More about Mangala Rao

From the year 1980 She has trained many till date. Some of them have become expert, won awards

and started classes of their own. She has the following prestigious awards to her credit:

-- Rolling trophy for Ikebana from all India Rose show, 1985.

-- Citation by World Bonsai federation Japan at South Asia Bonsai Convention held in

Mumbai for her ceaseless efforts in spreading the knowledge of bonsai

-- In the year 2005 she has been awarded by South Asia Bonsai contest conducted by

Jyoti and Nikunj Parekh.

Photographs of her Bonsai have been picked up five times from yr. 01 to yr. 06

and awarded by THE WORLD BONSAI CONTEST held in JAPAN.

Having never ending desire to improve her self she has participated in workshops with renowned Bonsai

and Ikebana Masters like Mr. John Naka from USA, Mr.Kaju Kudo from Japan, Mr. Peter Chan from UK.

Mr. Darmano, Mr. Budy Sulistyo, Mr. Robert Stevan from Indonesia. Mr. Ponsevic from Philippine and so on.

She has taken maximum opportunities to attend seminars and conventions held in India and abroad including

5th World Bonsai Convention held at Washington DC.

Her own Demonstrations and lectures workshops are held in various places in India and Bhutan. Her articles

on bonsai have been published in many Newspapers and magazines.In the year 2000, MYSTIQUE MINIATURE,

her solo Bonsai Exhibition, very first of this kind held at Grand Kakatiya Hotel Hyderabad was very well

appreciated by public and Media.Presently she is the President of Friends Bonsai Society, Hyderabad & Secunderabad

and Executive member of Asa Bhanu Japan Center Hyderabad.She is visiting instructor at

St.Anna's Degree Collage and Agri-Horticulture Society Hyderabad. She conducts her own Bonsai classes

at her Bonsai Studio "MYSTIQUES" at 169, CLOUD 9, END OF NIBAM, PUNE-48, A.P.