New National School of Drama regional campuses at Bangalore, Kolkata, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra/Goa and North East
December 19th, 2009
Following is from a PTI report.
The National School of Drama is in the process of establishing five regional centres in India, including in Jammu and Kashmir and the North East, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
While one of these regional centres –in Bangalore– has already been set up, the NSD is in the process of identifying locations for other centres in consultation with state governments and other stake holders.
This was said by Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs, M V Narayanasamy, who also holds the ad-hoc charge of the ministry of culture in response to a question.
"It is proposed to set up five regional centres of the National School of Drama — at Bangalore, Kolkata, in Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra/Goa and in the North East," he said.
He said the Bangalore Centre of National School of Drama has already started functioning from February, 2009.
After NID this is the second fallout for Orissa. In July this year the Orissa Culture minister met the culture secretary in Delhi and requested him about NSD. At that time his response was encouraging.
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1. stingidea | December 19th, 2009 at 6:56 am
There is so much that the state can contribute with its rich culture and its track record of producing great writers/authors. Indeed, looking at the choice of centers I would say Kolkata is definitely a strong contender to be up against but perhaps the central government needs to play a balancing game every once in a while. Especially in this case I think some more noise and presenting a strong case, mentioning a history of various art forms/dance forms would have tilted the balance in favor of Orissa. If things go the way they are we will continue to play second fiddle in the eastern region.