Ftii Autonomy

Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.

Ms Balan who is also a part of FTII Society and Rajabali, who is the head of screenplay writing at the premier institute, joined 190 filmmakers in writing to the president. The letter urges the president to declare FTII as a centre of excellence and an autonomous institution, de-link FTII from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and to grant...

The protesting students of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India have hit back at the administration for asking 30 students to vacate the hostel, calling their decision as "tyrannical", as their strike entered the 58th day.

Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.

Ms Balan who is also a part of FTII Society and Rajabali, who is the head of screenplay writing at the premier institute, joined 190 filmmakers in writing to the president. The letter urges the president to declare FTII as a centre of excellence and an autonomous institution, de-link FTII from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and to grant...

The protesting students of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India have hit back at the administration for asking 30 students to vacate the hostel, calling their decision as "tyrannical", as their strike entered the 58th day.