TEDxITMU - Anurupa Roy
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 01/02/2012

Anurupa Roy, a celebrated women Indian puppeteer, uses puppetry to address important social issues related to reproductive health, livelihood, community and education. Anurupa Roy was just 20 when she initiated Kat-Katha, a puppet-art trust, a decade ago in New Delhi with a few school and college friends. She is armed with degrees in puppetry from the University of Stockholm and the School of Traditional Glove Puppetry, Naples, Anurupa and uses puppet theatre as another performing art. She had to battle the general impression of puppetry as only a means of kids' entertainment.

Her desire for excellence in her field has earned her many awards which include the prestigoius Junior Fellowship of Arts for Puppet Theatre 2003-05 by Department of Culture, Government of India and Ustad Bismilla Khan Yuva Puraskar 2007 -- National award for contribution to puppet theatre, by the Sangeet Natak Akademi ,an autonomous body funded by the Ministry of Culture, India.