Ratan Thiyam awarded Legends of India Lifetime Achievement Award
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 31 2018:
Renowned theatre director as well as executive member of International Theatre Olympics Committee, Ratan Thiyam has been conferred Legends of India Lifetime Achievement Award 2018 .
He was presented the prestigious award at an event graced by the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, at Indian International Centre, New Delhi today.
The award is given to distinguished people in the fields of Sangeet, Theatre and Fine Arts and some of the past winners include Zohra Sehgal (2003), Habib Tanvir (2004), Badal Sircar (2005) and Ebrahim Alkazi (2015) .
Ratan Thiyam won the award in the field of theatre.
It may be mentioned that Ratan Thiyam is former Chairman of National School of Drama Society and is the current Chairman of Chorus Repertory Theatre.