organized for Indo-Bhutan Friendship at Rabindra Bhawan on 19th January, 2003 in collaboration with Bhutan Govt.
7. Performed in the Program organized by the Agrological Social of India in District Library
Auditorium Hall on 20th January 2003.
8. Performed at Katha Utsav in New Delhi on 28 April 2005,
9. Eastern Zonal Centre (EZCC) Ministry of cultural Govt. of India Program on “Guru Sishya
Parampara Scheme” from 7thto 9th November, 2005 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake,
Kolkata.
10. Performed at Republic Day at Shillong Governor House, Shillong, and 26.01.2010.
11. Participated in “Sprit of North East” in Delhi 2009.
12. Performed in “Asom Sahitya Sabha” Dhemaji, on 17.02.2009.
13. Performed dance at “Asom Prasang” in Bhopal on 12th & 13th December 2009.
14. Performed in “Octave Festival” Goa organised by Sangeet Natak Akademi,12.11.2011.
15. Performed in “World Tea Science Congress” in Toklai, Jorhat on 22.12.2011.
16. Performed in “Khajuraho” festival on 3rdfebruary 2012 in Khajuraho.
17. Performed in “International Trade Fair” 2012, New Delhi.
18. Performed in “Sangeet Madhuri” on 28.12.13 organized by Govt. of Assam, cultural affairs at Rabindra bhawan, Guwahati.
19. Performed in “Sattriya Mahotsav” in Duliajan Oil club organized by Sattriya Kendra Guwahati on 21.03.2014.
20. Performed in “National Seminar on Recent Trends in Fundamental and Applied Chemical
Sciences” (RTFACS-2014) organized by department of chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh 2014.
21. Performed in “Nahor”, North east Inter University organized by Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
2015.
22. Performed at “International Conference on Harnessing the Himalayan Plant Diversity for human welfare & 4th Indian National Seminar of Anrap Plants in Diabetes: Prospects and Challenges”, 2015 Dibrugarh.
23. Participated in “Nitya Parva” on 2009 in Guwahati organized by Sangeet Natak Akademy. (Duet with Partha Pratim)
24. Participated in “Nitya Parva” on 15.11.2013 in Guwahati organized by Sangeet Natak Akademy (Duet with Sangita Phukan)
25. Performed in ‘Nritya Tandav’ on 15th March 2020 organized by Shatabdi Nrityayan, Jalpaiguri. (Trio)
26. Participated in “9th Ankita Naam Samaroh”at Barpeta on 05.03.2017 organised by Sangeet Natak
Akademi and Sattriya Kendra Guwahati under the guidance of Gunakar Goswami (Theatre
personality)
27. Participated in the Octave festival 2025 on 8th March 2025, at Ravindra Bhawan, Sankhali, Goa under the
joint collaboration of the department of Art and Culture, Goa and the West Zone Cultural Centre,
Udaipur.

YOUTUBE LINKS :
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Reviews
"... Her demonstration was charmingly communicative... and with long varied phrases she seamlessly joined mime gestures with dance steps. This was ideal advocacy for sattriya... "
- The New York Times
"... I've never seen it so stunningly shown".
- By Alastair Macaulay
" Dimple Saikia's performance at the IAAC's Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance 2017, listed in the 'TOP 10 BEST DANCE OF 2017" by The New York ".
- Indo-American Arts Council