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Aruna Sanakkayala
Aruna may refer to: Religion and mythology * Aruna (Hinduism), the charioteer of Surya in Hinduism * Aruna (Hittite mythology), a Hittite sea god * Aruna Stambha, a monumental religious pillar in Puri, Odisha, India * Arunachala (''red mountain''), a shaivite holy site in Tamil Nadu, India People with family-name Aruna * Ade Aruna (born 1994), Nigerian player of American football * Aladi Aruna (1933–2004), Indian politician * D. K. Aruna (fl. 1994), Indian politician * Poongothai Aladi Aruna (born 1964), Indian politician * Quadri Aruna (born 1988), Nigerian table tennis player * Sanghapali Aruna (born 1979), Indian human rights activist People with the personal name Aruna * Aruna (singer) (born 1975), American musician * Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996), Indian educator, activist, and publisher * Aruna Balraj (fl. from 2006), Indian film actress * Aruna Biswas (fl. from 1986), Bangladeshi actress * Aruna Chaudhary (born 1957), Indian politician * Aruna Darshana (born 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna (Hinduism)
Aruna ( sa, अरुण ) is the charioteer of Surya (Sun god) in Hinduism. He is the elder brother of Garuda. Aruna and Garuda are the sons of Vedic sage Kashyapa and his wife Vinata, daughter of Prajapati Daksha. His children were Sampati and Jatayu. He is also found in Buddhism and Jainism literature and arts. Mythology Birth Aruna is found in different, inconsistent Indian legends. In the epic ''Mahabharata'',Mani p. 55 he was born prematurely and partially developed from an egg. According to this version, Kashyapa Prajapati's two wives Vinata and Kadru wanted to have children. Kashyapa granted them a boon. Kadru asked for one thousand 'Dirghadeha' (meaning long bodied) Nāga (serpent) sons, while Vinata wanted only two yet extremely strong 'Divyadeha' (meaning emitting golden aura from body). Kashyapa blessed them, and then went away to a forest. Later, Kadru gave birth to one thousand eggs, while Vinata gave birth to two eggs. These incubated for five hundred year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Dhathathreyan
Aruna Dhathathreyan is a Professor and Emeritus scientist at CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India. Her fields of work and research include biophysics, biophysical chemistry, and surface sciences. Education Dhathathreyan grew up and was schooled in New Delhi, India. Inspired by the science-fiction works of Jules Verne, she chose to pursue physics as her undergraduate field of study. With few options available to her in Delhi, Dhathathreyan moved to Chennai to study physics at Women's Christian College. In 1974, Dhathathreyan completed her undergraduate education and pursued a postgraduate degree at Madras Christian College. Following this, she completed her PhD in 1984, from the Department of Crystallography and Biophysics at the University of Madras. Accepted by the Max Planck Institute in Germany, Dhathathreyan spent six years working on her post-doctoral fellowship. Career Throughout her career, Dhathathreyan has worked under, and with, eminent scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Ramchandra Dhere
Aruna Ramchandra Dhere (Devanagari: अरुणा रामचंद्र ढेरे) (b. 2 Feb 1957) is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. She was the President of the 92nd Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held at Yavatmal in 2019. Education * B.A. Marathi, Gold medal winner, Pune University : 1977 * Bhartiya Vidya Padvika, Tilak Vidyapeeth : 1997 * M.A. Marathi, Gold medal winner, Pune University : 1979 * Ph.D., University of Pune : 1986 (Thesis : Archetypal criticism of post independence Marathi fiction.) Career Aruna Dhere has completed masters in art and a Ph.D. from Pune University in Marathi literature. She was a lecturer and producer in the Educational Media Research Center at Pune University during 1983-1988, and then had a short stint in the Maharashtra State Education Institution. She is daughter of Ramchandra Chintamani Dhere Ramchandra or Ramachandra may refer to: *Rama, the Ancient Indian king regarded as an incarnation of Vishnu *Ramachandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Raje
Aruna Raje (born 1946) is an Indian film director and editor known for her works in Hindi cinema. Early life Aruna Raje was born on 17 October in 1946 in Pune, India. Education and career Aruna enrolled initially at Grant Medical College in Pune to study medicine but later quit to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). She passed out of FTII with a gold medal in 1969 becoming the first trained woman technician in the industry. At the beginning of her career Aruna Raje worked jointly with her ex-husband Vikas Desai in the name of Aruna-Vikas. She co-edited acclaimed films like '' Giddh'' and '' Masoom''. The duo later took to direction making films like ''Shaque'', ''Gehrayee'' and ''Sitam''. After separating from her husband she began independent film-direction, making hard hitting feminist movies. She has also made national award-winning documentaries on the well-known classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai and special children, ''The New Paradigm''. She has won 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mucherla Aruna
Mucherla Aruna is an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films, mainly during the 1980s. Early life and career Mucherla Aruna was born in Kothagudem of Telangana into a family that belongs to Arjunudupalem, near Tanuku West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. She was brought up in Chennai and Hyderabad. Aruna made her debut in the Tamil film titled ''Kallukkul Eeram'' by Bharathiraja which was released in 1980. She has been frequently paired with actor Vijayakanth in '' Sivappu Malli'', '' Needhi Pizhaithathu'', ''Sattam Sirikkiradhu'', and '' Kanalukku Karaiyethu'' with Shankar . In some of the Tamil movies, she appeared as the second lead and supporting roles. She acted as Poornima Bhagyaraj's friend in ''Darling, Darling, Darling'' and as Sudhakar's sister in ''Pennin Vazhkai''. She acted with Karthik in suspense movie ''Kelviyum Naane Pathilum Naane'' which was released in 1982 where actress Srividya acted as an antagonist. Aruna Mucherla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Miller
