Chanakya Vyas started his journey in theater as a production controller and actor with the play Lucknow'76 in 2007. After completing the foundation course in theater with the Bangalore based Indian Ensemble, today he works as a playwright, director and theatre facilitator with schools, corporates and NGO's in India. Chanakya has received the Charles Wallace India Trust Award, 2013-13 to study at the London International School of Performing Arts. His play, Tales of Kutty won a Sultan Padamsee playwriting award in 2011.