Aroon Shivdasani’s laughter and joi de vivre are her signatures. She believes life is not a dress rehearsal, embraces life completely and intensely. She has lived in India, England, Canada and the United States, travelled extensively all over the world, is interested in every aspect of life and has friends of all cultures, ages and religions.

Retired Executive & Artistic Director of the Indo-American Arts Council, Aroon is passionate about its mission to build an awareness of artists and artistic disciplines (performing, visual, literary and folk arts in North America) as well as nurturing and promoting emerging artists whose heritage is from the Indian subcontinent.

Aroon received the Minnie Untermeyer Award for Excellence in the Arts on June 4th, 2023 and on September 29th, 2023 she received an award  from Fempowerment.