Radhika Jain

Radhika Jain is an Applied Theatre professional and an Expressive Arts therapy practitioner. She is the Co-founder of First Drop Theatre (a Bangalore based Applied Theatre company) and Director of First Drop Change Foundation (a section 8 company that works in areas of Healthcare, Disability, DEI, and more using Applied Theatre). Radhika has recently been selected as the Global South Arts and Health Envoy 2024. Armed with a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Germany, Radhika combines the precision of science with the creativity of arts.

Radhika Jain

radhikaj2909@gmail.com

 +91 8884733511

• Faculty for Theatre for Health and Community Engagement at Global Arts in Medical Fellowship
• Visiting Faculty, Azim Premji University, Bangalore, India, 2023 to date
• Teaching Playback Theatre module
• Faculty, Applied Theatre India Foundation, 2020 to date
• Theatre and Expressive Arts Consultant, 2018 to date
• (The Alternate Learning Community (TALC), formerly known as Shalabham Alternative Learning, Bangalore)
• Using theatre and expressive arts to work with neurodiverse children
• Conducting Teacher training sessions

• Psychodrama and Group Psychotherapy, 2021 - 2022, Bergerhausen Psychotherapeutic Institute - Germany, Sampurna Montfort College - India, Vedadrama – India
• Training in Theatre of the Oppressed, 2021 – 2021, Centre for Community Dialogue and Change, Bangalore, India
• Diploma, Psychodrama in Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychological Counselling, 2020 - 2021, Bergerhausen Psychotherapeutic Institute - Germany, Sampurna Montfort College - India, Vedadrama – India
• Relational Gestalt Therapy Training, 2018 – 2020, Institute of Relational Therapy
• Leadership, Playback Theatre, Mar 2019 - Jul 2019, Centre for Playback Theatre, U.S.A
• Creative & Expressive Arts Therapies, 2017 - 2018, Studio for Movement Arts and Therapies Trust, Bangalore

• Certified Listening Hour Guide
• Conducted Applied theatre and Expressive arts-based workshops in several organizations in the corporate, healthcare and educational sectors across different functional and hierarchal groups
• 6 years of corporate experience in Life science & Healthcare related Market Research, Consulting and Training and PhD in Molecular Microbiology

• Use of Playback Theatre with Assistive Technology for inclusion and community building for people with disabilities
• Paper presentation, Conference by Asian Society for Academic Research ASAR, (2022)
• Applying Playback Theatre to explore diversity & inclusion in corporates
• Paper presentation, Conference on 'Role of Applied Theatre in Indian Society - 2020' organized by Applied Theatre India Foundation & ICCR (2020)
• Playback Theatre as an entry point tool to understand concerns of caregivers in the health care sector in India
• Book chapter on self-care practices for nurses using Playback Theatre and Expressive Arts in the book 'Playback Theatre Around the World: Diversity of Application' (2019)
• Exploring the ‘Playbacker’ in me – beyond beliefs, biases and prejudices
• Paper for the Centre for Playback Theatre’s Leadership program (2019)
• Helped in the conceptualization, ideation and expression of stories for the book I Am Who I Am (by Nethra, a child in the autism spectrum), (2019)
• Four publications in international scientific journals in the field of Molecular Microbiology