Satyabrata Rout (born 17 March 1958) is an Indian

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and theatre

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. He is a former faculty member of the

National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a drama school 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 ...

. At present, he is a professor and head of the Department of Theatre at University of Hyderabad, India. He is known for his contribution toward Visual theatre in India. In 2016 he received the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...

for the field of

Theatre Direction A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

from the president,

Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind ( ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as the president. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

in New Delhi.

Early life and education

He was born in Odisha in 1958 and graduated in Science from

Ravenshaw University Ravenshaw University, formerly known as Ravenshaw College, is a co-educational state university situated in Cuttack, Odisha on the eastern coast of India. Founded as Ravenshaw College in 1868, the institution became a university in 2006. The u ...

in 1977 then he went to the

(NSD) in 1983, where he did his master's degree in theatre with specialisation in Design and Direction. He did his Ph.D. on the topic “The Influence of B.V.Karanth on Indian Dramaturgy: A Critical Study” from CCS University, Meerut and D.Litt. from I.K.S.V Khairaghad University on “New Direction Theories”.

Theatre direction

* Passa (1988) * Nagmandal (1993) * Urubhangam (1994) * Baji (1998) * Hayvadan (2002) *

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(2005) * Pygmalion (2007) * 30 days in September (2008) * Evam Indrajit (2010) * Matte Eklavya (

Waiting for Godot ''Waiting for Godot'' ( or ) is a 1953 play by Irish writer and playwright Samuel Beckett, in which the two main characters, Vladimir (Waiting for Godot), Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters w ...

) (2011) * Mrig Trishna (2012) * Animal Farm (2013) * Tumhara Vincent (2015) *Reth (2016) *Shakuntala (2019) *Naagmandal (2023)

Awards

* Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Award in 2013 for 'Matte Ekalavya’ (

Ekalavya Ekalavya (, also spelt as Eklavya) is a character from the Hindu epic ''Mahābhārata''. He is described as a young prince of the Nishadas, a confederation of forest and hill tribes in ancient India. The son of Hiranyadhanus, a king of the Ni ...

once again). *

Sahitya Kala Parishad Sahitya Kala Parishad (साहित्य कला परिषद) (Academy of Performing and Fine Arts) is the Cultural wing of the Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) of Delhi for music, dance, drama & fine arts, established ...

Award in 2015 for play ‘Tumhara Vincent’ by best manuscript award. * Manohar Singh Smriti Puraskar for his contributions to the field of theatre. *

in 2016 for the field of

. * B.V.Karanth Memorial Award in 2019 by National School of Drama

References

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