Bharatanatyam artiste Vid. Sridhar Jain of ‘Apthamitra’ fame, who is also the Founder of Sri Nimishamba Dance School, Mysuru, being conferred with ‘International Excellence Award’ during ‘Vishwa Samskruti Utsava’ held at Dubai.

Others seen are Padma Shri Dr. B.R. Shetty of Dubai, Mohammed Mustafa, Dr. Sheela Sridhar and Deepa Rao. Vid. Sridhar Jain, along with 30 other artistes — S. Arjun, Aagnika, Neetha, Niveditha Nagaraju, Sanjana Narayana, Anjali Narayan, Varsha Anchalkar, K. Nikitha, Ramyashree, Lasya Jain, Pallavi Shetty, Kshama, Chaitra Kantharaju, Akshika, Akshatha, Anvita, Meghana Jagadish, Devashri, Sanjana Mahadeva Prabhu, Preksha Satish, Shravya Anchalkar, A.S. Sanika, K. Punya, M.U. Jahnavi, R. Vihana, Ananya, D.C. Varsha, Sarang Jain, Sowmya Rani and Jyothi Hegde — performed on the occasion.