Anisha started her dance pursuit at the age of 6 years. She has been trained in Bharathanatyam, Kuchupudi, Mohiniyattam, Kathakali and Carnatic music. She was initiated into the learning of Bharathanatyam by Thiruvalla Vasudeva Panicker, Mohiniyattam and Kuchipudi by Mavelikara Sreevalsan. She has been trained in Kathakali by Kalamandalam Krishnaprasad. Her association and training under Dr Neena Prasad proved to be the most fruitful and enlightening time in her life as a dancer.

Anisha finds her training in carnatic music as a great asset as a teacher of dance. She has been trained in carnatic music for 10 years under the tutelage of the late Mavelikara Sankara Pillai.

Immensely talented and creative, Anisha has won numerous awards in dance, music and literary competitions at inter-school and inter- college art festivals. To mention a few, she was awarded the ‘best actress’ for her brilliant performance in the Kerala university Drama festival and she was awarded the title ‘Kalathilakam’ (a distinction awarded to the highest points achieved in multiple art competitions) at the inter-university arts festival of the training colleges of Kerala.

In addition to dance and music, she has a keen interest in literature. She is also an immensely talented writer and poet and has won numerous prices for her writing in various competitions. She has a Bachelors and Masters in English Literature, Bachelors in Education, PG Diploma in Journalism and Master of Philosophy in English literature (Pre – Doctoral degree). She was the Gold medalist in MPhil (Kerala university - 2000). She is also qualified for Lectureship by University Grants Commission (UGC) in India. She worked as a lecturer in English in colleges affliated to Kerala university and Pune university before moving to the USA in Yr 2005.

Marriage and raising two children had kept her fully occupied for the last 8 years. Now she is back, concentrating on her real passion ‘Dance’. Through Upasana Kalakendra, she plans to impart her knowledge, instill the necessary discipline and train the students to achieve their full potential in their dance performances. It’s in dance with all purity that she finds her soul soaring high into the unknown and the sublime realms of creativity and happiness.