"Kalaimani" Charulatha Jayaraman has carved a niche for herself among the new genre of bharatanatyam exponents. Artistic director of Shrishti -School of bharatanatyam, Charulatha ,has had initial grooming under the tutelage of Sangeeth Natak Academy Awardee -Guru Smt. Indira Rajan and Guru Smt. Suba Parmar. Later, she pursued training under Guru Smt. Subhashini Chandrasekaran. A post graduate in information technology, Charulatha has set her foot on almost all the renowned stages of India.

With many hundred solo performances to her credit, Charulatha had the unique honour of the being the youngest performer at the National festival of classical dance and music at Agartala, Tripura. She has been invited to perform at some of the major cultural festivals that include Navratri festival-Srilanka, Swaralaya music and dance festival- Palakkad, Konark Music and Dance Festival-Orissa, Soorya Parampara-Trivandrum, Mamallapuram festival, Natyanjali festival, Mehotsav-Dehradun, LBSNAA-- Mussourie, Bharat utsav-Sikkim, Kolkata, Keraleeyam -Kerala Kalamandalam, SATTE Delhi, Sangeeth Samoroh- Varanasi and Dhauli Mahotsav- Bhubaneshwar.

Gifted with a wonderful stage presence, her unique style in dance has been a wonderful treat to the eyes of many art lovers. Her titles include Abhinaya Ratna, Natya Thendral, Natya Thilakam and Navarasa Natya Nayaki. Her unique style in choreography for solo and group productions has been widely acclaimed by several journals. The pride of Shrishti is its young and talented students who bring laurels to their dance school through several prizes and awards. Charulatha currently resides in Irvine,CA. She aims at imparting the divine art through her dance school - Shrishti at Irvine,CA and Tamilnadu, India