Former
Director, NSD, Kirti Jain is a
theatre director and pedagogue; she contributed articles to books and journals
on theatre including entries in The Oxford Companion to Theatre. She has
produced plays and documentaries for Doordarshan and directed several plays
over nearly forty years. Her works are a synthesis of politics, aesthetics,
dramatics, innovation and showcase a rare directorial skill. She initiated the
Theatre in Education company at NSD; concern for developing theatre spaces and
audience in Delhi resulted in her organizing Week End Theatre through Natarang Pratishthan; curious about
womens aesthetics, she took on Poorvathe Asian Women Theatre Directors
Festival and Conference. Honors include the B.V. Karanth Smriti Puraskar (NSD,
2010) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Direction (2011).
