Saish Deshpande awarded Doctorate in Dramatics Renowned 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; Shivaji University Kolhapur. His 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 and was accepted by the expert panel of the University, the panel of external referees and subsequently after an open online public defence, the University accorded the said Degree. Senior folklorist and Padmashree awardee, Shri Vinayak Khedekar was instrumental in guiding the field work of this research. Through this thesis, melodies of selected compositions of both the forms have also been documented in the Hindustani notation style which will serve as a reference material to researchers on Goan Theatre, Music and Performing arts thus making this study more exemplary. During the course, Saish 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’. Saish is currently serving as an Announcer at All India Radio-Panaji. -- Disclaimer visit: https://www.unigoa.ac.in/docs/disclaimer.html <https://www.unigoa.ac.in/docs/disclaimer.html>.
