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| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| nationality = Indian
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| alma_mater = [[Anna University]] [[Chennai]], Graduate School of Business Stanford Seed, [[Harvard Business School]] SELP
| occupation = Architect Designer Aesthete, hotelier and author
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| known_for = [[Architecture]], [[Indian classical dance]]
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'''Krithika Subrahmanian''' is a serial entrepreneur, architect, designer, aesthete, hotelier, author and [[Indian classical dancer]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=MAHESH |first1=CHITRA |title=Dance and its many dimensions |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/Dance-and-its-many-dimensions/article16834097.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=15 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A Skill in every step |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/dec/11/a-skill-in-every-step-1724715.html |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Subrahmanian is the co-founder and director of Sreshta Leisure, Hospitality company, Metafore and Transform an architecture company based in Chennai.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pyarilal |first1=Vasanth |title=The Change Makers - Krithika Subrahmaniam, Architect {{!}} RITZ |url=https://www.ritzmagazine.in/the-change-makers-krithika-subrahmaniam-architect/ |date=13 January 2017}}</ref> She is also the founder of Svatma, boutique hotel in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rise of culinary tourism: When the menu becomes the map |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/travel/rise-of-culinary-tourism-when-the-menu-becomes-the-map-101669290584309.html |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |date=24 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=An Interview with Architect, Dancer, and Svatma Hotel Owner Krithika Subrahmanian ⋆ Greaves India |url=https://www.greavesindia.co.uk/interview-architect-dancer-svatma-hotel-owner-krithika-subrahmanian/ |website=Greaves India |date=29 January 2016}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Krithika Subrahmanian was born in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. She graduated as an architect from [[Anna University]], [[Chennai]] SAP School of Architecture and Planning. An alumnus of [[Harvard Business School]], [[Boston]] [[Massachusetts]]. Krithika and Transform group are an alumnus of Graduate School of Business [[Stanford University]] in the SEED.<ref>{{cite web |title=‘Nandri and Namaskaram, must learn words for a newbie’ |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2016/nov/30/nandri--and-namaskaram-must-learn-words-for-a-newbie-1544283.html |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Career==
Krithika Subrahmanian started as a career professional specialised in Architecture, Interior Design. Specific interests in restoration and eco sensitive Sustainable Green technologies in leadership position. She has expanded her commercial operations to include construction, real estate, manufacturing, and hospitality. She founded Transform in 1996, and has worked on some of Chennai's valuable residences, and across India as well as overseas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grace & Fluidity {{!}} Verve Magazine |url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/krithika-subrahmanian |website=Vervemagazine |date=1 November 2013}}</ref>

Krithika Subrahmanian started Svatma in 2009. Svatma is a brand of Luxury experiential Hotels in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Svatma: A journey to find yourself - ET HospitalityWorld |url=https://hospitality.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hotels/svatma-a-journey-to-find-yourself/82907373 |website=ETHospitalityWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>

Krithika founded and managed SYNCK, India's first private club with areas for social interaction. She delivered key note address and lectures in conferences on art culture and literature.<ref>{{cite web |title=Restobar alert: Spirits by Synck in Chennai serves pure vegetarian and their in-house mock meats are delicious |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/food/food-chennai/2021/dec/31/restobar-alert-spirits-by-synck-in-chennaiservespure-vegetarian-and-their-in-house-mock-meats-are-38146.html |website=Indulgexpress.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Dance career===
Krithika, a classical dancer of great virtue in the highly acclaimed Tanjore style of [[Bharatanatyam]], has performed at world-renowned performing arts venues and for dance festivals such as the Delhi International Arts Festival, the London International Dance Festival, NJPAC, and MACH, to name a few.<ref>{{cite web |title=Krithika Subramanian's NAVA is a bold new approach to Bharatanatyam |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/krithika-subramanians-nava-is-a-bold-new-approach-to-bharatanatyam/articleshow/73108478.cms |website=The Times of India |date=5 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A setting for the young |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/a-setting-young-2156862 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, Krithika founded the Namaargam dance group, through which she has collaborated on works with musician [[Ilaiyaraaja]], actor [[Suhasini Maniratnam]] and dancer [[Gopika Varma]], orator [[Dushyanth Sridhar]], to name a few.<ref>{{cite web |title=Namaargam Dance Company Ms Krithika Subrahmanian {{!}} Official website of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India |url=https://www.iccr.gov.in/cultural/list-of-empanelment-artist/namaargam-dance-company-ms-krithika-subrahmanian |website=www.iccr.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SWAPPNAM DANCE |url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=159420595&highlights=KRITHIKA%20SUBRAMANIAN |website=The Hindu}}</ref>

==Publications==
*{{Cite book|last=Subrahmanian|first=Krithika|title=The Next Big Thing Thanjavur|publisher=Notion Press|year=2019|isbn=9352915089}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Tanjore tripping with Krithika Subrahmanian |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/books/2018/aug/17/tanjore-tripping-with-krithika-subrahmanian-9608.html |website=Indulgexpress |language=en}}</ref>

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