Congratulations to Nada Nidhi's Ananya Ashok, who has been awarded the 2011 CTA (Alliance for California Traditional Arts) Apprentice Fellowship to pursue advanced veena instruction with Srikanth Chary. The ACTA fellowship is a prestigious award that encourages the continuation of traditional arts by contracting master artists to offer intensive one-on-one training to qualified apprentices who have shown passion and talent for a specific artistic tradition.