Aruna Miller (née Katragadda; November 6, 1964) is an American politician who is the lieutenant governor-elect of Maryland. Miller, a Democrat, is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Legislative District 15 in Montgomery County. Miller ran for Congress in 2018 to represent Maryland's 6th congressional district, and lost the Democratic primary to David Trone by 9.3%, with 30.7% of the vote compared to Trone's 40.0%. In December 2021, Wes Moore chose Miller as his running mate in the Democratic primary of the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election. They won the Democratic nomination on July 19, 2022, and defeated Republican nominee Dan Cox and his running mate Gordana Schifanelli on November 8, 2022. Once sworn in, Miller will be the first South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States, the first Asian American lieutenant governor, and first immigrant to hold statewide office in Maryland and the second female lieutenant governor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Mohanty
Aruna Mohanty (born April 4, 1960) is an Odissi dancer, choreographer and guru. She is currently the Secretary of the Orissa (Odisha) Dance Academy. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the Padmashree award. Training Aruna Mohanty started her training in Odissi under Shrinath Rout and Gobinda Pal. In 1972 she started training under Gangadhar Pradhan. She has also received guidance in the dance form from Pankaj Charan Das, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Sanjukta Panigrahi and Sonal Mansingh. She has also received training in Odissi music from Nirmal Mohanty and Shantanu Das. Career Aruna Mohanty has nearly five decades of experience as a dancer and choreographer. Her choreographed works include ''Srushti O Pralay'' depicting the super cyclone that hit Odisha in 1999, ''Sravana Kumar, Kharavela, Jatra Baramasi, Gatha Odissi, Pratinayak, Krishna Sharanam,'' several Ashtapadis from Jayadeva's ''Gita Govinda'', and'' Siddhartha'' based on the novel of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Mishra
Aruna Mishra is a female Indian boxer. Her career highlights include gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...s in the 2003 Asian Championships, 2004 World Cup and the 2011 World Police and Fire Games. References Indian women boxers Living people Welterweight boxers 1979 births {{India-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Lama
Aruna Lama (9 September 19454 February 1998) was an Indian-born Nepali language singer from Darjeeling. She is popularly known as 'Nightingale of the Hills'. She sang hundreds of Nepali songs, including some for Nepali film, and left an indelible mark as one of the best singers in Nepali music. Biography Lama was born on 9 September 1945 at Ghoom Pahar, Darjeeling, British India to Nepali parents Surya Bahadur Lama and Sanmaya Lama. Her uncle C.B. Lama inspired her to sing from the age of 7. She won a music competition organized by the Gorkha Dukha Niwarak Sammelan (GDNS) in 1956 at the age of 11 and then she never looked back. Amber Gurung, one of the stalwarts of Nepali music, groomed her in singing from 1958. Aruna Lama did her schooling at Mungpoo Primary School, Jalpahar, and St. Teresa's School, Darjeeling. She completed her graduate degree in arts from Darjeeling Government College. In 1963, Aruna Lama married Saran Pradhan, another Nepali musician. In 1974, her husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Kumari Galla
Galla Aruna Kumari (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian politician. She is the daughter of former Indian parliamentarian and social activist Paturi Rajagopala Naidu. She is currently a polit buro member of the Telugu Desam Party. She was the Minister for Geology and Mines in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India and MLA for the Chandragiri constituency. On 8 March 2014, she joined Telugu Desam Party. Aruna Kumari is married to Galla Ramachandra Naidu, an industrialist and founder of Amara Raja Group of Companies. She has a B.S. in Computer Science from Lake View College. She worked for the Chrysler Corporation as computer programmer and departmental head for Management Information Systems in the sales division. Her prior roles in her political career include that of President of the Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress and General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee. She was also the MLA for Chandragiri constituency from 1989 to 1994,1999–2014 and Health Education and Insurance M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Kori
Aruna Kori (born 15 March 1973) is an Indian politician and social worker. She represented Bilhaur constituency as MLA by Samajwadi Party. And she was also the Minister of Women Welfare and Culture of Government of Uttar Pradesh The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I .... Early life and education A leader of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party, Kori started her career at Samajwadi Party and she is the first woman to be Uttar Pradesh Minister of Women and Child development. She has been elected first time as a Member of legislative assembly from Bilhaur, Kanpur. She is Uttar Pradesh's youngest women minister. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kori, Aruna 1973 births Living people Women in Uttar Pradesh politics Social workers Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Jayanthi
Aruna Jayanthi is an Indian businesswoman and managing director of Capgemini's Asia Pacific and Latin America business unit. Previously, she held roles as their CEO of Business Services and CEO of Capgemini India. Jayanthi joined Capgemini in 2000 and was part of the core team that initiated and set up the firm's offshore capabilities in India, eventually heading up their global outsourcing services. Jayanthi has been chairperson of the board of governors of National Institute of Technology Calicut since November 2014. Education Jayanthi holds a master's degree in Management Studies in Finance from SVKM's NMIMS in 1984. Awards Jayanthi was listed among Fortune India's 'Most Powerful Women' in 2011 and 2012, and Business Today's 'Most Powerful Women in Business' in 2011-2015 and 2017-2018. She received an 'India Today Woman Award' in 2013. Jayanthi is also an executive council member of NASSCOM. See also * Roshni Nadar Roshni Nadar Malhotra (born 1980/81) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |