Claim: Guru Kelu Nair remained as a faculty member in Santiniketan until the death of Tagore in 1941, and has noteworthy disciples including Mrinalini Sarabhai (the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts), Rukmini Devi Arundale, and Yog Sunder Desai.
Evidence: He remained as a faculty member in Santiniketan until the death of Tagore in 1941. Noteworthy disciples of Guru Kelu Nair include Mrinalini Sarabhai, Rukmini Devi Arundale and Yog Sunder Desai. She was the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad.