Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 26: 35 girls from four Jammu Colleges were selected for the final round of the selection of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB)-Natrang young artists scholarships at the auditorium of Govt College for Women, Parade, here today.
The selection was made out of the auditioning of 318 female candidates followed by two day selection workshop conducted by Natrang Director, Balwant Thakur.
The trainers of the selection workshop included Asheish Nijhawan who is a post graduate from National School of Drama, New Delhi and is currently undergoing higher education in Dramatic Arts from London International School of Performing Arts, UK, Neeraj Kant who is into the profession of acting and direction since last 27 years and Sumeet Sharma who is a post-graduate in Dramatics from Punjab University, Chandigarh and is also National Awardee for direction in theatre.
The selection process for 15 scholarships was initiated by Natrang in the month of April, 2013. In the first round, the team of Natrang held orientation workshops in 20 different schools and colleges in Jammu to just to let to know the younger generations about this scholarship project. Afterwards Natrang launched a proper application form and in response to that 590 applied for this scholarship programme.
Giving details about the scholarship programme, Natrang Director Balwant Thakur informed that Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in association with Natrang Jammu has launched a three year scholarship programme to promote and support the outstanding young talents in performing Arts. Each selected candidate will be awarded an amount of Rs. 3,000 a month over a period of three years to pursue his/her interest in performing arts.
Through this scholarship programme, the thrust will also be to train the younger generation in the traditional performing arts particularly the traditional performances of the hills of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi.
The female candidates who participated in the final selection workshop included Juhi Singh, Sakshi Prakash, Sameena Kousar, Navneet Kaur, Surya Salathia, Kiran Choudhary, Nisha Devi, Sapna Choudhary, Namrata Chib, Ruqaya Qazi, Manju, Sakshi Chandel, Ravinder Kaur, Tanya Choudhary, Gurleen Kour, Niharika Sharma, Anshu Kiran, Vrinda Bakshi, Suskashna Sharma, Sagun Mahajan, Nisha Devi, Shimona Chib, Nancy Sharma, Pooja Raj, Sabia Nagpal, Muskan Gupta, Roshni Jethi, Radhika Khajuria, Hem Lata, Shafali Antal, Sadhana Sharma, Priya Sharma, Anu Sharma, Ruhi Charak and Ankita Chopra.
Mohd Yaseen coordinated the whole selection workshop.
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