From the civil services to the world stage: How Padma Shri Ananda Shankar Jayant danced through life’s toughest challenge

by Amrita Priya | Aug 4, 2026

(Aug 4, 2026) Padma Shri awardee Dr Ananda Shankar Jayant has spent decades taking Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi to audiences across the world while breaking barriers as the first woman officer in the Indian Railway Traffic Service on South Central Railway. Her memoir...