PANAJI
Goan theatre director, musician and academician, Saish Deshpande has been awarded the degree of ‘Doctor of Philosophy’ in dramatics through Department of Music and Dramatics at Shivaji University Kolhapur. Deshpande’s thesis entitled ‘A study of Goan Traditional theatre Kaalo and Goan Folk theatre Gawda Jagor with special reference to Music’ was submitted under the guidance of renowned litterateur, Prof Rajan Gavas and under Prof Prabhanjan Mane. “Senior folklorist and Padma Shri awardee Vinayak Khedekar was instrumental in guiding the field work of this research,” states Deshpande, an announcer at All India Radio, Panaji. During the course, Deshpande through three national conferences, presented and published research papers namely, ‘Natyashastra and its music’, ‘Music: an integral element of Indian theatre forms’ and ‘Tiatr: an effective medium of creating awareness to transform society’.
