Founder Director of Theatre Resource, Kaustubh is a qualified applied theatre practitioner from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. He is the only one in India qualified in the area of Applied Theatre and working in the area of Training and Development. Kaustubh is also a Postgraduate of Commerce from University of Pune and a certified Lead Auditor for ISO 2009:2014 from IRCA, Germany.
Kaustubh has extensively worked in the field of education and research before establishing Theatre Resource. He was a permanent faculty at FLAME University, Pune and also taught at various academic institutions including NSD TIE (Tripura), Sinhagad College, Suryadatta Institute and Central University of Hyderabad. He had performed as an actor at various international festivals including London International Festival of Theatre (UK), Contact Theatre Manchester (UK) and Colombo International Theatre Festival (Sri Lanka). During his academic journey Kaustubh had presented some of his research papers at prestigious conferences including ASSITEJ New Delhi, ISTR Pune, Creative Engagements, Oxford, UK and ISTR Kolkata.
His core interest is in the area of applied theatre and he had worked with various school and NGOs earlier to explore various issues using theatre as a tool. Kaustubh founded Theatre Resource in 2014 and is currently working as a training consultant for various industries, corporate companies and service providers to help their employees develop through the medium of theatre. His creative engagement tools enable people at various organizations to contribute more in the organizational growth and excellence. He leads Theatre Based Participatory Training Programs and Train The Trainer program at Theatre Resource.
