Sources said, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar would inaugurate the course on August 9 at Nazrul Kalakshetra here.
Altogether 20 students would be admitted to the course of which ten students are from Tripura and the rest from outside.
Sources said, a Interview Board, headed by the coordinator of the course, Kirty Jain, the former director of NSD have selected the candidates.
The NSD would form a group with the succesful passouts which would stage dramma in different parts of the country after one year.
A centre of NSD was opened in Tripura on November 17 with assistance from the state government.