Captain: Sanchita Bhusari Sanchita has 15 years of experience in Bharatanatyam and completed her Arangetram in July 2017. She loves Natya because it provides a great opportunity for all of us to connect with likeminded individuals who also have a passion for dance, and to also create a close-knit group of friends!	Captain: Nanditha Ganesan Nanditha has been dancing for 15 years and she completed her arangetram in August 2019. She loves being a part of Natya because everyone is amazing and she loves being around them. She likes working with people who love dancing, and having the creative liberty to create beautiful pieces.	Saadya Rao As a computer science major, Saadya has been involved in a lot of technical positions. Recently she was involved in the Nittany AI challenge! Aside from her career accomplishments, she is passionate about bharatanatyam and has been doing it for 13 years.
Shivani Kumar Shivani is a part of the Scientific Journal Club, Young Dems, and Science Lionpride. She has been dancing for 13 years and did her arangetram in 2018.	Avani Salunkhe Avani is a sophomore majoring in biology interested in pursuing research in evolution and ecology! In her free time she researches warbler genetics with the Toews Lab.	Vika Vijayanand Vika has been doing bharthanatyam since I was 5 years old and have since expanded into other styles like hip hop and bollywood. In her free time she is usually either listening to music or watching the latest Netflix original.
Sophia Balaratna Sophia is a first year mechanical engineering major and is a part of robotics and FSAE at psu. She’s been dancing for 12 years and had her Arangetram in 2021. Sophia is so happy to be able to continue dancing through college and to make new friends through this team.	Ankolika De Ankolika has been dancing for 16-17 years. she did her Arangetram in 2015 and is super excited to work formally on dance again. She is from Mumbai, and did her undergrad in Hong Kong.	Nikhila Kumar Nikhila has been learning Bharatanatyam for about 12 years. She had her arangetram in early 2021. At PSU, she is also a student chair for SWE (Society of Women Engineers) and involved in research.
Amrita Anand Amrita has been dancing for the past 12 years, and received her diploma from the Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society under the guidance of Guru Shalini Gokul in 2020.	Priya Alapati Priya is a Pre-med major at Penn State and has been learning Bharatanatyam for 9 years. She performed her arangetram with her sister in July 2022, and it excited to perform this year with Natya!	Lav Raman Lav is so excited to be in Natya this year! She is a sophomore BFA Musical Theatre student pursuing a minor in philosophy. Lav has been dancing since she was 5 years old, and did her Arangetram in 2021. She looks forward to joining a team of hard working and incredible people!