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Indian theatre director and academic

Waman Kendre is an Indian theatre director and academic.

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He has previously served as the Director of National School of Drama, (NSD) New Delhi from August 2013 to September 2018. He is married to Actress Gauri Kendre and also has a son^[1]

Early years

He is the son of a farmer from Daradwadi village in Beed district of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

After his school and college, he completed a one-year proficiency certification course in Dramatics from Dr.

Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad and then was selected for a three-year course in the NSD.^[2]

Career

At NSD, he earned a fellowship to research on ritualistic and folk theatre of Kerala. He remained active in theatre activities in Mumbai for many years. He is credited with playing a leading role in the Dalit theatre movement in late 1970s Maharashtra.^[3]

Kendre had a thirty-year teaching experience.

He conducted mo