Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre Staff
Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre Faculty
Mr. Viveka Nand
Indian Classical Instrumental: Tabla, Harmonium & Vocal
Viveka Nand has been a regular an active student of the ICC in Suva since its inception in 1972.At present; Mr.Nand is a faculty as Indian Classical Instrumental in ICC Suva. His major interest has been in the area of light classical vocal music and also of instrumental music, Harmonium, Tabla and Sitar (Percussion). He is a proficient and talented teacher in the field of both, Vocal and Instrumental music. Previously, he has worked for 5 years as a part time tutor at the University of the South Pacific from year 2000 and in Fiji College of Advance as a Guest Lecturer in Indian Music. Mr. Nand has been teaching in ICC Suva since October 2008.
Ms. Kavitha Sudarshan
Indian Classical Vocal: Carnatic Music
Ms Sudarshan, teaching in ICC, Suva since February 2009. She was born in Kozhikode, Kerala and has been trained in Carnatic Classical Music. She is a disciple of Shri Nedumangadu Sasidharan Nair who is an accomplished A-Grade artist with the All India radio and Doordarshan. Kavita is also an A-Grade artist in both light and classical music. She has performed extensively with eminent playback singers like Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, Chitra. Mrs. Sudarshan has a number of CD recordings to her credit. She is a versatile singer who sings in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Fijian and English.
Mr. Avijeet Chakravarty
Indian Classical Dance: Kathak
Mr. Avijeet Chakravarty is a Kathak Dance Teacher-cum-Performer from India at the Centre since 16 September 2025. He has learning experience from the age of four years under the mentorship of Lucknow Gharana’s Dr. Prof. Ranjana Srivastava, Dr. Prof. Vidhi Nagar and Banaras Gharana’s Padmashree Nalini and Kamalini ji. He has a degree of master of Music (Kathak Dance) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has been performing on stage since 1984 and has an experience of teaching Kathak dance more than 20 years. He has also worked as Kathak Dance Teacher-cum-Performer at Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Seoul, South Korea in 2021-2022.
Ms. Sidhorna Rao
Indian Classical Dance: Bharatnatyam
Ms Sidhorna Rao is a Faculty for Bharatnatyam in ICC Suva. She studied Bharatnatyam under the guidance of Padmashree Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan who is the household name in Bharatnatyam in India at Ganesh Natyalaya in New Delhi and graduated as a Bharatnatyam Performer and Teacher through ICCR scholarship. She has vast experience of teaching in the respective field. Since last 10 years, Ms. Rao has taught Bharatnatyam at Fiji Multi Ethnic Cultural Centre. Ms. Rao has been teaching in ICC since February 2011.
