Padma Shri Niranjan Goswami Bio-data FIELD :MUKABHINAYA [MIME / PANTOMIME] Sl. No. 1. NAME IN FULL (Block Letters) a) In Roman Script GOSWAMI NIRANJAN (Surname) (First Name) (Middle Name) गोवामी निरंजि b) In Devanagari (Surname) (Middle Name) (First Name) 2. Date of Birth 1949 03 10 (Year) (Month) (Date) 3. Place of Birth a) Village : Shollopara / Town : Sonargaon b) State/Region : Dhaka, c) Country : BanglaDesh 4. Parent's Name : Late Nagendra Chandra Goswami – Father Late Kamala Goswami - Mother 5. Mother Tongue : Bengali 7. Marital Status : Married {} Single { } Name(s) of the Spouse, Children Spouse' s Name : Smt. Mukti Goswami -Wife Child's Name : Miss Madhurima Goswami – Daughter 8. Nationality Indian 9. Present Address 20/6, Seal Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal Phone PIN : 700 015 Mobile : +91 94 33 32 76 57 and +91 913667748 [email protected] E-mail [email protected] www.mimeindia.in Website www.nationalmimeinstitute.in www.theworldofmimetheatre 10. Permanent Address As above. 11. Training received in the (a) Guru(s) Name(s) Year(s) field of specialization Shri Jogesh Dutta 1966 to 1969 (Give names/details): (b) Institution(s): PADABOLI 12. Gharana/Sampradaya NIL 13. Training in other Theatre under Late Shambhu Mitra at performing arts Bohurupee during 1970-1975. Dance under Shri Suresh Dutta during 1970 Learnt Tala, Laya and Chhanda with Shri Gopal Chatterjee. 14. Prominent Students a. Late ManikMajumdar b. Shri KalpataruGuha - President Award winner as a creative hearing challenged persons. A national scholarship and Juniorfellowship recipient from Department of Culture, Govt. of India. c. Dr. Tarun Pradhan- A national scholarship and Junior &Senior fellowship recipient from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India. Prof. Dept of Drama, RabindraBharati University, Kolkata. d. Ms. Shamita Biswas Chakraborty - A national scholarship and Junior fellowship recipient from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India. e. Shri Saswata Biswas – A national scholarship and Junior fellowship recipient from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India. f. Shri ChandrakantaSirali - A national scholarship recipient from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India. g. Shri Arusam Madhusudan - A national Scholarship recipient from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India. Recipient Of Ustad Bismilla Khan Yuba Puraskar 2006’ from Sangeet NatakAkademi, New Delhi. Director, Indian Mime Academy, Hyderabad, A.P. h. Dr. Y. SadanandSingh - A national senior Fellowship recipient from the Department of Culture, Govt. of India. Director, Kanglei Mime Theatre Repertory, Imphal Manipur. i. Shri PranjanGogoi, Director, Nisabd, Guwahati, Assam. Assam. Recipient of Ustad Bismilla Khan Yuba Puraskar 2006’ from Sangeet NatakAkademi, New Delhi. j. Siraj Ahmed Bhati , Director Rainbow Society, Jaipur , Rajasthan. Received junior Fellowship in Mime from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. k. Shri Dinesh (Dev) Fouzdar ,Drector, Natya Kiran Manch, Mumbai, Maharastra. Received junior Fellowship in Mime from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. l. Ms. Soma Mazumder Das, Director, Soma Mime Theatre, Kolkata, West Bengal. Received Young Talent Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Recipient of Ustad Bismilla Khan Yuba Puraskar 2006’ from Sangeet NatakAkademi, New Delhi. m. Kuldeep Patgiri , Director, Assam Mime & Skit Theatre Received Young Talent Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Recipient of Ustad Bismilla Khan Yuba Puraskar 2006’ from Sangeet NatakAkademi, New Delhi. And many more…………All over India. 15. Professional Founder-Director, Indian Mime Theatre, employmentHistory/ Kolkata since its inception in the year Record of impor - tant 1976. achievements/ University Grants Commission (UGC) Appointments in chrono- Visiting Professor at Dr. B. A. M. logical order beginning University, Aurangabad, Maharastra with most recent 2009-2010 employment 16. Titles / Honours Title / HonoursConferred by Year ‘Young Talent Dept. of Culture 1976 Scholarship’Govt. of India, New Delhi. ‘Best Talented National 1979 Performing Artiste’ by Youth Forum New Delhi &Kolkata. ‘Junior Fellowship’ Dept. of Culture, 1980 Govt. of India, New Delhi ‘ICA award’ Indian Critic Council, 1981 Kolkata, W.B. ‘Junior Fellowship’ Dept. of Culture, 1989 Govt. of India, New Delhi. ‘Junior Fellowship’ Dept. of Culture, 1995 Govt. of India,New Delhi. ‘Drama Academy India Award’. 