Art & Culture is India’s strongest contribution to its rich heritage and history and is intrinsically woven into its identity. It contributes to India’s GDP by generating both direct and indirect employment through handmade crafts and arts, unique only to our Country. There is another facet of art and culture that is getting recognized all over the world and that is performing arts 1-2. Be it drama or stage or acts and plays, it is getting wide attention from the customers The customers being the hall listeners, or students or the scholars of the widely recognized universities. The potential in this sector is immense. With the help of multiple fascinating techniques such as the use of crafts, colours, acts, actions, and acting, teachers are devising various ways to make it easy and interesting for the students to grasp the difficult and wieldy and even called scary concepts in education confidently and interestingly. Present paper explored the various challenges faced by performing arts, particularly in the education field or sector in India. Thereafter it also proposed the interrelationship amongst them using ISM methodology.

In the era of smartphones and the internet, everything is changing so fast. The need for progression has become inevitable in every aspect of human life. Businesses are getting inclusive, technology is becoming more convenient and communication has become lightning fast. When all other sectors are growing at this pace, how can the education sector lag? From traditional to smart learning, education has gone through enormous changes. But in the epoch of smart classes, traditional ways of imparting education are still relevant and quite productive. There is another aspect associated with drama and arts also collectively or popularly known as performing arts. This is recently getting recognized in developing countries such as India in recent times. Though it is quite popular in various countries such as the U.K, USA, etc. in India, it is new and getting wholeheartedly recognized. Spoon-feeding a chunk of information and students gulping it down without reason can be disastrous for society. To stimulate creativity, smart learning, critical thinking, and logical reasoning in students, drama, and arts play a pivotal role in the education process. If in a controlled atmosphere, a group of students is asked to replicate a historic scene, students find it easy to remember and understand without having to cram a bunch of names and dates from History. Drama and Arts - performing arts in education have been inculcated as part of the curriculum at many institutions around the world to promote effective learning. Be it through puppetry or roleplay, students learn interpersonal and group communication, and public speaking skills, and also the method helps to foster a knack for exploration in them.