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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 8 July 2011 |
| Affiliation | Government of Madhya Pradesh |
| Director | Sanjay Shrivastav (Present) |
Administrative staff | HOD (Acting ) – Alok Chatterjee (2012 -present) |
| Location | , , 23°14′34″N77°23′55″E / 23.2428°N 77.3986°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | mpsd |
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The Madhya Pradesh School of Drama or MPSD, is a theatre training institute situated at Bhopal, India. [1] [2] [3] It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. [4] [5] It was set up in 2011 [6] by the cabinet of Madhya Pradesh. [7] [8] [9]
The drama school established by government of MP for the practice of systematic training, ultra modern aspects of performances, documentation, maintain a museum, research, library works of traditional, classical and modern theater under the guidance of many eminent theater personalities in the country. [10]
Comprehensive knowledge of different aspects of theater training and practice which also includes a host of traditional theater forms such as classical theater, [11] folk and tribal traditions particularly famous local theaters of Madhya Pradesh. [12] [13]
Several theatre and film personalities visit the Madhya Pradesh School of Drama as guest lecturers for master classes. Indian theatre directors and actors like Raghubir Yadav, [14] [15] Om Puri, [16] [15] Govind Namdev, [17] [15] Atul Tiwari, [15] Piyush Mishra, [18] [15] Uttara Baokar, [19] [15] Alok Chatterjee [15] have conducted Workshops and interactive session at the Drama school. [15]