Suchitra Sairam has been a student and performer in the Kalakshetra style of Bharatanatyam for 25 years, and has been principally trained by Padmini Chari, director of the Nritya School of Bharatanatyam in Houston, TX. Suchitra has pursued advanced training in Bharatanatyam and nattuvangam under the renowned couple, Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees Sri. M.V. Narasimhachari and Smt. M. Vasanthalakshmi of Chennai, India since 1993. She has also had the privilege of extensive training over her dance career under other great masters of the Kalakshetra tradition, Padma Bhushan awardees The Dhananjayans and Sri. Adyar K. Lakshman, all of whom have been great inspirations to her as a student, teacher and arts presenter.

Suchitra founded Kala Vandanam in 2002 in St. Paul, MN with the vision of creating and presenting Bharatanatyam works that celebrate the ancient tradition while embracing our changing world. Through Kala Vandanam, she also teaches a small group of committed students, and is an emerging Indian arts presenter in the Twin Cities. Suchitra has presented two of her students in their formal solo debut, or Arangetram.

Suchitra has performed extensively as a soloist, and a lead dancer in several of Nritya's productions, including her performance as the kurathi (gypsy) in Nritya's 25th anniversary presentation of the dance drama Varunapuri Kuravanji in 2006, received with critical acclaim. To mark the 20th anniversary of her Arangetram, Suchitra presented "Dakshina - An Offering" in 2009, through which she raised over $6000 for the Bexar County Family Justice Center in San Antonio, TX. She has also performed as a guest artist in productions by Madhusri Sethuraman (Navarasa - 1998) and Monica Cooley (Megha Sandesha - 2003 and Subhaashitam - 2007), and was a cast member, dance captain and associate choreographer of Zaraawar Mistry's theater adaptation of Haroun and the Sea of Stories, staged in Minneapolis in 2000. She and two her students were featured in the 2010 season of Geetmala, which aired on Twin Cities Public Television.

As a choreographer, she staged her first full-length work, Love Lyrics, in 2004 at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, which included the debut of several original group and solo choreographies. Suchitra continues her choreographic explorations, with a wide repertoire of traditional solo and group Bharatanatyam works.

Suchitra is also a frequent contributor to Indian classical dance fundraisers benefitting the Hindu Society of Minnesota, and other Twin Cities Indian classical arts programs. Suchitra also a nattuvangam artist, accompanying soloists and dance companies.

Suchitra holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from the University of Texas-Dallas. In addition to her extensive professional experience and dedication to the arts, she has volunteered her time over many years for arts institutions, organizations supporting women's professional development, and groups supporting science and math education and achievement for young girls.