Sangita Chatterjee is an Artist and believes that we should not feel low about our failures but embrace them and learn from them.

Sangita Chatterjee is a professional Kathak dancer. She is the Artistic Director of Kalpataru Arts. Sangita shares that Kalpataru Arts is a socio-cultural organization that promotes Indian Art and Culture among youth and the world. They aim to preserve and propagate the rich heritage of India.

Sangita was born in Kolkata and brought up in Delhi. She started training for Kathak at the age of six under Smt. Vaswati Misra and also at the Kathak Kendra. She trained for around 20 years in this field.

Sangita did her schooling in Delhi. Then she pursued B.A. and M.A. in Tourism Management. However, her passion was Dance, and she continued with it as well. To strengthen her passion, she also did an M.A. in Kathak Dance.

She started teaching Dance in a reputed institute in Delhi. However, she left the same for better career opportunities. She was empaneled under the Ministry of External Affairs and then by the cultural organization, Spic Macay. She then started Kalpataru Arts in 2009 and has been running the same.

Sangeets says that the best part of her profession is that she gets to travel a lot. She has traveled and performed in more than thirty countries and feels that the emotions for Art and Culture are universal.

During the Covid Lockdown, Sangita started documenting her emotions and feelings about Dance and shot a twelve-minute film out of it. It was also showcased at In/Motion Dance Film Festival at Chicago.

Talking about her inspirations, Sangita gives the topmost position to her mother who supported her art and saw a zeal for dance in Sangeeta. She also feels mesmerized seeing her Guru Smt. Vaswati Misra perform Kathak and is highly motivated by her.

Sangita says that she has failed many times in life and advises everyone  not to cling to failure. We should learn to learn from our failures and perfect the art of converting them into opportunities. She says that we should be kind to our failures and strict to our successes.

Sangita feels that Leadership is something that empowers you. A leader should be inspiring and should set examples for their peers. A leader should ignite the hidden potential of a person and let it shine.

If given a Time Machine, Sangita would like to pursue professional singing as her mother was a Singer and wanted Sangita also to be one.

When not dancing, Sangita likes to read, create her own inspirational quotes and also paint a little.