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Dr. Venkata Naresh Burla

Assistant Professor

Department of Performing Arts

Full Name
Dr. Venkata Naresh Burla
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venkatanaresh@cuj.ac.in
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Journal PUBLICATIONS
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Books and Book Chapters
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Brief Profile

Venkata Naresh Burla is serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Performing Arts at the Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi India since June, 2013. He has received his M.P.A. in Theatre Arts from University of Hyderabad and MAIPR (with Erasmus Mundus Scholarship) from University of Tampere, Finland and University of Amsterdam. He holds Ph.D. degree from Department of Theatre Arts, University of Hyderabad. He has also worked in the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bengaluru and at Department of Theatre Arts, University of Hyderabad. To his credit, he has directed many plays and worked as a designer for some plays. Gopal Ki Duniya, Macbeth and Hayavadana, Othello, etc., are some plays directed by him in the University Campus and in the Andhra Pradesh Theatre Circle. He has coordinated academic programs on Cultural Creative Expressions-Performing Arts and contributed few articles for edited volumes.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Ph. D. :University of Hyderabad

M.A :in International Performance Research with Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (University of Tampere, Finland and University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

M.P.A :Theatre Arts (University of Hyderabad)

COURSES TAUGHT

    PG:
  • Introduction to Theatre
  • Acting Theory
  • Theatre Criticism
  • Technical Theatre
  • Theatre in Education
  • Design & Direction
    • Ph.D:
  • Research Methods & Theories specific to Theatre and Performance Studies

Additional roles/ responsibility

  1. Coordinator, Department of Performing Arts, May 2020 - January 2024

PUBLICATIONS

Total Publications: 09
List of Latest Five :
  1. Burla, V. N., and Dr. Ramakrishnan, M. (2024). Reading Silappadikaram in the Contemporary Times: A Study of its Performative Aspects. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 5(1), 596–609.
  2. Burla, V. N., and Ramakrishnan, M. (2024). The Role of Interdisciplinarity as a Framework in Handling Culture Specific Concepts with Reference to Tamil Egai. International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH, 12(2), 61–76.
  3. Shyam, P. M., and Burla, V. N. (2023). Joker Memes as a Form of Expressing Inner Thoughts: A Character Analysis of Joker with Reference to the Theatre of Cruelty. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 4(2), 416–424.
  4. Burla, V. N., (2023) The Ideological Position of Folk Forms and the Rise of New Modern Theatre in Postcolonial India: A Study from the Perspective of Four Leading Practitioners. Bhairavi, 28, 342-360.
  5. Burla, V. N., Yadav, S., (2022). “Revaluation of Traditional Performing Arts in the Post-Independent Indian Theatre.” ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 3(2), 411–422

Books and Book Chapters

Books and Book Chapters:2
  1. Essays on Performing Arts, (2017), Ed. M. Ramakrishnan and Venkata Naresh Burla. ISBN 978-93-5291-043-4
  2. Transformation of Theatre Performances: Changing Perspectives during COVID-19 Pandemic, Ed: Varma, Anshu and Harshit Vair. ISBN 2021 978-93-87899-1 0-0

Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference Participation:

List of Latest Five :
  1. Speaker in the Friday Webinar on ‘Intersection of Indian and World Traditions: Contemporary Theatre Practices and Universal Well-Being’ held on 26 May 2023, organised by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, New Delhi.
  2. Presented a research paper titled “Ghost Film Genre as an Effective Medium for Handling Crime and Fictional Narratives: A Comprehensive Study on Recent Movie Productions in South India” at the first Asian Captivating Criminality conference of the International Crime Fiction Association [ICFA] organised in cooperation with the Gothic in Asia Association [GAA] and the BALAC Programme of the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand between 2 and 4 March 2023.
  3. Presented a paper titled “Moving from meta-realities to materialities for necessitating non-dual structure: Semiotics and philosophy of language of performances,” in 15th World Congress of Semiotics, organized by International Association for Semiotics Studies and Hellenic Semiotic Society, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece from August 30 to Sept 2, 2022.
  4. Presented a paper titled “Study of Theatre as a Source of Health Promotion during the Pandemic” in a National Virtual Conference on Culture, Emotion and Human Crises with reference to COVID-19 organized by Department of Tribal Studies, School for the Study of Culture CUJ, Ranchi held on 23-25 March 2022.
  5. Delivered an extension lecture titled “Role of Theatre in Personality Development” in two days international seminar on Role of Literature and Arts in Personality Development organized by ‘The Department of Life Long Learning University of Rajasthan, Jaipur’ on 25 and 26Feb 2022.

Program Organised

  1. Coordinator for the National Seminar on The Cultural Creative Expressions-Performing Arts Jointly organized by Department of Performing Arts, Central University of Jharkhand and CISDR, Tenkasi at Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu.from   14-17 October 2015

AWARDS AND HONOURS

  1. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Performing Arts, CUJ2019-2022
  2. Member, Board of Studies, Department of Anthropology and Tribal studies.
  3. Member, School Board, SSC, CUJ

Any Other Information

1. Prepared syllabus for Master of Performing Arts (MPA-Theatre Arts) programme.
2. Prepared Ph.D - Theatre Course work Syllabus
3. Prepared Syllabus for Bachelor in Performing Arts (BPA) programme.
4. Designed lights for the play Barrister Parvateesham (2019, 2017, 2016) Performed in Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM), Feb-2016, and other National and International theatre Festivals
5. Designed lights for the play The Museum of Lost Pieces (2010, 2009) Performed in (BRM) Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Jan-2010
6. Acted as a Judge for two times in National Theatre Competitions in Telugu organized by Aho-Vibhi-Kandalam Foundation - USA, at various parts of Andhrapradesh

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