Oopali Operajita

[7][verification needed] Operajita founded a sustainable technology venture competition in 2007, which she named in honor of former US Vice President Al Gore.

[10] Together with her parents, Operajita translated Gopinath Mohanty's Amrutara Santāna into English.

[11] Having trained under Kelucharan Mohapatra and Deba Prasad Das,[12] Operajita has performed[13] worldwide.

"[14] She is the first classical Indian artist to have performed at the Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh.

[17] As a classical dancer, she was cast[verification needed] in the dance dramas in Sanskrit, Telugu and Tamil, staged each year under the school's banyan tree for its founder, Jiddu Krishnamurti.