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• My main interests centre on working with children using the medium of arts for education. In my work, there is attempt to combine training in Child Development and Classical dance, with an interest in theatre, to create modules for participatory ini...More

  My main interests centre on working with children using the medium of arts for education. In my work, there is attempt to combine training in Child Development and Classical dance, with an interest in theatre, to create modules for participatory initiatives that enrich interactions of teachers and parents with children. Most recently an association with Galli Galli Sim Sim, the Indian adaptation of Sesame Street, as Director, Education & Research, allowed me to further pursue these multiple interests. Earlier also my research and outreach efforts are grounded in theatre in education techniques, which have been explored in a diversity of social classes and cultural milieus in my work over the last three decades. Besides teaching in the Department of Human Development & Childhood studies at Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, I helped in founding the Theatre-in-Education company at the National School of Drama, India. I am also on the Managing Board of several Public Schools, and through my involvement with the National Council for Education & Research Training (NCERT, India) have been part of various projects seeking to conceptualise creative curriculum designs. In recent years I have also been working with children in the context of the aftermath of violence and ongoing political instability, using theatre techniques as a form of discussion and healing. Less

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