Nirupama and Rajendra are noted Indian Classical Dancers in the Bharathanatyam & Kathak dance forms and they are from Bengaluru, Karnataka .They are actively involved as dancers, choreographers, teachers & producers for over 25 years. Nirupama & Rajendra's performances are based on Indian classical dance tradition perfected over years of learning in music, literature and culture.

 Nirupama and Rajendra were trained under gurus Maya Rao, Smt.Chitra Venugopal, Kumudini Lakhia, Pundit Arjun Misra and Nahid Siddiqui from Pakistan and graduated in dance choreography and learnt special movement vocabularies of Natya Shastra.

Nirupama & Rajendra have established themselves as Kathak couple from 1990 onwards and after performing at several festivals in India and in UK they formed a registered trust "Abhinava Arts Centre" in 1995 under the Society Act of Government of Karnataka.
In the year 2013, Nirupama & Rajendra were honoured for their contribution to the field of dance at  Ravindra Kalakshetra,Bangalore, Karnataka. In the year 2011, the dancing duo was awarded with Karnataka Kalashree Award,a Karnataka State Government Award for their contribution to the Indian traditional dance forms. In the year 2016 they conferred with " Nrithya Choodamani" by the renowned Sri.Krishna Gana Sabha,Chennai. Dridhti Puraskar award in 2012 was constituted by Drishti Art Foundation for them. In the year 1998, Nirupama was titled with Natya Mayuri and Rajendra with Natya Mayura by Govt. of Karnataka for their excellence in the field of dance.They have got many other awards like Kalavatamsa - 2014 by Gokulam School of Music, "Sri Krishna Vittalanugraha Prashasthi" 2010 - Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt, "Honorary International Toastmasters"  May 2008, " Honorary Paul Harris Fellowship : 2004 by Rotary International, "Kala Arathi Ratna Award", Phoenix USA : 2001