<table width="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Lourd Vijay is a<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Guinness World Record holder and has worked with Super stars like&nbsp;<strong><em>Jackie Chan</em></strong>,&nbsp;<em>Nandita Das, Phurab Kohli, Mallika Sherawat, Sharmila Mandre, Raghu Mukherjee</em>, Lekha Washington, Akshara Hasan, Varalakshmi Sharathkumar and directors like&nbsp;<em>Stanley Tong, Raja Menon,&nbsp;Jacob, Arvind Adiga, Indrajit Lankesh,&nbsp;Sandeep&nbsp;Mohan. He has</em> worked on dance reality shows like - <strong><em>Dance india Dance</em></strong><em>&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<strong><em>Lux perfect bride, Guinness World Record - Abh India Thodega</em></strong><em>,&nbsp;</em>and is&nbsp;the principle promoter of Latin culture, music and dance in the Asian region.&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Lourd has traveled to over 30 countries to train, perform and teach he brings in a high level of professionalism and has set many benchmarks in the entertainment industry. He has&nbsp;trained&nbsp;<strong><em>over a&nbsp;1.5 lakh students</em></strong>&nbsp;and has worked with many corporates, schools, musicals, feature films and ad films and his company,&nbsp;LVDS has a presence in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Lourd has had extensive training in Salsa (LA and Cuban Style), Bachata, Cha-cha, Zouk, , Freestyle Jive, Acro-Duo, Lifts and tricks.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602"> <p><strong><u>Positions</u></strong></p> </td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Founder - Artistic Director: Lourd Vijay&rsquo;s Dance Studio</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Managing trustee &ndash; CEO: Indian Society for the Performers and teachers of Dance (ISPTD)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Managing trustee &ndash; CEO: Spreading Hope Foundation</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong><u>Achievements</u></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Guinness World Record holder</strong> for the maximum number of Swing Dance flips in a minute.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Life Time Achievement Award </strong>at India Fiesta Latin for contributions made to the Latin Dance World.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Ambassador</strong> of the Hong Kong Salsa Festival</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Judge </strong>of the Asian Open Salsa Championship 2008, 2009 &amp; 2010</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Head Judge </strong>of the Asia-Pacific Salsa Open Championships 2011</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Judge </strong>to the Colombia Salsa Championship.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Official Latin dance &amp; lifts and tricks trainer </strong>for reality shows Dance India Dance.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Tedx speaker </strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Stood 10^th </strong>at the &ldquo;most Popular Entrepreneur of the year 2009&rdquo; amongst 180 nominees from across the country.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Ambassador of India to South Africa </strong>as part of Rotary International&rsquo;s Group Study Exchange Program.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Revolutionized Indian-western dance</strong> over and over again in India - most notably, by introducing Salsa in 1997</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>Chosen as the top 20 most promising Nonprofits for 2017 </strong>amongst 600 applicants from across the US, Africa and India for his work with the Spreading Hope foundation</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong><u>&nbsp;Accolades won by the team &amp; Students of LVDS</u></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>The LVDS Junior team recently won<strong> 2 golds, 1 silver &amp; 1 Bronze medal at the Dance World Cup 2016 </strong>in The Channel Islands, Jersey.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>The LVDS Junior team recently won<strong> a Bronze medal at the Dance World Cup 2015 </strong>in Bucharest, Romania</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>The LVDS Junior team made the country proud by <strong>winning 4 Silver medals at the Dance World Cup 2014</strong> in Algarve, Portugal</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>The LVDS Junior team also won<strong> the</strong> <strong>Silver medal and the Bronze medal at the Dance World Cup 2013</strong> in Brighton, England</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong>STARS</strong> of Reality television show&nbsp;&ldquo;India&rsquo;s Got Talent&rdquo; &amp; &ldquo;Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>The team of LVDS won the qualifiers to represent India the World Latin Dance Cup in Miami this December.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Winners of the Australian Salsa Classic &amp; the European Open Salsa masters</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong><u>International </u></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Performances and workshops at NY, Egypt, Israel, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Colombo, Taiwan, Kathmandu, Muscat and Dubai (LVDS Team).</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Certificate of Appreciation by the Young Presidents Organization and the Hong Kong salsa festival (2006/2008).</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>Participated, performed and taught at the Vancouver Salsa Congress, UK Salsa Congress, Dubai Salsa Congress, Singapore Salsa festival, Paris Afro Mambo festival,&nbsp;Yambu Salsa Festival, Hong Kong salsa Festival, the Australian salsa Classic and a lot more.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong><u>Movies: </u></strong>Bus Yun Hi | Mango souffl&eacute; | The Jackie Chan starrer &lsquo;the Myth&rsquo; | Jugarri | Savari 2</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong><u>Ad films: </u></strong>Hitachi Logicool ACs | Videocon&nbsp;|Apollo DKV Life Insurance | Fa Deodorants | Mysore Sandal Soap</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p><strong><u>Festivals and Dance competitions organized by Lourd Vijay</u></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="602">&nbsp;</td> <td width="22">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="624"> <p>The India International Salsa Congress | Spirit of Dance &ndash; Summer festival for kids | The Chennai Salsa Festival | The Delhi Salsa Festival | The Goa Salsa Festival | Born to Dance: Dance festival for Kids | Dawn 2 Dusk: Month long Dance festival on different world dances | Dance-a-thon: Winter dance carnival | ESPN World Salsa Championships Qualifier | All India Salsa Championship | Sals-a-thon: Bangalore&rsquo;s hottest Amateur Salsa Competition | Dance World Cup - India Qualifiers</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>