Sandip is a German Trained Ballroom Dance Teacher

Qualifications

• First Indian to be certified by the 'Ballroom Dance Teachers Training School' in Bonn, Germany
• 4th in the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing's examination
• Qualified to teach all Latin American & Standard Ballroom Dances up to the Championship Level

Special Faculty

• The sole faculty member selected to train participants from India for the Asian Games 2005
• 'Femina Miss India' & 'Grasim Mr. India' & Contests
• Finishing schools in Mumbai; 'Image Inc - A Birla Lifestyle Venture' headed by Avantika Birla and Rukshana Eisa and at Padmini Kholapure's Model Shoppe' headed by Tejaswini Kholapure

Choreography

• Theatrix's Broadway Musicals 'Man of La Mancha' & 'West Side Story' directed by Janine Misquitta
• Shyam Benegal's award winning film 'Zubeida' starring Karishma Kapoor & Manoj Bajpai
• Aruna Raje's 'Tum' starring Manisha Koirala, Karan Nath & Nataniya Singh
• Bonny Kapoor's 'Kyon Ho Gaya Na' a Samir Karnic film, starring Aishwarya Rai & Vivek Oberoi
• Bobby Bedi's Production, '1857 - The Rising' starring Amir Khan, Ameesha Patel & Rani Mukerjee directed by Ketan Mehta
• Barbie Tung's Production, 'The Myth' starring Jackie Chan & Mallika Sherawat directed by Stanley Tong
• Pooja Bhatt's Prodution, 'Holiday' Starring Dino Morea and Kashmera Shah

Partners

• The former European Ballroom Champion Ewa Maria for nine years
• Now Kitu Gidwani, a film, television & theater actress

Early Accomplishments

• MBA (marketing)
• Hotel Management Graduate
• Finalist for the 'Graviera Mr. India contest' (1997-98)
• India's first 'Mr. Young Turk.'
• 'Indian Launch Model' for Phoenix A4 shoes (1999).
• First Indian to represent India for the 'International Male Model Contest' (2000) and chosen 'One of the 21 most hotogenic faces of the year'