Did extensive field work in the extinguishing Dance Traditions of the Devadasis under the aegis of the A.P. Sangeet Nataka Akademi, 1968-70.
Written extensively on Kuchipudi and Andhra Natyam traditions, especially on the work and contribution of several Kuchipudi Masters including
Vedantam Laxminarayana Sastry
Chinta Venkataramaiah
Vempati Chinna Satyam
Nataraja Ramakrishna
Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma
Also contributed lead articles on Renowed Indian Dancers including:
Uday Shankar
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Ram Gopal
Birju Maharaj
T. Balasaraswati
Extensively interviewed Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam, Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma, P.V.G. Krishna Sarma and Pasumarti Venkateswarlu from Kuchipudi Village for the special issues on Kuchipudi Maestros for Nartanam, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009.
Convenor, Abhinaya Sadas – Seminar on Temple and Kucheri Traditions of Dance. A.P. Sangeet Nataka Akademi, 1970.
Contributed entries on Kuchipudi. Toorpu Bhagavatham, Pagati Veshalu and Kuravanji and 20 others to Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Peformance. London : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Documented a ten-hour interview and related demonstrations of Dr. Nataraja Ramakrishna for the Dept. of Culture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
Served as Convenor of Young Dancers Festival, Hyderabad under the aegis of Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, 1993.
Served as Convenor, Kuchipudi Dance Festival conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi at Kuchipudi, 1994.
Convenor, Kuchipudi Yakshagana & Dance Drama Festival jointly sponsored by the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi and Govt. of A.P., Hyderabad, 1996.
Convenor, Traditional Yakshagana workshop, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi and University of Hyderabd, Hyderabad.
- Editor, Nartanam (2001 – 2012), a Quarterly Journal of Indian Dance, Mumbai & Hyderabad.