New Delhi, December 16: 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.
–Agencies