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Chanakya Vyas is an award-winning playwright, theatre-maker, filmmaker, and educator. He was the former Artistic Director of Indian Ensemble, a Bengaluru-based multilingual theatre company. His plays have been performed at Ranga Shankara, Prithvi Theatre, Serendipity Theatre Festival (Goa), and the National Centre for Performing Arts. He has received grants from the India Foundation for the Arts and Science Gallery Bengaluru.

 His awards include the first prize at the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (Karnataka Competition 2023) for his debut short film; first-runner-up at the Sultan Padamsee Playwriting Award (2010); being longlisted for the Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award (2018); and being nominated for Best Short Film (Narrative) at the New York Indian Film Festival (2024). He is a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Award to study Devised Theatre & Performance at the London International School of Performing Arts and studied filmmaking at the Prague Film School. Currently, he is a visiting faculty member and part of the academic leadership team at the Drama School Mumbai.