Lok Sabha Question No. 5121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: New Centres of Theatre Schools
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Arun Sao, Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5121

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## NEW CENTERS OF THEATRE SCHOOLS

## 5121. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI ARUN SAO: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is formulating any plan to open new centres of theatre schools including the prestigious National School of Drama in different parts of
- the country; (b) if so, the details thereof particularly of Maharashtra; (c) the details of the syllabus and the number of seats in each course of the National School of Drama in Delhi and other cities; (d) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  promote  theatre  in  regional languages  in  the  country  including  Chhattisgarh,  Maharashtra  and  Rajasthan; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM & DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) & (b)   Government  is  exploring  the  possibility  of  opening  regional  centers  of National  School  of  Drama  (NSD).  Ministry  has  directed  NSD  to  study  the feasibility of opening new centers and submit a proposal.
- (c) NSD conducts 3 years Post Graduate Diploma in Dramatic Arts at New Delhi with 26 students every year. The details of Syllabus are as under:

In  the  first  year,  basics  of  Acting,  Design,  Direction,  Theatre  History, Literature & Aesthetics are taught in detail. In the second year, students do the  specialization  in  the  Theatre  History,  Literature  &  Aesthatics,  Acting, Direction,  Theatre  Techniques  and  Design.  In  the  third  year,  students  get advanced  training  in  their  area  of  specialization  like  Acting,  Direction, Theatre Techniques and Design.

NSD offers one year certificate courses in their four regional centres with an intake capacity of 20 students at each centre. The details are as under;

|   S.No | NSD centre   | Course                                                           |
|--------|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Sikkim       | 1 year Residential Certificate course in Dramatic Arts.          |
|      2 | Tripura      | 1 year Residential Certificate course in Theatre in Education    |
|      3 | Bengaluru    | 1 year Residential Certificate course in Acting.                 |
|      4 | Varanasi     | 1 year Residential Certificate course in Indian Classic Theatre. |

- (d) & (e)   Yes Sir. NSD holds various festivals like Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Poorvottar Rashtriya Festival, Pragjyotish Festival, Jashn-e-bachpan/Bal Sangam festival,  National  Tribal  festival  of  Dance,  Music,  Folk  &  Theatre  and organizes theatre Training workshops  across the country in different local/regional  languages  for  the  promotion  of  theatre  in  the  country.  In 2017,  Classical  Theatre  Festival  was  held  in  Maharashtra  and  in  2018, Theatre Olympics was held at Mumbai, Maharashtra & Jaipur, Rajasthan.

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