1)  Short Documentary Film grant commissioned by Company Christoph Winkler and Environmental Dance Project in association with mLab” of the Geographical Institute of the University of Bern, Senat Department for Culture and Europe and Fonds Darstellende Künste ;  Kolkata Centre for Creativity Art Fellowship in Dance 

2) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Grant awardee under Goldsmiths University UK, for project Water Nodes integrated motion capture technology with performance and intergenerational maternal memories.

3) Best cinematographer award – Chalachitram National Film Festival 

2023: The film is commissioned by Company Christoph Winkler and Environmental Dance Project in association with mLab” of the Geographical Institute of the University of Bern, Senat Department for Culture and Europe and Fonds Darstellende Künste.

The project deals with the question of whether the specific body knowledge of dance cultures can be used to achieve a less destructive way of dealing with nature and ecosystems. Our aim is to bring together contemporary dancers from different countries to explore new possibilities for the further development of ecological approaches in dance, based on an examination of traditional dances and rituals. Both Western and non-Western dance cultures have a large repertoire of dances (harvest dances, animal dances, rain rituals) that express human relationships with nature in a variety of forms. In addition, many contemporary dance artists work at the intersection of environmental activism, sustainability and somatic practice and see dance as a catalyst for social change towards greater environmental awareness. Dance can provide performers and viewers with a reflective and conscious connection to the ecosystem, and this is not only true of the long tradition of dancing in the landscape. It is true that in order to stop the further destruction of the environment, it will be necessary to find a change from an anthropocentric world view to a way of dealing with nature that sees all forms of life as equal. In our opinion, dance as one of the most original forms of expression has the potential to accompany this search.
Link to information: https://environmental-dance.com/information

2022: Selected as one of the dancer/choreographers for Goldsmiths Mocap Streamer, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and offered in affiliation with the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London. The work was presented at the Being Human Festival event November 2022 is the largest Festival for Humanities in UK, comprising of vibrant and diverse showcase of experimental work with motion capture in remote choreographic collaboration, sharing the outputs of a six-month digital dance research residency. Six teams of dancers and creative technologists – from India, Thailand, Malta, Brazil, the US, and the UK – will present unique breakthrough work in their own dance style and aesthetic. project partners such as Akram Khan Dance Company, Noitom Motion Capture and Alexander Whitley Dance Company.This project has brought Sumedha Bhattacharyya together with an accomplished creative technologist from Argentina, Joaguina Salgado. Her project was among the 5 selected from 160 applications by an expert panel from tech, dance and academic backgrounds.

Goldsmiths Mocap Streamer aims to build an international network for virtual dance collaboration using Motion Capture Technology. It is funded through the AHRC highlight fund, responding to the ‘UN International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development 2021’ and as such, aims to build a network of diverse international dance companies who might not normally have access or the capability to develop and share digital work. The broader goal is to promote through DANCE sustained and inclusive economic growth, foster innovation, provide opportunities, benefits and empowerment for all, and respect for human rights.

Curatorial lead
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Choreo Dance film festival 2022 The crises that move us— from August 28 to 31, 2022 with generous support from the European Union through the Erasmus+ Student and Alumni Alliance (ESAA) at University of Clermont-Ferrand Ferrand, France in partnership with Clermont Short Film Festival. With 12 Committee Members from 10 different countries coming together in the spirit of Choreomundus, celebrating differences in their common love for dance and film.
The program consists of:

13 Films, 2 Panel Discussions and 1 Workshop.

• Kolkata Centre for Creativity Art Fellowship in Dance with her embodied practice-based research project Duet with Camera that explores the relationship between the dancer and the camera.