Founded | 1992 |
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Type | Service organization /non-profit |
Focus | Arts and Culture |
Location | |
Area served | India |
Key people | Arundhati Nag Managing Trustee, Girish Karnad Chairman |
The Sanket Trust is a non-profit trust established in 1992 in Bangalore [1] playwright Girish Karnad was its Chairman and actor-theatre practitioner Arundhati Nag, as its Managing Trustee, apart from theatre personalities as well as administrative experts on its board of trustees. It formally administers Ranga Shankara and all its activities. The Trust is advised and guided by theatre activists from all over the country. This informal advisory group meets whenever necessary to review Ranga Shankara activities and share ideas. [2] [3]
The trust comprises
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