Theatre Director & Educator, Faculty Member
Jehan Manekshaw is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Theatre Professionals Education. He is also a Co-Founder and Head of School at Drama School Mumbai.
For Theatre Professionals, Jehan has co-designed and developed strategic Drama-in-Education programs for schools. Jehan also oversees multiple workshops and residencies for drama specialists and drama educators to advance the practice of applied drama.
He has taught as guest faculty at Ninasam Theatre Institute, Karnataka, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, Shinshu University, Japan, and the National School of Drama’s T.I.E division in Agartala.
He also has directed numerous plays in different languages in India, the US, the UK, and Japan. As Head of the Drama School Mumbai, Jehan leads pedagogy and course design for the faculty and guest faculty team.
Jehan is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for his work towards the advancement of the practice of theatre in India.
