These awards were for her legal and cultural contributions to the Staten Island community. She was twice honored with the women in History Award, in 2002 from Assemblyman Robert Straniere, and again in 2013 by Council woman Debi Rose. She graduated with honors from Brooklyn Law School with a law degree in 1998. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the college of Staten Island, with a Bachelor in Science degree in 1994. Rajeswari was awarded the Belle Zeller Merit Scholarship in November of 1992 by the city University of New York for academic excellence, meritorious achievement and community service. The final performance of that trip was conducted in New York City where she ended up continuing her education. In 1988, when she was sixteen years old, she was selected to travel to Guyana, Surinam and Trinidad to commemorate a 150 years of Indian migration to the West Indies with Vice President Shankar Dayal Sharma. Venkataraman and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. when she was fourteen, she was honored by the President of India, R. Rajeswari traveled extensively with her mother and her dance troupe to several countries representing india as a cultural delegate. When she was fourteen years old, she received a Government of India research scholarship and conducted advanced studies in Kalakshetra style of Bharatha Natyam where she learned the Kuchipudi style of dance. She started teaching classical dance when she was ten years old. She started performing at the age of three and graduated in Bharatha Natyam style of dance at the age of five. She followed in the footsteps of her mother “Sudarkodi” Padma Ramanathan, who was a famous dancer and the director of a successful cultural institution entitled “Padmalaya Dance Academy”. Raja Rajeswari was born in Chennai in Southern Indian.
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