Dr. Avanthi Meduri is a well-known Indian performing arts scholar, academic, dancer-actress, singer, playwright, and curator. Recipient of several national and international awards and fellowships, Meduri has published extensively, and taught in premier universities in India, US and UK in the last three decades.

Meduri is currently working as a Freelance Arts and Education Consultant from her home in Bangalore. Meduri holds an Honorary Senior Research Fellow Appointment at the University of Roehampton, London, is the Equality/Diversity and Inclusivity Officer for UK Dance, and serves on the Arts and Education Board of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, London.