Five regional centres of the prestigious National School of Drama (NSD) are to be set up across the country, besides upgrading a resource centre at Bengaluru to a regional centre. On the basis of the recommendations made by the Broad Based Committee NSD Society proposed to establish 5 regional centres one each at Kolkata, Mumbai/Goa, J&K, and North-East.  These regional centres would be established in consultation with the concerned State Governments, who were required to provide accommodation for the purpose.

Only the Government of Karnataka has allotted land for the purpose at Bengaluru. NSD has started one year teaching training programme in the Bengaluru Chapter commencing from academic session 2014-15. In addition, under consolidation of Out-reach Programme in the North-East Region, NSD has opened its Centres in Sikkim and Tripura.

This information was given by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.

Did You Know?

• National School of Drama is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India.
• It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
• It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and became an independent school in 1975.
•  In 2005 it was granted deemed university status, but in 2011 it was revoked on the institute’s request.