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{{short description|Indian costume designer}}
{{Infobox fashion designer
| name = Sandhya Raman
| image = 
| caption = Raman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|7|13}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| nationality = {{flagicon|India}} Indian
| education = [[National Institute of Design]]
| occupation = [[Costume designer]]
}}

'''Sandhya Raman''' is a [[costume designer]], [[curator]] and focusses on socially responsible designs.<ref name="three">{{cite news |title=Stories crafted in clothes |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/stories-crafted-in-clothes-763680 |agency=The tribune |issue=Apr 28, 2019}}</ref> <ref name="one">{{cite news |title=Dancing pleats |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/dancing-pleats-69993.html |publisher=The statesman |date=June 18, 2015}}</ref>
Raman is the founder of Desmania Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Designing the Classic Language of Costumes|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2015/jun/17/Designing-the-Classic-Language-of-Costumes-770397.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="two">{{cite news |title=Focussing on Arunachal's weaves |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2019/jan/20/focussing-on-arunachals-weaves-1927591.html |agency=The new Indian Express |issue=20th January 2019 |publisher=The sunday standard}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Stories crafted in clothes|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/stories-crafted-in-clothes-763680|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Tankha|first=Madhur|date=2019-01-29|title=Sandhya Raman: Lending a helping hand|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/fashion/sandhya-raman-lending-a-helping-hand/article26120138.ece|access-date=2020-11-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Sandhya Raman designs costumes for dancers practicing contemporary as well as traditional dance forms.<ref name="nine">{{cite news|date=June 14, 2015|title=Costumes that go into Indian dances|publisher=Business Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/costumes-that-go-into-indian-dances-115061400217_1.html}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|date=June 11, 2015|title=when silk strikes an enigmatic pose|agency=Deccan Herald|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/483912/when-silk-strikes-enigmatic-pose.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 10, 2015|title=Designs for stage|publisher=Anjana Rajan|agency=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/designing-costumes-for-indian-classical-dancers/article7302252.ece}}</ref>

==Education and Career==

Raman is an alumnus of the [[National Institute of Design]], ([[Ahmedabad]]) with a specialization in Apparel and Textile Design.<ref name="three">{{cite news |title=Stories crafted in clothes |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/stories-crafted-in-clothes-763680 |agency=The tribune |issue=Apr 28, 2019}}</ref><ref name="four">{{cite news |title=Clothing the Form |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/clothing-the-form/|publisher=The Indian Express |date=June 15, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="ten">{{cite news |title=Sway in sync |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/vivacity/sway-in-sync.html |publisher=The pioneer |date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

== Exhibitions ==

* Enigmatic East - From Ziro to Infinity at The India Habitat Centre, Delhi on 29th Jan, 2019.<ref name="eleven">{{cite journal |title=Weaving Arunachal's Textile Lagacy |journal=The Voive of Fashion |issue=January 29,2019 |url=https://thevoiceoffashion.com/fabric-of-india/inside-northeast/weaving-arunachals-textile-legacy-2118/}}</ref><ref name="two">{{cite news |title=Focussing on Arunachal's weaves |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2019/jan/20/focussing-on-arunachals-weaves-1927591.html |agency=The new Indian Express |issue=20th January 2019 |publisher=The sunday standard}}</ref>

* Enchanted Tree - an interactive exhibition celebrating the diverse textiles of India at Kamaldevi Complex, March 2017<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lowen|first=Sharon|date=2017-03-21|title=A million Sitas in the forest|url=https://www.asianage.com/life/art/210317/a-million-sitas-in-the-forest.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=The Asian Age}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=IIC{{!}} India International Centre - Home|url=http://iicdelhi.nic.in/User_Panel/ProgramDetails.aspx?Value=MnMbKpZavpRArkIjN6zH56TgUr7QmoPz/EVnOdy+5/XKRIA+TqoUYApoI1dgCBQoKJBZ73ACWI4=|access-date=2020-11-26|website=iicdelhi.nic.in}}</ref>
*When the Pleats Dance - evolution of four decades of dance costumes at ''The Art Gallery of India International Centre''<ref name="one">{{cite news |title=Dancing pleats |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/dancing-pleats-69993.html |publisher=The statesman |date=June 18, 2015}}</ref><ref name="four">{{cite news |title=Clothing the Form |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/clothing-the-form/|publisher=The Indian Express |date=June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="eight">{{cite news |title=when silk strikes an enigmatic pose |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/483912/when-silk-strikes-enigmatic-pose.html |agency=Deccan Herald |date=June 11, 2015}}</ref>
*(Un)masked - October 2017 (raised funds for International Medical Health Organization).<ref name="six">{{cite news |title=(Un)Masked: Colorfully layered Third Eye Dancers presentation raises funds for IMHO |url=https://www.nripulse.com/unmasked-colorfully-layered-third-eye-dancers-presentation-raises-funds-for-imho/ |date=December 8, 2017}}</ref>

