Bharat Gupt (Vice Chairman National School of Drama, Trustee IGNCA), Padma Shri, Ratna Sadasya of the Sangeet Natak Academy, Executive Trustee of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, and Vice-Chairman, National School of Dra-ma, is a well-known figure in the field of arts. He is a classicist, theatre theorist, sitar and surbahar player, musicologist, cultural analyst, and newspaper columnist. His writings have altered the perception of ancient Greek drama as ‘Western theatre’, showing its utter close-ness with techniques of ancient Indian theatre. He is known as an international authority on the Natyashastra