Girish Karnad was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. Apart from working in
theatre, he has directed and acted in films. He has served as
Director of the Film and Television Institute of India, Chairman of
the Sangeet Natak Akademi (the National Academy of the Performing
Arts) and Director of the Nehru Centre, London (the cultural wing
of the High Commission of India). He was Visiting Professor and
Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Chicago. He
has been honored with the Padma Bhushan and conferred the
prestigious Inanpith Award.
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