Coporate Foreward

About Founder / Chairman – Dr Mrs Padma Rahulan   

Dr Padma Rahulan oversees day to day operations ensuring that the Organization delivers the services and strategies specified and that key performance indicators are met.

With her contributions in various areas, she has greatly enhanced the intellectual and cultural life of the Country and has been recognized as a South Indian Performing Arts Artist and as a leading advocate for art education.

She has devoted herself to enhancing and introducing children in arts and working with other communities in UK by spreading Performing Arts, Culture and heritage.

She established Griffin College London and implemented grade examination system in Classical Indian Dance, Carnatic Musical Instruments and Percussion Instruments, Promoted the Classical Indian Fine Arts Examination to the people across UK.

Among South Asian communities, many unregulated performing arts organizations are conducting various traditional fine arts subject to students in the UK and Europe.

Many organisations were conducting assessments from 1990’s and failed put the student’s welfare or credentials into consideration. To fill the gap and to provide regulated qualifications in Indian Performing Arts Qualifications similar to the Western performing arts qualifications to support the students to gain credits (UCAS points) towards their university progression ,Mrs Padma Rahulan implemented grade examination system in Classical Indian Dance, Carnatic Musical Instruments and Percussion Instruments.

By promoting Classical Indian Fine Arts Examination to the people across UK, Mrs Rahulan designed and developed Syllabuses & Specifications for 28 Qualifications on Indian Classical Dance and Indian Carnatic Music Qualifications,  which includes Certificate Graded Exam from Grade 1 to Grade 8, Diploma in performance, Professional Diploma,  Bachelor’s Degree and she has written and published Theory and Practical Books on Indian Classical Dance / Indian Carnatic Vocal / Instruments from  Grade 1 to Grade 8 (Diploma) to support the students to prepare for the Examination.

Mrs Rahulan is very passionate, and her vision is to obtain the recognition for Indian Performing Arts Qualifications similar to the Western performing arts qualifications to support the students to gain credits (UCAS points) towards their university progression.

She worked tirelessly to reach the milestone and achieved recognition, accreditation for the Classical Indian Performing arts qualification’s similar to Western Performing Arts qualification, which carries the same weightage and Credit points (UCAs) for the students towards their university progression.

To standardise the Quality and standards across the board, she published best practices books for Examiners / Teachers / Centre Coordinators.