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  • Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi-based National School of Drama, which has formed the training ground for some of the best television and film personalities, is to get five regional centres in different parts of the country, Parliament has been told.

    This follows the recommendations made by the Broad Based Committee for opening up of five regional centres across the country.

    The NSD Society proposes to establish one regional centre each at Kolkata, Mumbai/Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and the North-East besides upgrading the existing Regional Resource Centre (RRC) at Bengaluru to become a full-fledged regional centre.

    Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said these regional centres are to be established in consultation with the concerned State Governments who were required to provide accommodation for the purpose.

    So far, only Karnataka has allotted land for the purpose at Bengaluru. NSD has started one year teaching training programme in the Bengaluru Chapter commencing from academic session 2014-15.

    In addition, under consolidation of Out-reach Programme in the North-East Region, NSD has opened its Centres in Sikkim and Tripura. 

    Several actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Nadira Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and others and filmmakers like M S Sathyu have made major contributions to the NSD, many of them beginning their careers here.

  • Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    Five regional centres of India’s premier drama school to open in other parts of country

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi-based National School of Drama, which has formed the training ground for some of the best television and film personalities, is to get five regional centres in different parts of the country, Parliament has been told.

    This follows the recommendations made by the Broad Based Committee for opening up of five regional centres across the country.

    The NSD Society proposes to establish one regional centre each at Kolkata, Mumbai/Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, and the North-East besides upgrading the existing Regional Resource Centre (RRC) at Bengaluru to become a full-fledged regional centre.

    Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said these regional centres are to be established in consultation with the concerned State Governments who were required to provide accommodation for the purpose.

    So far, only Karnataka has allotted land for the purpose at Bengaluru. NSD has started one year teaching training programme in the Bengaluru Chapter commencing from academic session 2014-15.

    In addition, under consolidation of Out-reach Programme in the North-East Region, NSD has opened its Centres in Sikkim and Tripura. 

    Several actors like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Nadira Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and others and filmmakers like M S Sathyu have made major contributions to the NSD, many of them beginning their careers here.

  • Ratan Thiyam appointed chairperson of the National School of Drama

    Ratan Thiyam appointed chairperson of the National School of Drama

    MUMBAI: Ratan Thiyam has been appointed the chairperson of the National School of Drama Society.

     

    He will hold office for a period of four years according to the relevant Rules and Regulations of the Society.

     

    An alma mater from this institution in 1974, the 65-year-old takes over from theatre director, Amal Allana, who demitted office as NSD chairperson in June this year after serving two consecutive terms.

     

    He was also briefly the Director of the NSD.

     

    Thiyam (born 20 January 1948) is one of the leading figures of the “theatre of roots” movement in Indian theatre, which started in 1970s.  Also known as Thiyam Nemai, Thiyam is known for writing and staging plays that use ancient Indian theater traditions and forms in a contemporary context. A former painter, and proficient in direction, design, script and music, Thiyam is often considered one of leading contemporary theatre gurus.

     

    He is also the founder-director of ‘Chorus Repertory Theatre’, formed on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur in 1976. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Direction in 1987, and the Padma Shri given by the government in 1989.

    He was awarded the 2012 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the performing arts conferred by the Akademi.

  • Waman Kendre is new director of NSD

    Waman Kendre is new director of NSD

    NEW DELHI: Noted theatre personality Waman Kendre has been appointed director of National School of Drama (NSD).

     

    His appointment is for a period of five years w.e.f. the date of assumption of charge of the post or till superannuation on 62 years of age or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

     

    The outgoing NSD Director Anuradha Kapur’s term ended in July 2012, and she was on extension pending the decision regarding her successor. Kapur finally stepped down on 30 April this year, after which the position had been lying vacant. Several theatre persons had met the culture minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch on 27 June, seeking early appointment of the head of premier arts institutions such as NSD.

     

    An NSD alumnus, Kendre hails from Maharashtra, known for its rich tradition of theatre, both folk and modern. He did his research in Kerala’s folklore, and played a leading role in the Dalit theatre movement in Maharashtra in the late 70s. Among his well-known plays are Mohandas, Ranangan, Janeman, Madhyam Vyayog, Zulva, Tempt Me Not and Dusara Samana. He currently heads the Academy of Theatre Arts, Mumbai University.

     

    Kendre’s name was among the three names short-listed by a selection committee comprising Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Satish Alekar, Govind Deshpande and Amal Allana. The other two contenders were Arundhati Nag from Bangalore and Abdul Latif Khatana from Kashmir.

  • I&B ministry announces promotions

    I&B ministry announces promotions

    MUMBAI: Three senior officers of the Indian Information Service have been promoted to the rank of additional secretary.
    They are Shipra Biswas, PK Bandopadhyay and Amitabha Chakrabarti.

    Bandopadhyay has been appointed as the new director general (News) NSD, AIR, replacing Mishra who will take charge as the director general DAVP. Amitabha Chakrabarti director RR&TD has swapped positions with Mohan Chandak who’s the press registrar.

    Swagata Ghosh has been appointed director general (News) in Doordarshan and Shipra Biswas has been promoted as additional director general (M&C), PIB, New Delhi.

  • I&B ministry announces promotions

    I&B ministry announces promotions

    MUMBAI: Three senior officers of the Indian Information Service have been promoted to the rank of additional secretary.

    They are Shipra Biswas, PK Bandopadhyay and Amitabha Chakrabarti.

    Bandopadhyay has been appointed as the new director general (News) NSD, AIR replacing Mishra who will take charge as the director general DAVP. Amitabha Chakrabarti director RR&TD has swapped positions with Mohan Chandak who’s the press registrar.

    Swagata Ghosh has been appointed director general (News) in Doordarshan and Shipra Biswas has been promoted as additional director general (M&C), PIB, New Delhi.