Dr. R. Asha is a Sanskrit scholar, writer, musician and dancer.
Her prolific writings on philosophy, art, religion, and culture have
received accolades from experts in the field. She holds a
doctorate for her path-breaking work on Sri Muthuswami
Dikshitar, one of the Carnatic Music Trinity.

She has served as a lecturer in many institutions and as editor
of a trilingual quarterly magazine “Sandarshanam”.

With two books – “Concepts, Contexts, and Conflations in
the kritis of Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar and “In Adoration
of Kamakshi” and several lec-dems to her credit, she is trained
in classical music, Bharatanatyam, Mohiniattam and Kuchipudi.

A regular contributor to internationally acclaimed magazines
like Tattvaloka, Shanmukha etc., she is presently the
Director of “Hamsanandam”, a school of culture at
Chitlpakkam, Chennai, imparting her knowledge to earnest
aspirants. The students of the school have given over 125
performances at prestigious venues.