Nitya Narasimhan,  dancer whose tryst with bharatanatyam began at the tender age of 4. She currently resides and practices out of California, USA. She has started the   Prayukti Academy for Indian Arts  in the Bay Area. 

Nitya travels to India for her dance training and is pursuing bharatanatyam under the guidance of  Guru Rukmini Vijayakumar. She is also mentoring under the Bharatanatyam exponent, Guru Rama Vaidyanathan. In her formative years, she trained under under Guru Suma Mani, Chennai. A graceful, enthusiastic and passionate dancer, Nitya completed her arangetram (debut, solo performance) in the year 2003

Nitya  interest and passion for movement and dance led her to pursue the Post Diploma program in Movement Arts and Media from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, where she graduated with honors. She is currently pursuing Art of Teaching at the Iyengar Institute of Yoga, San Francisco.