Dr. Pratibha Agrawal Receiving the Award For her Lifetime Achievement in Indian Theatre From
H.E Shri CH Vidyasagar Rao Honourable Governor of Maharashtra at the prestigious Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar Ceremony on Saturday, November 19th, 2016 at Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai.
– photo by GPN Network
MUMBAI, 19 november, 2016 (GPN): The Governor of Maharashtra CH Vidyasagar Rao presented the 21st Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Award for Excellence in Indian Theatre to theatre personality and activist Dr Pratibha Agrawal at a function in Mumbai today.
Ms. Anurupa Roy Receiving the Award As promising Theatre Artists From His Excellency Shri CH Vidyasagar Rao
Honourable Governor of Maharashtra at the prestigious
Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskaron Saturday, November 19th, 2016 at Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai.-photo by GPN Network
The award was presented to 86- year old Dr Pratibha Agrawal in recognition of her life time contribution to theatre movement through her organization ‘Natya Shodh Sansthan’.
President of the Sangit Kala Kendra Rajashree Birla and Jury member for the Awards Chhaya Ganguli were present.
Lata Mangeshkar, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt Birju Maharaj are among the past recipients of the Kala Shikhar Award.
Sankar Venkateswaran Receiving the Award As promising Theatre Artists From
H.E Shri CH Vidyasagar Rao Honourable Governor of Maharashtra at the prestigious Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar Ceremony on Saturday, November 19th, 2016 at Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai.- Photo By GPN Network
The Governor also presented the Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award to Puppeteer and Founder of ‘Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust’ Anurupa Roy and theatre director from Kerala Sankar Venkateswaran.
