ROSPECTUS NSD SIKKIM one year residential certificate foojf.kdkcourse in dramatic arts 2020 NSD SIKKIMGovt. of Sikkim has allotted a piece of land to National School of Drama, Sikkim in 2019 to establish its own permanent infrastructure at Assam Lingzey Forest Block, near Gangtok. Front cover photo: Letter of allotment of the land Kalidasa’s Abhijnan Shakuntalam, Official Map of the land Dir. Piyal Bhattacharya, (Student’s Production, 2019) Way to Saurani Phatak Land of Social Justice & Welfare Dept. Private Holding ICDS Centre Private Holding Govt. of Sikkim Land position in Private Holding the Google Map Kanchanjangha Peak Contents 3 National School of Drama, New Delhi 4 Former Chairpersons & Directors of NSD 5 National School of Drama, Sikkim 6 The Chairman, NSD Society 7 The Director, NSD 8 The Centre In-charge, NSD 9 The Centre Director, NSD Sikkim 11 The Vision & Objectives of NSD, Sikkim 12 Subjects of Study 14 Syllabus 16 Annual Activity Report 18 Visiting Faculty Members 19 Admission Related Matters 22 General Information 24 NSD Sikkim Repertory Company 26 Administrative & Technical Staff 28 Theatre Festivals Location & Travel Route English C3 Hami Nai Aafai Aaf, a dramatisation of Padma Sachdev’s Dogri Novel Ab Na Banegi Dehri, Dir. Bipin Kumar (Students/Repertory Production, 2011/12) National School of Drama ational School of Drama is one of the foremost theatre training institutions in the world and the Nonly one of its kind in India. Established in 1959 as a constituent unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the School became an independent entity in 1975 and was registered as an autonomous organization under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The School offers an intensive and New Delhi comprehensive three-year course in Theatre. Successful candidates are awarded Diploma in Dramatic Art after completing the course. The training is based on a carefully planned syllabus which covers every aspect of theatre, in which theory is related to practice as a part of which, shows are performed before the public audience. The School has two performing wings: The Repertory Company, started in 1964, and the Theatre-in-Education Company (Sanskaar Rang Toli), which was founded in 1989. On completion of the three years diploma course, successful candidates may be considered for enrolment into either of these two companies, or granted a one year fellowship. The extension program of School, under which workshops for adult and children are conducted in various parts of the country, was launched in 1978. 3 NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA FORMER CHAIRPERSONS AND DIRECTORS Former Chairpersons *1. Dr. P. V. Rajamannar 1959-61 *2. Maharaja Shri Chamaraja Waddiyar Bahadur 1961-65 *3. Smt. Indira Gandhi 1965-72 4. Dr. K. P. S. Menon 1972-77 5. Smt. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya 1977-78 6. Shri. L. M. Singhvi 1978-82 7. Ms. Shanta Gandhi 1982-86 8. Dr. Suresh Awasthi 1986-88 9. Smt. Vijaya F. Mehta 1988-92 10. Dr. P. C. Joshi 1992-96 11. Dr. Chandrasekhar Kambar 1996-2001 12. Shri Anupam Kher 2001-2004 13. Mrs. Amal Allana 2005-2013 14. Shri Ratan Thiyam 2014-2017 Former Directors 1. Shri Satu Sen 1959-61 2. Shri E. Alkazi 1962-77 3. Shri B. V. Karanth 1977-82 4. Prof. B. M. Shah 1982-84 5. Prof. Mohan Maharishi 1984-86 6. Shri Ratan Thiyam 1987-88 7. Prof. Kirti Jain 1988-95 8. Prof. Ram Gopal Bajaj 1995-2001 9. Prof. Devendra Raj Ankur 2001-2007 10. Dr. Anuradha Kapur 2007-2013 11. Prof. Waman Kendre 2014- 2017 Current Office Holders Acting Chairman : Dr. Arjun Deo Charan Director In-Charge : Prof. Suresh Sharma * When NSD was under the administrative control of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, 4 the Chairperson of the Akademi used to be the Chairperson of the National School of Drama as well. National School of Drama ikkim Theatre Training Centre is the first centre of the National School of Drama outside Delhi, established in Sthe year 2011 with 'One Year Residential Certificate Course in Dramatic Arts'. Situated in the lush green picturesque valley of Gangtok, the centre offers a year-long extensive training in theatre. Sikkim The first phase of the course is devoted to training and grooming of the participants in which Yoga, Movement, Martial Arts, Voice and Speech, Music, Western Drama, Classical and Modern Indian Drama and various Methods of Acting are covered. The second phase focuses on technical training, Set design, Lighting, Make-up and other aspect of theatre. In the third phase, the participants experience a series of professional tours in and around Sikkim and other places of India which provide them with ample opportunity to open up and know different cultures, people and territories. In 2012, the centre started its Repertory Company in which student from the previous year's training program were selected as Artists. 