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Kirti Jain | |
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| Born | December 1949 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
| Known for | Director of NSD |
| Parents |
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| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2011) |
Kirti Jain is an Indian theatre director and professor of drama. She was Director of the National School of Drama for seven years (1988 - 1995).[1] She is the recipient of several honours, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for direction in 2011.[2] She is a life trustee of Natarang Pratishthan, a private trust that maintains a large collective of material related to theatre in India.
Early life and education
editKirti Jain was born in December 1949 in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India. Her parents were Nemi Chandra Jain, poet, critic and theatre personality, and Rekha Jain, children's playwright and dancer. She grew up in Delhi, and obtained a master's degree in English from Delhi University.[2]
After her MA, she did a Diploma in dramatics from NSD. During this period she was mentored by Ebrahim Alkazi. Talikg about this period, she says: "It really opened me up as a person."[3]
Career
editAfter her diploma, Kirti Jain worked for five years as a producer at Doordarshan.
Jain joined NSD as Assistant Professor in 1977.[4] While still in her 30s, she was appointed Director of NSD, and held the position for seven years (1988-1995). She started the Theatre in Education programme of NSD, along with some other new initiatives.
After the end of her term as director, she reverted to serving as a professor in NSD until her superannuation. In 2010, she was awarded the B V Karanth Smriti Puraskar which is warded to selected NSD alumni for their overall contributionto theatre.[5]
Jain is a member of the Editorial board of the journal Studies In Theatre and Performance published by Exeter University. She is also a contributor to the Companion to the Indian Theatre and Oxford Encyclopaedia of Theatre and Performance.[4].
Awards/honours
edit- B V Karanth Smriti Puraskar, 2010[5]
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for direction, 2011[2]
Books authored/edited by Kirti Jain
edit- Badal Sircar: Search for a Language of Theatre. Niyogi Books, New Delhi, 2016. ISBN: 978-93-830989-6-5
- Roznamcha (in Hindi) by Nemi Chandra Jain, edited by Kirti Jain. Setu Prakashan, 2023.
References
edit- ^ "The Director". Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- ^ a b c "Kirti Jain" (PDF). sangeetnatak/gov.in. Governmet of India. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Anima, P (10 March 2010). "Creative bites: Theatre veteran Kirti Jain on the dynamics of drama and cuisines". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Kirti Jain: Women's Theatre Practice in India". southasia.stanford.edu. Stanford University. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b Anima, P (11 May 2010). "Turning the spotlight". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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