IPAC 2024: Flowers of Devotion

Dr. Sinam Basu Singh is a top-graded artist of Prasar Bharati National Doordarshan and the first male dancer to receive the SNA Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Manipuri dance. He hails from the state of Manipur and is the grandson of the late Sinam Bokul Singh a master of Meitei Pung. He is an empanelled artists of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Ministry of Culture. Basu completed his diploma from JNMDA Imphal and graduated with a master's degree from Visva-Bharati University. Basu's performance has taken him across the country and to various prestigious festivals internationally in Australia, Japan, Russia, US, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and more. He has given more than 500 lectures and workshops in various institutions in India and abroad, composed several solo Manipuri dance pieces and choreographed a numbers of dance drama and choreographic work at the national and international level.

For his contributions to Manipuri dance, he has received awards like the Srinagar Mani, Natyasree, Nrityanjali – The best male dancer of North East India, Shastriya Sangeet Ratna Samman, National Scholarship, Junior Fellowship, Top Grade Artist, Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar and many more. At present, Basu is a choreographer at Progressive Artist Laboratory (PAL) an organization of dance and music.