Sandip Soparrkar

Sandip Soparrkar, Baron Sandip Soparrkar (born 6 October 1964) is an Indian Latin and ballroom dancer, choreographer, actor, columnist, philanthropist, dance reality show judge, radio jockey, dance therapist, Sufi and Tanoura Dancer and a Ted X speaker, who holds a doctorate in World Mythology Folklore from Pacifica Graduate Institute United States and also an Honorary Doctorate in Performing arts from The National American University. He has been honoured with 3 National Excellence Awards and 1 National Achievement Award by the Government of India, he is also the recipient of the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize for Social Achievement. and the Bharat Gaurav Samaan given by the Ministry of Culture at The House of Lords, London, UK. He is also a recipient of the Shakti Samman given to him in form of a Sword by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

He has been honored with the title of Baron by Prestige Tiles, United Kingdom.

The 'Dance Today' Magazine, USA, rated Sandip as one of the '100 most influential dancers in the world'. He was crowned as the 'King of Art4Peace' by the Art4Peace Organisation, Beverly Hills, USA.

He founded "India Dance Week", which combines Indian and international dance. He had a postage stamp issued by the Bhutan Government with his picture and with the logo of his worldwide initiative 'Dance for a Cause'.

He is the Chairperson of India Fine Art Council (IFAC).

Soparrkar was the first dancer choreographer to be on a cover of a Bollywood Magazine – Films Today.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles have written letters of appreciation to Sandip Soparrkar for promoting ballroom and Latin dance culture in India. He was the first Indian to be invited to judge the Asian Latin & Ballroom Dance Championship held at Colombo where 32 countries took part with 78 competitive dances. He is the first Indian who was invited to be on the jury of Sharm Shaikh International theatre festival for the youth, Egypt, along with other top theatre personalities from all over the world Soparrkar is a noted contributor to The Asian Age and Afternoon Voice newspapers.

Soparrkar is also one of the Board of Directors of the prestigious International Business School Washington (IBSW) which has its branches in The United States of America, France and India.

He is the founder member of Mumba India International Film Festival.

Soparrkar promotes sufi Whirling as a form of moving meditation and self discovery.