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He then went to Nigeria and worked there for 3 years and returned back to UK. He worked as a site Engineer and as a site Manager for Costains Construction and Careys Contruction Ltd. for six years. Then Selvarajah joined London Borough of Ealing Highways department in October 1990.
He has received an Appreciation Award from Canada Urumpirai Hindu Old students Association in 2016 for the service to the Tamil Schools in London as Head Master, Tamil literature as a Tamil Poet, Service to Urumpirai and Urumpirai Schools.
Mr Dawood started his early studies at Keeranoor India, moved to Kamudi, Ramnad district and New College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu for his higher studies. He then moved to United Kingdom and completed his NEBSM Management study London, UK. He is been working as a manager in industries and retail sector for more than 30 years.
His official career commenced as a graduate engineer for a large Aerospace and defence engineering company. Within a very short space of time he was promoted to a senior management position. In 1982, Mr. Suresh was part of the team who developed the world first fly by wire technology landing gear computer for the airbus A320 aircraft. In 1992 he was the first Asian in his workplace to be promoted to head of Operations where he managed a number of companies in UK, USA, Malaysia and Singapore.
Mr. Suresh has been involved in charity work for more than 30 years. He is the Co-founder and Hon Chairman of Oriental Fine arts Academy of London. He has worked relentlessly hard to make OFAAL the largest fine arts South Asian music examination board in Europe. The growth and success of OFAAL is one of his most treasured and commendable achievements, today, the charity has thousands of candidates taking examinations in France, Holland, Denmark, UK, Germany and Norway and most recently, Ireland & Finland. Mr. Suresh has been influential in supporting and encouraging young and upcoming teachers all over Europe.
Mr.Selvendran obtained a BSc (Hon) in Mathematics through University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. After completing his BSc, he became a Lecturer in Mathematics in University of Jaffna . Later he completed his MSc in Information System Engineering in London, UK.
He moved to Nigeria at the age of 30 and served as a Mathematics Teacher in Oyo State. In 1986 he moved to the UK where he became a Retail store manager for Mobil/BP until 2010. From 2011-2016, he was the Director of Selvendrans Ltd. In the summer of 2016 Selvendran retired from his own business and has taken a more active role in OFAAL.
He began his contribution to OFAAL in 1995 as Chairman and Examination coordinator. Since 1997, as The Hon Vice Chairman of OFAAL he was heavily involved in coordinating the whole of OFAAL operations and Fine Arts Seminars and workshops for younger generations He liaises with the Fine Arts committee to prepare resources for the theory and practical examinations. He greatly involved in coordinating examinations and OFAAL Graduation ceremonies.
While she was in Kalakshetra, she got the rare opportunity to perform and participate in Kalakshetra productions. She travelled along with the troupe, all over India and performed Dance Dramas and variety programmes.
Later, she went back to Sri Lanka and joined as a lecturer in Bharatanatyam at Swami Vipulananda Music College in Batticalola and served as a visiting lecturer for Eastern University for the Fine Arts department.
She be been actively promoting OFAAL to new young teachers and been instrumental to open new exam centers. Moreover, she works along with Kuchipudi dance teachers to develop the Kuchipudi syllabus for the OFAAL examinations. She is a Trustee and Norway coordinator of Oriental Fine Arts Academy of London (OFAAL).
At the age of 18 Niranjan left Srilanka to India, completing his first degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, in 1995. He has migrated to UK and completed his Master degree in IT. Since 2000 he has been working as IT Manager in Education Sector in one of the leading schools in UK.
Mr.Niranjan has been involved in charity work since 2005. He is the UK exam coordinator and Hon Assistant Secretory of Oriental Fine arts Academy of London. He is the backbone to OFAAL for most activities including arranging most of the Events/ Examinations. He has been heavily involved in coordinating Fine Arts Seminars and workshops for younger generations.
Ms Jeyaalaki has obtained Music diplomas; Sangeetha Ratnam from Ramanathan Music Academy, and SangeethaVidwan from Central College of Carnatic Music, Madras. Later she continued her Music studies in the United Kingdom at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has done B.A, M.A, &M.Phil in Music and Philosophy.
Moreover, she has taught Music and Philosophy in several institutions, including at University of London and currently works as a lecturer, teaching English at New City College, London and the Learning Zone, Transport for London.
Over the years, Mrs Menaka Raviraj has choreographed and staged numerous dance recitals, dance dramas and charity shows. A number of her students have completed their Diploma and completed their Arangetram under her tutelage.
