Mangaluru : Disharag Shetty, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru performed a Bharathanatyam Dance in a programme which was organized by Sri Devi Temple, Malaysia in association with Sri Vani Nruthya Kala Kendra, Ujire on 8 June 2018 held at Koulampur, Malaysia.

She is a dance student of Smt Shantha Padvatnaya, Sri Vani Nruthya Kala Kendra Ujire. Principal, Fr Dr Praveen Martis S.J. applauded her performance and said that it is a matter of pride that the college has a faculty like Ms Disharag.

Disharag is a bharatanatyam dancer and Yakshagana artiste too. She is very much interested in both these arts right from her childhood. Her parents supported her and her twin sister Dr. Deenamanju for their interest in these fields. Both of them have performed Yakshagana programmes in Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala every year especially during Lakshadeepotsava and the programme organised in honour of Coronation Ceremony of Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade. Besides this, she is to deliver religious lecture to the public. She is successfully choreographs for the Yakshagana programmes too. She says that her husband Vineet Shetty’s support helped her to perform in Malaysia.

Above all, Disharag has secured ‘Best Paper Presenter Award’ for her work on ‘Twins’. During her student life, she has given many stage programmes and received awards. Besides this, she has actively involved all the programmes organized by the College. She is a proud daughter of Dinesh Shetty and Sarika Shetty.