National School of Drama is running 4 regional centers under consolidation of outreach program-Culture Minster
National School of Drama (NSD), an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, enrolls 27 students every year to its 3 years’ Post Graduate Course in Dramatics Arts through Selection process by conducting interview audition at 12 centres all over the country to attract talent from all regions of the country. Further, NSD organizes various festivals and workshops to attract the talent in the field of drama and acting i.e; Bharat Rang Mahotsav and North East Festivals etc. Theatre-in-education company conducts workshops for children every year.
The Broad-Based Committee (Vision Committee) set up by the National School of Drama (NSD) Society in February 2005, inter-alia, recommended opening of five regional centres of the NSD across the country including Bengaluru (Karnataka), and at Kolkata, Maharastra/Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and in the North East.
Now at present, NSD is running 4 centers under consolidation of outreach program, which are in Gangtok, Bengaluru, Agartala and Varanasi, in addition to Delhi campus.
Established:
Bengaluru (Karnataka) - July, 1994
Gangtok (Sikkim) - July, 2011
Agartala (Tripura) - August, 2012
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) - August, 2018
This information was given by the Minister of State (I/c) of Culture and Tourism, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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