5 Dr. Arjun Deo Charan Acting Chairman, NSD r. Arjun Deo Charan is a noted Rajasthani poet, critic, playwright, theatre director and translator. As a Dprominent figure in Indian theatre, he shares his position in top 10 theatre personalities of country with Habib Tanvir and Ratan Thiyam. Dr. Charan was born on 10 May 1954 in Mathania village in Jodhpur. His father Renvat Dan Charan also was an eminent Rajasthani poet and socialist, who had won Sahitya Akademi Award for his notable work ‘Uchhalo’. Dr. Charan has been the Head of Department of Rajasthani Language in the Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. He has been selected as Chairman of Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi, Jodhpur on 26 November 2011 for three years. He is the founder of Rammat Theatre Group, Jodhpur, which is one of the prestigious theatre groups of the country and his plays have been performed in several National and International theatre festivals including Bharat Rang Mahotsav organised by National School of Drama. Dr. Charan is the recipient of many awards, including Rajasthani Sahitya Akademi Award in1980, central Sahitya Akademi award for his book 'Dharam Judh' in 1992, Highest Award of Rajasthani Bhasa Sahitya Evam Sanskriti Akademi in 1997, Rajasthan Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1999, Maru-Parampara Samman in 2004, Bihari Puraskar in 2011 by K. K. Birla Foundation for his Rajasthani poetry collection ‘Ghar to Ek Naam hai Bharose Ro’ and Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2012. Presently, he is the Acting Chairman of India's most prestigious drama school, National School of Drama. 6 Prof. Suresh Sharma Director In-charge, NSD orn in 1959, Prof. Suresh Sharma completed his education in Lucknow. In 1982, he got his diploma in dramatics from BBhartendu Natya Academy, Lucknow. In 1985, he graduated from National School of Drama, New Delhi with specialization in acting. Soon afterwards he joined 'Sambhav', a Delhi based theatre group, and acted in many of its prestigious productions. In 1987-88, he established the first non-governmental theatre repertory in Mandi, a district of Himachal Pradesh. From 1996-98 for a period of two years, he worked as Artistic Director of Sri Ram Centre for Performing Arts, Delhi. In the year 1998, he established the first non–governmental Residential Theatre Academy in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Prof. Sharma has been felicitated by Sahitya Kala Parishad for his acting skill. In 1988-89 Sangeet Natak Academy awarded ‘Mohana’, a play written and directed by Prof. Sharma as the best play under their 'Young Director's Scheme'. He has acted in more than thirty plays with various directors and has experience of working with almost all the eminent directors of India. Besides directing plays, Prof. Sharma has also done the very first Hindi translation of the book Stanislavsky System under the title 'Stanislavsky ke Abhinay Siddhant'. Prof. Sharma joined the National School of Drama in August 1999 as Chief of the NSD Repertory Company and is presently Director In-charge of the School. 7 Dr. Abhilash Pillai Prof. (Acting & Direction) & Centre In-charge urrently the Dean Academics, Centre In-Charge and In-Charge of Cultural Exchange Programme of NSD, Dr. Abhilash Pillai is a play director, Cpedagogue, and scholar of contemporary Indian Theatre, who has directed more than 30 productions in various Indian languages and English. He is often credited as one of the initiators of digital theatre in Modern Indian Drama with 'Anth Ananth', a 1995 production of NSD Repertory Company. His theatre reinforces the past and also the present through 20th and 21st century Indian Pop visuals, video, recorded sound and other technological interventions. His works draw on a wide array of materials but are presented in a contemporary aesthetic style and envision a dialogue between practice and scholarship that seeks to augment the perspective with critical knowledge about various issues concerned. As a theatre maker, he has been involved in several collaborative projects, international and national, and initiated first-ever collaboration between NSD and a Circus Company, culminating in a production 'Clowns & Clouds'. He did his graduation in BTA (Bachelor of Theatre Arts), Calicut University in 1991; did a three-year post-graduate diploma in dramatics from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in Design & Direction, with distinction in 1994; passed a two-year diploma in Theatre Production and Stage Management with honours from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London in 1998. Later, he did a one year intensive training in advanced theatre direction in association with eminent directors in the Orange Tree Theatre, U.K. from 1998- 1999, and achieved Ph. D. from JNU, New Delhi in 2012. He started his artistic life as an artistic director of Abhinaya Theatre and Research Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 1999. Dr. Pillai has authored a book on C.N.