Mrs Menaka Raviraj is the Head of BharathaNatyam at the Oriental Fine Arts Academy of London and one of the senior Bharathanatyam teacher in UK and Europe. She formulated the syllabus and devised the marking scheme for OFAAL International examination. She sets the standard and responsible for the Bharathanatyam Theory and Practical examination process. Mrs Menaka Raviraj regularly runs workshops for other dance teachers in UK and Europe. She is the Senior examiner for the Post Diploma examination and travels to various countries in Europe to conduct practical examination.
She is the senior examiner for the Diploma and Post Diploma Bharathanatyam, Vocal and Instruments Students. In fact, she is the pillar for OFAAL and her in depth knowledge in Bharathanatiyam and Vocal & Instruments permitted her to publish the very first Theory books for Vocal & Instruments. Her books are now widely used in UK & Europe.She currently teaches, Bharthanatyam, Veena and Vocal in England.
Mrs. Thushyanthy Thiyagarajah sets Vocal and Instruments Theory Examination papers. she is monitoring both, theory and practical examination procedures and of quality assurance. She runs regular workshops and give presentation to Fine Arts Examiners specialising in Instruments. She is an inspiration to all young teachers in UK and Europe.She has developed Vocal & Instruments practical instructions for students to understand the technical aspect of the examination. She helped to develop Kuchipudi syllabus for OFAAL.
MridangaVidwan Sri Somasundara Desigar is one of the leading Carnatic musicians in Europe. He is the son of the late Sri Ayyakkannu Desigar (Former Principle of Ramanathan Academy) and hails from a family dedicated to music. He commenced his tutelage under the Late Shri A.S.Ramanathan at the Ramanathan Academy in Sri Lanka and he underwent advance training under the renowned Mridanga Maestro, Guru Kaaraikkudi R Mani. He was given the rare opportunity of being present at the inauguration of SruthiLayaSeva in 1986 which was founded by his Guru Kaaraikkudi R Mani. He subsequently became the first teacher in this school promoting Carnatic percussion. Sri Somasundara Desigar is the Head of percussion for OFAAL. He has trained several hundreds students and a number of his students have completed Diploma and Post Diploma with OFAAL.
Chitra started her dance training from a tender age of 8 years. She is a disciple of Guru Smt P.B Krishna Bharathi. She has continued her passion for Kuchipudi and obtained her Masters and M Phil degrees in dance from Central University of Hyderabad, India.
Chitra has performed at events organised by various prestigious organisations in India, Dubai Europe and UK. Her solo and group performances have held the audiences enthralled and won her appreciation and critical acclaim.
OFAAL was formed in 1990 begining with a mere 3xx number of candidates sitting examinations in bharathanatyam, vocal, veena, flute, miruthangam and violin. Since then, the examinations have grown, with ever increasing candidates taking exams in new centres each year.
OFAAL was registered as a charity organisation in May 2004 and expanded into Europe where we opened our first European centre in Germany. By 2001, the number of candidates sitting OFAAL examinations in the UK had become so large, over 2000, that it became necessary to conduct the examinations on two different days, in order to maintain the professionalism and smooth-running efficiency that characterises OFAAL so uniquely. That year the theory examinations were held a month before the practical examinations, which had added benefits for students too, in that they were able to be better prepared for their respective examinations. By 2005, OFAAL had grown even more, and the decision was made to offer two examination sessions. The exam board now offers students the opportunity to sit their exams in either April or September, thus alleviating pressure off students due to sit GCSE or A Level exams in May. Despite other examination boards emerging around London, OFAAL has retained its position as the premier exam board throughout its two decades. At the time of writing, some x number of candidates have been entered for the 2008 exams, which is shaping up to be OFAALs most successful year so far.
OFAAL offers fine-arts students the opportunity to take both practical and theory examinations in their respective subjects, a product of the belief that practical instruction in the fine arts is enriched with, (and arguably, is somewhat worthless without) an appreciation of the theoretical side of ones subject. Practical examinations start at a very basic level, allowing new students to ease themselves in to their first examinations; by the time a student reaches Grade 8 (Diploma) standard, she is expected to be completely versatile and fluent with her instrument / dance. A typical grade one syllabus for instruments requires knowledge of rudimentary musical exercises, such as the swara varasaikal; for the diploma examination, however, candidates are expected to, amongst other things, play Pancharatna Krithis, perform improvisations and to demonstrate their abilities in teaching young pupils.
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