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Neela (other)
Neela is a feminine given name which may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Neela Marikkar, Chairperson of the Grant McCann Erickson, a leading communications group in Sri Lanka * Neela Padmanabhan (born 1938), Tamil writer * Neela Sathyalingam (1938–2017), Singaporean Tamil classical Indian dancer, choreographer *Neela Satyanarayanan (1948–2020), Indian civil servant *Sikkil Neela (born 1940), Indian flautist, one of the Sikkil Sisters *Neela Wickramasinghe (1950–2022), Sri Lankan singer and musician *Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská (born 1969), Czech biologist, environmental activist and government official Hindu godesses *Neela or Nila Devi, a Hindu goddess, consort of Vishnu * Neela (goddess), consort of Shani Fictional characters *Neela Rasgotra, portrayed by Parminder Nagra on the television show ''ER'' * Neela (''Star Trek''), in two episodes of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' See also *Nila (other) Nila may refer to: * Nila, alternate name of Nileh Safid, a village in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela Marikkar
Neela Marikkar is the Chairperson of Dentsu Grant Group (formally Grant McCann Erickson), a leading Communications Group in Sri Lanka in partnership with Dentsu and Dentsu Aegis Network. Biography Neela is a daughter of the Sri Lankan media personality Reggie Candappa and wife Therese Candappa. Peace activist Neela has served as Chairperson of various institutions in the business sector including the Committee on Communication and Social Mobilization of the National Advisory Council for Peace and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka. She is the president of Sri Lanka First, an influential group of corporate leaders who promote a peaceful settlement by negotiation between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Consultant to UNDP Neela was a consultant to UNDP’s Invest-in-peace Program to help revive the country’s war affected economy. She led a group of Sri Lankan Business leaders to South Africa to study the role business played in their peace pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela Padmanabhan
Neela Padmanabhan ( ta, நீல பத்பநாபன், born. 26 April 1938), is a Tamil writer from Nagercoil, India. He also writes in Malayalam. Biography Neela Padmanabhan was born in Kanyakumari District. He obtained a B. Sc in Physics and a degree in Electrical Engineering from Kerala University. He worked in the Kerala State Electricity Board till his retirement in 1993. His first noted work was the novel ''Thalaimuraigal'' (lit. ''Generations''). He has written 20 novels, 10 short story collections, 4 volumes of poetry and 7 essay collections in Tamil. In Malayalam, he has published a novel, four short story collections and a single essay collection. Besides Tamil and Malayalam, he also has a few English works to his credit. During 1985-89 he was the Tamil editor at Sahitya Akademi and was the convener of the Akademi's Tamil advisory board during 1998-2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his novel ''Ilai uthir kaalam'' (lit. Autu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neila Sathyalingam
Neila Sathyalingam (8 February 1938 – 9 March 2017) was a Singaporean classical Indian dancer, choreographer and instructor of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. An alumna of Kalakshetra in Madras (now Chennai) under the tutelage of Srimathi Rukmini Devi Arundale, she emigrated with her family to Singapore in 1974. In 1977 she and her husband founded the performance arts company Apsaras Arts, which has staged performances throughout the world. She was the company's artistic director and continued to teach dance. In 1983, Neila was appointed the dance instructor and choreographer for the Indian Dance Group of the People's Association (PA)—a state board in Singapore—where she remained a resident choreographer. She was also an artistic adviser to Singapore's National Arts Council. For her contributions to dance, Neila was awarded the Singaporean Cultural Medallion in 1989. She became a Singapore citizen in 1994. Neila's interactions with choreographers and dancers of different c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela Satyanarayanan
Neela Satyanarayanan (née Mandake) (pronounced ; 5 February 1948 – 16 July 2020) was an Indian author and civil servant. She was the first female State Election Commissioner in Maharashtra. Biography Satyanarayanan was born on 5 February 1948 in Mumbai to Sushila and Vasudev Mandake. Her father was a police officer. She studied in Mumbai, Pune and Nashik, graduating from the Delhi School Board with a focus on Sanskrit. She entered the Indian Administrative Service after completing undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. Satyanarayanan was diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India in July 2020, and died at the age of 72, following complications in Mumbai, on 16 July 2020. Satyanarayanan has two children, one of whom was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, and has written about her experience of motherhood in a memoir titled, ''One Full, One Half.'' Career Satyanarayanan was a member of the Indian Administrative Service, graduating in 1972 in the Maharashtra ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikkil Sisters
Sikkil is an Indian unisex given name that may refer to *Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela, Indian flute players *Sikkil Gurucharan (born 1982), Indian Carnatic musician, grandson of Kunjumani & Neela *Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar (b 1963) is a noted South Indian carnatic flautist. Mala Chandrasekhar was born to a musical family. Mala Chandrasekhar started learning from Sikkil Sisters, her aunt Kunjumani and her mother Neela. In playing style, ... (born 1963), Indian flute player, daughter of Neela * Sikkil R. Bhaskaran (born 1936), Indian violinist {{given name Indian given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela Wickramasinghe
