Bandhu Prasad
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Arts Manager |
| Location | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Introduction | Bandhu Prasad is an arts manager from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, focusing on performing arts and art festivals. He has been working with various theatre groups, art festivals and institutions based in Kerala and other parts of the country for more than a decade. While pursuing his graduation in Law, he started his arts management career with Abhinaya Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram in 1999 when arts management was yet to be professionally practiced in Kerala. He was instrumental in shaping the group into an internationally reputed professional ensemble and imbibed quite a lot from the group. In 2011, along with his long term colleagues, he co-founded Trivi Art Concerns, a group that focuses on arts management, art festivals, art workshops, art in education and theatre productions. In 2013 Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India included him in the Expert Committee of Performing Arts and he was awarded the ARThink South Asia Arts Management Fellowship in 2014. He has closely collaborated with prestigious cultural initiatives such as International Film Festival of Kerala, India Theatre Forum, Hay Festival Kerala, Kochi- Muziris Biennale and Footsbarn Travelling Theatre (France). |