Ranjana Phadke post-graduated (Nritya Alankar) in Kathak from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, and pursued her B.Sc. (Statistics) from Pune University.

Ranjana has been a performing kathak artist for the last 16 years. She has had the privilege to perform at the Pune Festival, Pt. Ram Marathe Festival, Thane Municipal Corporation Festival, Festivals organised by the Cultural Affairs Directorate, the Maharashtra Government, and Apna Utsav, to mention a few. She has also given performances in the U.K. and Netherlands.

As a Kathak artiste, Ranjana Phadke has choreographed and presented a number of ballets and dance dramas. She has choreographed Kathak dance items in group forms, which she presents along with her students. All these items include the training that she and her senior disciples, have been undergoing for the last ten years. Ranjana choreographed dances on poems penned by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a special programme presented in Pune and has also performed on invitation from the National Centre for Performing Arts, Nehru Centre, ISKCON and the Karnataka Sangh.

She has been approved by the Doordarshan Kendra (Mumbai) as their artist. Ranjana also conducts workshops for young artists.

Ranjana Phadke has undertaken a study of the co-relation between Kathak and Health, in which prominent doctors have agreed to contribute their knowledge and expertise.

This dance-drama depicts similarity between the cycle of human life and the seasons from birth to end.

[This Sanskrit work is penned by Pt. Prabhakar Bhatkhande and the playback provided by Asha Khadilkar and Ravindra Sathe. Asha Khadilkar has also composed the music for the same.
The cultural department for Human Resource Ministry Government of India had financed this project. It was presented at the Kalidas Festival at Ujjain, the National Ballet Festival at Nehru
Centre, the Uday Shankar Ballet Festival at Jaipur and the Sanskrit Nritya-Natya Mahotsav at Tirupati.]

This dance-drama underlines importance of non-violence in the form of a mythological story.
A hungry hunter, on the auspicious day of Mahashivratri, perches on a "Bel" tree waiting for a couple of deer to turn up to drink water. When he is about to kill them, each of the deer pleads to him that they be allowed to meet their beloved ones with the assurance that they will return to him. The hunter allows them to leave. Unknowingly, the hunter drops a few leaves on a "Pindi" of Lord Shiv Shankar, at the bottom of the tree.
When the deer return, the hunter's heart melts and he realises the folly of killing animals and vows never to do so in the future.
This act of both, the hunter and the deer pleases Lord Shankar, who blesses them by awarding them an eternal position in the celestial.

[Noted poet G.D. Madgulkar has penned this tale. Ravindra Sathe and Uttara Kelkar provided the playback. This dance has been telecast on Doordarshan and at festivals in prominent cities like Pune, Nasik, and Thane.]

which presents more than 700-year old history of Marathi poetry, on recorded music.

[Besides Mumbai, Ranjana Phadke and her troupe have also presented this dance-drama at the Maharashtra Mandal, London, the Somaiyya College Annual Festival, "AnandParva" and at many other annual day celebrations of prestigious organisations.]

[Ranjana Phadke also presented a novel programme, the "Nritya Samvad" in which, besides the performance, she also explains the finer aspects of Kathak. Ranjana has presented the "Nritya Samvad" to a huge and appreciative audience in Mumbai and Pune. She was also invited by Doordarshan for a popular programme"Hallo Sakhi", a phone-in-programme to explain her nuiances of Kathak. Ranjana Phadke has also performed in the U.K. and Netherlands.]

The state of mind of a Nayika in which she finds herself vis-a-vis her Nayaka, the beloved.

[The natyashastra lists eight states of the mind and Ranjana depicts these nayikas through various Hindi classical songs.]

Other presitigious performances to Ranjana's credit include, Kalnirnay Annual Cultural Nite, Maharashtra Times Sanman Sandhya, the Government of Maharashtra's Marathi Films Awards Function and others.

During Ranjana's journey as a kathak artist, a number of corporate houses including Hindustan Lever, Glaxosmithkleine, Mahindra and Mahindra, Voltas, Arvind Mills, Kalnirnay, Asian Paints, Jankalyan Bank, and the Thane Janata Sahakari Bank, to mention a few, have sponsored her shows.