Naushad

Noushad Mohamed Kunju an actor, actor trainer, director and educator is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, Central University of Hyderabad, India. He was recently awarded the Best Director (Outstanding Achievement Award) at the Tagore International Film Festival for Fill The Space (2021, India) and has also directed many outstanding plays at the various institutes.

Naushad is a member of the Intercultural Theatre Institute’s examination board. He is also visiting faculty of the National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi, Theatre in Education Tripura, Film and Television Institute of India, and the Drama Department at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He has been Artistic Director of the Shri Ram Centre (SRC) of Performing Arts, New Delhi, after graduating from the Intercultural Theatre Institute in 2005. He also worked as an artist at NSD Repertory Company and has a Diploma in Dramatic Arts from NSD and a Bachelor of Theatre Arts from Thrissur School of Drama, University of Calicut, Kerala.