A recipient of the Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai Endowment Award from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, and Pandit Durga Lal Endowment Award from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Bhavajan Kumar is a Canadian born male dancer who has been learning Bharatanatyam for the past 12 years and performing professionally for the past 3 years. He was initiated into the art form by Smt. Padmini Ananth (Disciple of Guru Adayar K. Lakshman). He later completed his Bharatanatya Arangetram in 2006 under the guidance of S.Vasu (Disciple of Smt.Leela Arumugam).

Bhavajan is currently undergoing advanced training from his current Gurus Sri Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy Shijith (Kalakshetra) and Smt. Bragha Bessell (Disciple of Guru Adyar. K Lakshman and Kalanidhi Narayanan). He has also had the privilege of learning and working with some illustrious and highly acclaimed gurus and dancers.