General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi in its meeting held on November 08, 2022 at New Delhi, India has selected respected Kulguru Shri Bharat Ratna Bhargava for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award (Puraskar) for his contribution to Theatre.

The Akademi commemorating 75 years of India’s Independence under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav has instituted this one time award for 75 artists who are 75 years of age and above and have not been recognized with any national award so far in their career. The Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award is one time honour and equivalent to the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, India extends its heartiest congratulations and felicitations to Shri Bharagva.

Sequentially, to honor him, a detailed letter about the award ceremony date, venue etc., will be sent separately.

Shri Bharat Ratna Bhargava was born in 1938. He had completed his education of M.A. Hindi from Rajasthan University (1963) and he is Regd. Research Scholar for a Ph.D. on Contemporary Indian Theatre (1964 – 67). He felt proud when he was a lecturer of Hindi at L.B.S. College, Rajasthan University (1967-71).

He was a part of the Summer Theatre Course at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London. He had also attended National School of Drama, Delhi under Shri Abrahim Elkazi.

Shri Bhargava is a renowned theatre professional having 40+ years of teaching and writing experience in multiple fields of Theatre, including literature and broadcasting.

He is an established Critic and a recognized scholar on Natyashastra and Indian theatre. He has acted, directed many plays and has translated, adapted numerous Sanskrit and other regional language plays into Hindi.

He has served as a professor (Hindi Literature) in Rajasthan University, Program Executive at All India Radio, Producer of Hindi Programs at B.B.C. London and Deputy Secretary (Drama), Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, India. Recipient of many awards and honours, he is Kulguru at Natyakulam, Jaipur, an institution devoted to training in Indian theatre. At present, he is working with visually impaired children for theatre in Jaipur, India