==Productions==

* Goddess Central a dance drama which addressed the issue of female [[foeticide]].<ref>{{cite news|date=15 Sep 2007|title=Dance drama : Goddess central|publisher=livemint|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/c1TNcjC1AjlTIcwzO0eFwO/Dance-drama-Goddess-central.html}}</ref>

* ''Moonbeam''(1991) choreographed by [[Jonathan Hollander]] Battery Dance Co. USA. enacted by [[Mallika Sarabhai]].<ref name="seven">{{cite news |title=artists have stay ahead curve ; at the same time, not lose human aspect |url=https://www.sakaltimes.com/art-culture/%E2%80%98artists-have-stay-ahead-curve-same-time-not-lose-human-aspect%E2%80%99-11701 |publisher=Sakal Times |date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="four">{{cite news |title=Clothing the Form |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/clothing-the-form/|publisher=The Indian Express |date=June 15, 2015}}</ref>
* ''SONGS OF TAGORE'', choreographed by [[Jonathan Hollander]].<ref name="seven">{{cite news |title=artists have stay ahead curve ; at the same time, not lose human aspect |url=https://www.sakaltimes.com/art-culture/%E2%80%98artists-have-stay-ahead-curve-same-time-not-lose-human-aspect%E2%80%99-11701 |publisher=Sakal Times |date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="five">{{cite news |title=Designs for stage |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/designing-costumes-for-indian-classical-dancers/article7302252.ece |agency=The Hindu |publisher=Anjana Rajan |date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
* ''Beauty and Beast'' : ''Bharathakala Natya Academy'' .<ref name="fourteen">{{cite news |title=Beauty, the Beast and Bharatanatyam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/beauty-the-beast-and-bharatanatyam/article7846990.ece |work=The hindu |date=November 5, 2015}}</ref>
* ''Padme: Anita Ratnam'' .<ref name="fifteen">{{cite news |title=Inspired by the lotus, dancers come together |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/inspired-by-the-lotus-dancers-come-together/article7377334.ece |work=The hindu |date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>
* ''Interrupted Aditi Mangaldas and Drishtikon Dance Company'' .<ref name="sixteen">{{cite web |title="1… BREATH" – Kathak |url=http://www.aditimangaldasdance.com/dance-drishtikon.php |website=www.aditimangaldasdance.com}}</ref>
* ''Pralaya by Sampradaya Canada Lata pada'' .<ref name="seventeen">{{cite news |title=BWW Previews: RASAJA FOUNDATION PRESENTS PRALAYA A Collaboration In Bharatanatyam And Baliness Dance |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/india/article/BWW-Previews-RASAJA-FOUNDATION-PRESENTS-PRALAYA-A-Collaboration-In-Bharatanatyam-And-Baliness-Dance-20191211 |agency=broadway world |publisher=Zofeen Maqsood |date=Dec 11, 2019}}</ref>
* ''The incomplete Gesture'' : ''Natya Dance Theatre'' [[Chicago]] .<ref name="eighteen">{{cite news |title=Indian and Indonesian dance don't mix, except in 'Incomplete Gesture' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-natya-gesture-dance-review-ent-1003-20161002-story.html |agency=CHICAGO TRIBUNE |publisher=LAURA MOLZAHN |date=Oct 2, 2016}}</ref>
* ''Anekanta'' : [[Geeta Chandran]] and '' Natya Vriksha Dance company'' .<ref name="nineteen">{{cite news |title=The enigma of subjectivity |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/The-enigma-of-subjectivity/article16442877.ece |agency=The Hindu |issue=NOVEMBER 11, 2016 |publisher=Sunil Kothari |date=December 2, 2016}}</ref>

==Awards==
(Stree) [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] from Govt. of India 2008 and ''the Creative Excellence Award'' from [[UNFPA]] 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Veena|date=2017-12-08|title=(Un)Masked: Colorfully layered Third Eye Dancers presentation raises funds for IMHO|url=https://www.nripulse.com/unmasked-colorfully-layered-third-eye-dancers-presentation-raises-funds-for-imho/|access-date=2020-11-26|website=NRI Pulse|language=en-US}}</ref>

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