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Archana Appukuttan Nair ((マラヤーラム語:അര്ചന നായര്), born January 15, 1990) is an American-born Indian who is currently a first year medical student at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the winner of Miss Kerala 2009. ==Early life and background == Archana Nair was born on January 15, 1990, in Mankato, Minnesota, US. Archana is of Malayali origin, with her parents from Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), India. Her father, Dr. Appukuttan Ramakrishna Nair, is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology at Minnesota State University, Mankato, while her mother, Latha Nair, is a software engineer. She is the only child in the family. Archana Nair attended Eden Prairie Senior High School, Minnesota, where she did her schooling and graduated in 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Presidential Scholars Program Semi-finalists April 2008 )〕〔Note: Presidential Scholarships are only given in the senior year of high school, indicating that Ms. Nair graduated in 2008.〕 She is currently a first year medical student at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a graduate of Stanford University's biomechanical engineering program.〔 She loves dark chocolate and relies on her sessions of dancing to keep her fit.〔 As an undergraduate, she actively participated in many groups at Stanford University, including Dil Se, an Indian Bollywood dance group and Noopur, a classical bharatnatyam group.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dil Se – Stanford Hindi Film Dance )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stanford Noopur Solo Dance )〕 Archana started learning dance at an early age. She loves dancing and is trained well in the three classical dance forms of southern India – Mohiniyattom, Bharatnatyam, and Kuchipudi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Archana Nair )〕 She studied Mohiniyattom under the guidance of Girija Chandran (Regatta Cultural Society) and Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi from Mydhili (Midhilalaya Dance Academy), both in Trivandrum.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archana Nair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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