Tripura Kashyap pioneered CMT in India in 1990. She studied Movement therapy at Hancock Centre for Dance/movement therapy in Wisconsin, USA and obtained an M.A. in Psychology.

She also received a 1st class diploma in Bharatanatyam at Kalakshetra, Chennai. She worked as a Movement therapist at Half-way homes, Special schools, Treatment / Rehabilitation centers, Senior citizens facilities and with individual clients for the next 10 years.

She also trained in Jazz, Ballet, Modern dance, Choreography and Dance theater at the International Choreographers Residency in the American Dance Festival USA.

Tripura received fellowships from the Ashoka International Foundation and Indian Ministry of Culture for her innovations in dance therapy and contemporary dance.

She authored ‘My Body, My Wisdom’ a handbook on Creative dance therapy. She was founder-director of Rainbow Inc (Hyderabad) and Apoorva Dance Theatre (Bengaluru).

She worked collaboratively with filmmakers, visual artists and musicians on cross-art projects and performances.

She was the projects coordinator for Bhoomika dance Company (Delhi) and consultant for ‘Dance-in-Education’ program at Atakapa Center for Movement Arts (Bengaluru).

Tripura teaches on CMTAI’s Dance Movement therapy certificate and diploma courses in Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. She is the co-founder of Creative Movement Therapy Association of India (CMTAI)