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NINASAM CULTURE COURSE 2017

One of Ninasam’s important activities for more than last 2 decades has been the Culture Course, conducted every October.

This year, in 2017, Ninasam plans to conduct the Culture Course from 1st to 5th October (5 days). Several important writers and thinkers from Karnataka and elsewhere will be taking part as resource persons, and some 150 participants are likely to attend the course. The Course is designed around a specific theme every year, and organised as a combination of special lectures on the theme, lecture-demonstration-discussions on fundamentals of appreciation of art forms like literature, theatre, film, music, dance, and so on -all this during the day-sessions, and a series of performances in the evenings.

Fee towards board, lodging & entrance: Rs. 4,500 (for 5 days)
Concessional Fee for students: Rs. 3,500 (A letter from the head of the educational Institution to be submitted)

Those who wish to attend the course could get the application from the web or from Ninasam office and post the filled in application to Ninasam, Heggodu, Sagara, Shimoga – 577 417

Last date for receiving the application: September 5.
Online application facility is also available. Click on “Apply Online” tab on the top of this page.

Ninasam, Heggodu
Sagara Shimoga – 577 417
Pho: 08183-265646
Email ID: [email protected]

Information to Participants

* This workshop is intended primarily for cultural activists from rural and semi urban parts of Karnataka. But it is open to anyone who has a general interest in cultural activities. Some lectures and presentations will be in English, and a Kannada translation is provided when necessary.

* Many of the sessions and performances in the workshop will be in Kannada, and therefore, those who can not understand Kannada will have a disadvantage.

* Those who wish to apply could either get the application form from our office; or could download it here; and post the filled in application with necessary details, before September 5th 2017. Those who are selected will be intimated. Online application facility is also available in the “Apply Online” tab on the top of this page.

* Total Fee to cover food, lodging and entrance fee for evening programs for all 5 days is Rs. 4500. Students, with certificates from the heads of institutions pay a concessional fee of Rs. 3500. This has to be paid through a DD in favor of Ninasam, Heggodu Payable at Karnataka Bank, Heggodu or any other banks, at Sagara (Shimoga district, Karnataka) branch.

* All participants must attend all the days; partial participation is not allowed.

Last date for receiving the applications: September 5, 2017.

Our Contact address is
Ninasam, Heggodu
Sagara Shimoga – 577 417
Pho: 08183-265646
Email ID: [email protected]

Invited guests (Tentative list)

Ashis Nandy

Ramachandra Guha

Norma Alvares

Samik Banarjee

Gopal Guru

Dickens Leonard

Sundar Sarukkai

Atul Tiwari

Krishnamurthy Hanur

P.K. Rajashekhara

Sunandamma

Basavaraja Kalgudi

J. Srinivasa Murthy

H.N. Muralidhara

Vivek Shanbhag

H. Dandappa

Tarini Shubhadayini

Shivananda Kalave

Ajjappa Kulagod

Anil Balanja

Nayana Anand

Varun Bhat

Srajana Kaikini and others

Sri. T P Ashok and Sri. Jasawanth Jadav (Course Coordinators)

Evening Programs (For public)

Date Time Event/s
01-10-2017 7 PM Tirugata Play: Madhyama Vyayoga
Dir. by: Umesh Salian
02-10-2017 7 PM Tirugata Play:Su Bitre Banna Ba Bitre Sunna
Dir. by: Iqbal Ahmed
03-10-2017 7 PM Ninasam Play: Tatakeemardana
Dir. by: Manjunatha Badigera
04-10-2017 7 PM Invited Play: Sadarame
Dir. by: B. Jayasree
05-10-2017 7 PM Music Concert: Laya Lavanya
By: Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma and group
05-10-2017 8:30 PM Invited Play: Vali Vadhe
Dir. by: Ganesh Mundadi

Venue: Shivarama Karantha Rangamandira, Heggodu

Afternoon Programs (For participants)

Date Time Event/s
01-10-2017 2.30 PM – 4.00 PM Short Play: Mansha Ki Shaadi
Dir. by: Arti Tiwari, Pune
02-10-2017 2.30 PM – 4.00 PM Music Presentation
By: Kalapini Komkali and Atul Tiwari
03-10-2017 2.30 PM – 4.00 PM Short Play: Rip
Dir. by: Savita Rani, Pondicherry
04-10-2017 2.30 PM – 4.00 PM Short Play: Mattobba Mayi
By: Mahadeva Hadapad and group
05-10-2017 2.30 PM – 4.00 PM Poetry Readings

Instructions before fill-up:

  1. Once we receive your application we will send acknowledgement to your email id which you entered. So check your email after submission and read that before you proceed further.
  2. All fields are mandatory. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Due to the receipt of a large number of applications, application facility for Ninasam Culture Course 2017 is closed.

Due to the receipt of a large number of applications, application facility for Ninasam Culture Course 2017 is closed.