National School of Drama, Varanasi is a new extension center of National School of Drama, New Delhi, established in 2018 to provide one-year training on Indian Classical Theatre and Natyashashtra. It is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
The center only accepts students from India for a one-year residential training on Indian Classical Theatre and Natyashashtra.
Dedicated to the tradition of natya shastra, the National School of Drama has set up a Repertory Varanasi centre, a one-of-its-kind, the center in 2018.