Jamshedpur, Nov. 5: Not many people know him, but Vijay Nair has done the steel city proud.
Nair, a former student of DBMS English School and XLRI, has carved a niche for himself in the world of theatre and writing after having an equally successful stint as a management guru.
Born and brought up in Jamshedpur, Nair made the city proud when he was recently invited by the University of Iowa in USA to attend a three-month writers’ residency programme. At least 30 authors from across the globe are participating in the seminar, which started in mid-October and would continue till mid-December.
Nair was among the three Indian writers to have been invited there. The main objective of the International Writing Program is to bring writers from around the globe and create a platform for the development of literature. Since 1967, over 1,000 participants from more than 120 countries have attended the event.
The invitation comes as an achievement for Nair, who had shifted to writing from a corporate career spanning over 10 years. Nair worked as a successful HR consultant in India and the USA before deciding to take a break and start writing.
“It all started with a workshop with Mahesh Dattani in 2001 when I developed a likeness for writing and theatre,” he said. And the rest, as they say, was history.
Soon after completing Dattani’s workshop, Nair set up a theatre group called Still Waters in 2001. He has written and directed plays that have received widespread appreciation and awards.