New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Eminent theatre director and former cultural diplomat of India to South Africa and Mauritius, Balwant Thakur, today met Chittaranjan Tripathi, Director of the National School of Drama (NSD), in New Delhi. The meeting revolved around a series of constructive discussions aimed at strengthening theatre education in Jammu & Kashmir and identifying new avenues for trained theatre professionals in the context of India's evolving educational landscape.
With the introduction of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which emphasizes arts-integrated learning and theatre-in-education as vital tools for holistic development, the demand for trained theatre educators is growing rapidly. Jammu & Kashmir, with its rich cultural ...