NSD Delhi Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The College There are separate hostels for boys. Accommodation provided to the students may be on a room sharing or dormitory basis. It is compulsory for all students to join the hostel. Hostel rent per seat is Rs. 110.00 per month. Electricity & water charges (adjustable).

The College There are separate hostels for girls. Accommodation provided to the students may be on a room sharing or dormitory basis. It is compulsory for all students to join the hostel. Hostel rent per seat is Rs. 110.00 per month. Electricity & water charges (adjustable).

The College Library is one of the country’s most specialized libraries in the field of theatre and drama. By the end of March 2013, the library owned an enormous collection of 26,665 books covering areas ranging from the technical to the genera, textbooks and scripts, about 4000 volumes of periodicals, 1064 gramophone records, 616 slides, 889 photographs, and about 200 journals related to theatre and the Allied and Performing Arts. The Library also has a vast collection of press clippings of reviews on various plays performed by NSD students, the TIE Company (Sanskaar Rang Toli), and the NSD Repertory Company appearing in English/Hindi newspapers. The School Library is one of the most specialized libraries in the field of theatre and Drama. The national school of Drama Library acquires whatever material is available on dramatics in the Delhi market. Efforts are also made to procure plays and their criticism from outside Delhi and abroad. It collects the material mainly on dramatics and related fields.

The College has four performing spaces available on campus for the staging of its productions. These performing spaces are not commercial but function in the interest of academic activities and programs run by the School. Abhimanyu Auditorium Seating arrangement for 350 persons Sammukh Auditorium Seating arrangement for 96 persons Bahumukh Auditorium Seating arrangement depends upon the set approximately 75-100 persons.

The college has good networking for the alumni association.

The college has a canteen facility for staff and students.

The college has guest house/waiting room facilities for visiting faculty and student family members.

The College In recent years, NSD under its Extension Programme organized a series of theatre workshops in the North Eastern States. The workshops proceeded on the basis of a 3-step programme – the first was to arouse interest amongst all participants about the intricacies of the theatre experience – performance and transference; the second was to impart training in the area and the third was to help and guide them to prepare productions on the basis of the received training.

The College Training in the School is unique in several ways. It is based on a thorough, comprehensive and carefully-planned syllabus that covers every aspect of theatre from theory to practice, the results of which  are put to test before a wide audience. The syllabus takes into account the methods of great theatre personalities who have shaped contemporary theatre in all its forms and expressions. Training includes broad-based training in classical Indian and western dramatic traditions, Indian traditional and folk theatre, modern theatre trends in India and abroad, introduction of theatre trends of the world, and specialized training in Indian theatre traditions.