Visharada Dona Delicia Neela Wickramasinghe ( si, නීලා වික්රමසිංහ; 30 March 1950 – 17 January 2022), popularly as Neela Wickramasinghe, was a Sri Lankan songstress, teacher, playback singer and musician. A four-time winner of the Sarasaviya Award for Best Singer, Wickramasinghe has contributed a number of popular songs to the Sri Lankan music industry in a career expanded more than five decades. Personal life Wickramasinghe was born on 30 March 1950 in Wattala, Ceylon, as the youngest daughter of the family. Her father Don Francis Wickramasinghe was a businessman. Her mother Withanaratchige Done Yasawathie Gunasekera was a housewife. She had one elder sister, Dona Aruni Rita Wickramasinghe. She became a victim of Polio at the age of six months. She first attended Kirimatiyagara Vidyalaya for primary education and then she was admitted to Kesbewa Government private school in 1954 where she first started to be involved in music. Later she went to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská
Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská (born 6 August 1969 in Prague) is a Czech academic, environmental activist and government official. She was the founder and first managing director of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience, an educational project of the European Union bringing together government institutions and NGOs from countries of Europe and North America active in research, documentation, awareness raising and education about the crimes of totalitarian regimes, in 2011-2018. She is a granddaughter of the chemist and Nobel laureate Jaroslav Heyrovský, and studied biology at the Charles University in Prague, graduating with a master's degree in 1992. She earned a PhD in molecular biology from the Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York in 1997. She was active in the environmental movement from 1984, and was a member of the Czechoslovak preparatory committee for the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit. In the 1990s she was involved with environmenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nila Devi
Niladevi (), also rendered as Neela Devi, is a Hindu goddess, and a consort of the preserver deity Vishnu, along with Sridevi and Bhudevi. Niladevi is regarded to be one of Vishnu's consorts, named Nagnajiti, in his avatar as Krishna, along with Sridevi as Rukmini, and Bhudevi as Satyabhama. In other accounts, she is the southern counterpart of Krishna's companion, Radha, from the North Indian tradition. She is primarily revered in South India, particularly in Tamil culture, as one of Vishnu's consorts. In Sri Vaishnava tradition, all three consorts are regarded as aspects of Lakshmi. Legend According to regional traditions, Niladevi took the incarnation of Nagnajiti, a wife of Krishna. In Sri Vaishnavism, Nagnajiti is also called Nappinnai (Pinnai, a favourite gopi of Krishna in Tamil tradition). Niladevi appears in the '' Vaikhanasa Agama text.'' Some texts mention that Vishnu's '' iccha shakti'' takes three forms: Sridevi, Bhudevi, and Niladevi, representing the three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela (goddess)
In Hinduism, Neela is known as Neelima or Neelamratna. She is the first consort and the chief wife of Shani and mother of Kuligna. She balances and increases power of Shani and is the goddess of the gemstone Blue Sapphire gemstone. Her son Kuligna is a Rishi. Her husband, Shani, also married a Gandharva lady, Dhamini. She is daughter of Daksha and born from Prasuti. See also *Bhadra *Chhaya * Dhamini *Saranyu *Surya *Tapti *Yamuna The Yamuna (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), also spelt Jumna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in List of major rivers of India, India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a ... References {{reflist Hindu goddesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela Rasgotra
Dr. Neela Rasgotra (former married name Gallant) is a fictional character portrayed by Parminder Nagra on the television show '' ER''. Parminder Nagra's addition into the main cast opening credits was in the 3rd episode of season 10. Character Arc Neela Kaur Rasgotra first appeared in late 2003 at the start of the 10th season as a talented but very reticent medical student from Southall, London, of Punjabi Sikh heritage. She arrives on her first day as the ER is undergoing major renovations and is for the most part unnoticed, except by Dr. Michael Gallant, who guides her through the rough start in the hospital, and Dr. Greg Pratt, who flirts a little bit with her. Neela is very intelligent but sometimes stumbles in her doctor–patient communications skills. This proves disastrous when she informs the wrong woman of her grandson's death. A very reserved individual, she faces her first big crisis at County when a helicopter crash occurs on Thanksgiving Day, killing Dr. Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela (Star Trek)
Neela is a feminine given name which may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Neela Marikkar, Chairperson of the Grant McCann Erickson, a leading communications group in Sri Lanka *Neela Padmanabhan (born 1938), Tamil writer * Neela Sathyalingam (1938–2017), Singaporean Tamil classical Indian dancer, choreographer *Neela Satyanarayanan (1948–2020), Indian civil servant *Sikkil Neela (born 1940), Indian flautist, one of the Sikkil Sisters *Neela Wickramasinghe (1950–2022), Sri Lankan singer and musician *Neela Winkelmann-Heyrovská (born 1969), Czech biologist, environmental activist and government official Hindu godesses *Neela or Nila Devi, a Hindu goddess, consort of Vishnu *Neela (goddess), consort of Shani Fictional characters *Neela Rasgotra Dr. Neela Rasgotra (former married name Gallant) is a fictional character portrayed by Parminder Nagra on the television show '' ER''. Parminder Nagra's addition into the main cast opening credits was in the 3rd episode of season 10. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nila (other)
Nila may refer to: * Nila, alternate name of Nileh Safid, a village in Iran * Baby Nila, Leela’s little sister on Sesame Street * Nila River or Bharathapuzha, is a river in the Indian state of Kerala * Pulau Nila, a small Indonesian volcanic island in the Banda Sea, and the volcano Mount Nila on it * Nila Moeloek (born 1949), 20th Minister of Health of Indonesia * Nila (''Ramayana''), a monkey from the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' * Nila Håkedal (born 1979), Norwegian female beach volleyball player * Meera Chopra (aka Nila), South Indian actress * ''Nila'' (1994 film), a Tamil film released in 1994 * ''Nila'' (TV series), a Tamil serial in Sun TV released in 2019 * Nila, character from Shimmer and Shine See also * Neela (other) * Nilla Nilla is a brand name owned by Nabisco that is most closely associated with its line of vanilla-flavored, wafer-style cookies. The name is a shortened version of vanilla, the flavor profile common to all Nilla-branded products. Originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
