National School of Drama:
Why in News?
Paresh Rawal, actor and former BJP MP, has been appointed Chairperson of the National School of Drama
Society by President Ram Nath Kovind.
• Set up by the Sangeet Natak Akademi as one of its constituent units in 1959.
• In 1975, it became an independent entity and was registered as an autonomous organization under the
Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
• Bharat Rang Mahotsav, or the ‘National Theatre Festival’, established in 1999, is the annual theatre
festival of National School of Drama (NSD), held in New Delhi, today it is acknowledged as the largest
theatre festival of Asia, dedicated solely to theatre