1996 Drama Academy, Kolkata, WB India, ‘AICA Award’ All India Critics’ 1998 Association(AICA),New Delhi & Kolkata. Mukabhinaya Samrat’ 2000 Vooyala Communications, Hyderabad, A.P. ‘Senior Fellowship’ Dept. of Culture, 2001 Govt. of India, New Delhi. ‘SNA AWARD 2002’ by Sangeet Natak 2003 Akademi, National Akademi of Dance, Drama and Music, New Delhi. Pataliputra Award 2003’ 2004 Prangan Theatre Group ,Patna, Bihar ‘International Theatre Award’ 2007 Theatre Pasta, New Delhi ‘Padma Shri’ 2009 Government of India, New Delhi ‘Mukabhinaya Ratnarnab’ 2011 Howrah Sanskrit Sahitya Samaj Howrah, West Bengal “DebuBasuSmarak Puraskar” 2013 Naksa, Gobardanga, Uttor 24 Pargana,WB ‘Athek Chesta Sanman’ 2017 Athek Chesta Society, Jaipur Rajasthan ‘Imon Sanman’ 2018 Imon Mime Centre, North 24 Pgs. W.B. ‘Bagdhara Nav Ratna Sanman’ 2018 Bagdhara Society, Mumbai , Maharastra ‘B M Shah Award 2018’ 2020 UR SNA, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 17. Publication/discs CD of Solo Mime & Mime plays. or cassettes/films etc. by or on the Awardee 18. Documentation carried Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi; out on the Awardee by U.P. Sangeet Natak Akademi, Lucknow; any agency U.P. and Indian Mime Theatre. 19. Seminars / Workshops Organised number of seminars from organised / attended 1984 and till date in Kolkata, New Delhi, in India / Abroad Guwahati and many other cities in India Seminar in connection with Mukabhinaya Utsav. Presented a paper on ‘Value Education through Mime Theatre’ in a national seminar on Value Education organized by NCERT, New Delhi. 20. Short Training Course Conducting short term training course on Mime and the Theatre Department in different universities in India such as : Film &Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, Maharastra, etc. National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi; Dr. B. A. Marathawada University , Aurangabad, Maharastra; Drama Dept., S.B. College of Arts and Commerce, Aurangabad, Maharastra; M.S.University , Baroda, Gujarat; Drama Dept., Gujrat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, Gujrat; Rajasthan University, Jaipur, Rajasthan; Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, A.P.; Punjabi University ,Patiala, Punjab; Punjab University, Chandigarh, U.T. Bhartendu Natya Academy(BNA), Lucknow, U.P.; Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha, Mahaeastra. Central University, Shilchar, Assam. School of Drama , Guwahati, Assam; Chandra’s School of Acting, Mumbai, Maharastra; Performing Art Dept., Kala Academy , Panaji, Goa; School of Drama, Thrichur, Kerala; Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharastra. Sri Ram Centre Acting Course, New Delhi; Centre for Cultural Resource &Training (CCRT), short training course for school teachers at New Delhi, Hyderabad, A.P. ; Imphal, Manipur; etc. Natya Institute of Kathak& Choreography, Bangaluru, Karnataka And many more. 21. Workshop Conducts Mime and Acting workshop different well known theatre institutions at regular intervals at Kolkata and different parts of the country like Madhya Pradesh Rangmandal, At Bharat Bhavan (Bhopal), M.P.; Chorus Repertory Theatre, (Imphal), Manipur; Rangayan (Mysore), Karnataka; Awiskar (Mumbai), Maharastra; Kala Academy (Panaji), Goa at the invitation of West Zone Cultural Centre; At Lucknow, on invitations from U.P.SangeetNatak Academyand Dept. of Culture, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh; At New Delhi, on invitation from Sahitya Kala Parishad, New Delhi; At Triveni Kala Sangam, organized by Impresario India, New Delhi; At Ahmedabad, on invitation from Gujarat SangeetNatak Academy and Darpana Academy of Performing Arts& Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Gujrat; At Lucknow, on invitations from BhartenduNatya Academy (BNA)and Dept. ofCulture, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, U.P.; At Howrah on invitation of Howrah SammilitaSanskritiParishad, West Bengal; At Bhatpara on invitation of IPTA as a part of Golden Jubilee celebration, West Bengal. At Lucknow, on invitations from AranisTheatre Repertory,U.P.; At Imphal, on invitation from Manipur Sangeet Natak Academy, Manipur; At Guwahati, on invitation from Dept. of Culture, Govt. of Assam, Assam. At Institute of film and T.V. Acting, Jorhat, Assam; At Oral School for Deaf Children, Kolkata; At Acting School run by Bhramor Cultural Forum, Kolkata; PaschimbangaNatyaAkademi, Kolkata, W. B.; Conducted Workshop in Kathak Kendra, Lucknow, U.P. At Jodhpur, Rajasthanorganized by SangeetNatakAkademi, Conducted state level workshop at Ahmedabad on an invitation of ICCR, Ahmedabad, Gujarat with State SNA. At New Delhi organized by Sahitya Kala Parishad (SKP) at Sri Ram Centre. In Mumbai and Pune ‘Mime & Film Acting Workshop organized by Natya Kiran Manch. Conducted state level workshop at Jammu University on an invitation of ICCR ,Jammu& Kashmir with JU. Conducted Mime Workshops in the ‘Young Theatre Artiste Workshop’ in different States of India organized by SangeetNatakAkademi as a National expert till now conducted at Patna, Bihar, Simla, H.P., Amritsar, Punjab, Jammu, J &K; Chandigarh, Hariyana, Bokara, Jharkhand, Gangtak, Sikkim ; Anand Gram, New Delhi; Poilan- Kolkata, West Bengal; Khairagarh, Chattisgarh. SPICMACAY, New Delhi and NIIT, Shilchar Assam. Conducted