Gauri Sharma Tripathi has many achievements under her belt. In recognition of her early achievements, Sur Sringar Samsad in Mumbai awarded her the title of Sringar Mani in 1987. She has never looked back.

Starting from roles in Mahabharat, as Urvashi, in Shyam Benegal's Bharat Ek Khoj, and other appearances on the small screen, she has a number of scintillating performance to her credit. She has participated in Mahrashtra Kala Mahotsava, Sharad Chandrika Festival, Swami Haridas sammelan, the NCPA, Geeta Gyana Yagna, Nehru Centre and Sangeet Natkah Academy prograis at Raigarh, Delhi and Mumbai. As early as 1989, the Times of India commented "Gauri with her remarkable stage presence presented the Upanishadic verse.. perfection in footwork and every gesture projected the dancers confidence and familiarity with the platform".

Gauri has also choreographed numerous dance ballets during this phase of her career. She has chorographed Punyatirth, Gangaur, among others. She has toured the country with the ballet Punyatirth performing shows in over 50 different locations. She also anchored the children's TV quiz program Junglee Toofan Tyre Puncture.

Gauri has performed in France, Switzerland and Nigeria. She shifted to London with her Husband, where she has found fertile ground for spreading Kathak and Indian culture.

In London she has choreographed a number of dance ballets. These include Madhurasha performed in the Royal Albert Hall, 'Dhabis Story' for the Bangladesh Festival in London. She choreographed and performed in 'Ramanujan' for the Munich Biennale and toured UK with traditional Kathak performances with Art Karat. She has also choreographed and performed 'Kabir Vani' for the 6th World Hindi Conference performed at the Wembley Conference Center. She has initiated ANKH (A New Kathak Horizon), a platform for young performing artists to make a pool of ideas and interact with each other on the subject of performing arts.

In recent years she has been invited to perform in the Westminster Abbey by the Queen to celebrate commonwealth observance day. She has also performed with her company ANKH at the Lowry Manchester, where her item Kanya- daughters of Laxmi opened the 2002 dance festival. She has performed at the Bharatiya Viday Bhavan in London on numerous occasions over the past 4-5 years, the latest being a Kathak Bharatnatyam duet with Sandhya Purecha called Samanvaya.

Her energy as an ambassador for Indian culture is palpable. Little wonder that in 1997, along with her husband Shashank, she worked on a "mad, passionate project", Rail Yatra organized for over 250 students. She explains: "The idea was to get Indian children from all over the world during India's fiftieth year of independence and expose them to India's future, not only its past."

So, does she miss out on India? She says:" Not really. One is always Indian in one's thoughts - and still, I return every 6 months to recharge my batteries." She is looking forward to her forthcoming performances in the U.K. including a specially commissioned piece in the Millennium Dome - a fabulous way to usher in the century.