Dr. Devendra Sharma awarded Fulbright to research folk opera in India

June 3, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Devendra Sharma performing as Mahoba prince Indal with Sharvari Deshpande as princess Chitralekha of Balk-Bukhara, at the South Asia Conference of University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015.

Through his experience in the Fulbright program, Sharma intends to form a larger performance-for-communication theoretical model that can be applied across cultures.

Largest Nautanki folk opera in the US to be staged by Fresno State professor Devendra Sharma

December 2, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Dr. Devendra Sharma in a traditional nautanki performance

Dr. Devendra Sharma received a grant from the Hewlett 50 Arts Commission to present “Princess Nautanki.”