North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), ministry of culture has invited application for “young talent artistes award” for the year 2020-2021 from outstanding candidates in the categories of folk and tribal music/song and dance, theatre, dance drama, mime, painting, wood, cane & bamboo crafts, etc
According to a DIPR report, young artistes/artisans in the age group of 18-30 years are eligible to apply for the award.
NEZCC has informed that candidates should be an Indian citizen and indigenous to the eight North Eastern states i.e. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
Candidates who have received any such awards (state/national) earlier in the same field would not be eligible for the scheme.
Deserving artistes/artisans may collect the application form from the office of the directorate of art & culture/ cultural affairs, government of the concerned state or Shilpgram, Panjabari, Guwahati and headquarter office, Dimapur.
The form would be available on the NEZCC website https://nezccdimapur.org.in and https://www.facebook.com/NEZCC.
Screening of applications would be done by respective state department and applications of shortlisted candidates should reach the office of NEZCC by March 15, 2022.
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