Gajendra Chauhan Ftii Protest

Anupam Kher will take over as the new chief of top film training institute FTII in place of actor Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment in 2015 triggered massive student protests.

Pune's Film and Television Institute of India today announced several new short courses on film-making to be organised across the country. The first such course by the country's premier film school will be conducted in Guwahati this month, FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan said.

Students of new batch joining the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, which had last year witnessed strident protests against appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman, will have to sign "general conduct" declaration promising to maintain "decorum and decency" on campus and not to "insult" faculty and staffers.

Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment by the government as the chief of film training institute FTII ignited massive protests last year, visited the headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS today.

After his visit to Nagpur, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar will next week meet the students of FTII here who had protested against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the institute.

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.

At least 20 students were hit by batons or lathis as they protested today ahead of Gajendra Chauhan's arrival, some of them were detained by the police. "Go back, go back" chanted some as Mr Chauhan entered the school, where he will spend the day holding meetings with officials

FTII Students' Association president Harishankar Nachimuthu said: "Gajendra Chauhan is coming, that is confirmed, but we have not got any official intimation. There will be protests obviously, but we have not decided other things. There will be some protest at the campus on Thursday"

As Gajendra Chauhan gets ready to take charge of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on Thursday, its students are planning a protest at the campus in Pune.

FTII sympathisers will hold a two-day alternative film festival in Panaji from November 24 to protest against the treatment meted out to the institute students at the 46th IFFI in Panaji, an FTII alumnus said today.

Hours before the inauguration of the 46th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji today, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar appealed to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students to not dampen the party by staging their protest at the festival inauguration venue.

Amid reports of a likely protest by Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) venue, the government today said that they were hopeful that the students would not do anything that will hurt the country's image at a global platform.

After calling off their 139-day strike and getting eminent filmmakers to join their protest, the FTII students are planning their next move. They have dropped hints about "big plans" around the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

The 139-days long strike that was called off on Wednesday was the seventh major and the longest such protest in the history of the Film and Television Institute of India, which is replete with stirs and agitations for various causes affecting the students.

Three prominent FTII alumni today decided to return their National Awards in protest against what they termed "an atmosphere of intolerance" in the country in the past few months.

Anupam Kher will take over as the new chief of top film training institute FTII in place of actor Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment in 2015 triggered massive student protests.

Pune's Film and Television Institute of India today announced several new short courses on film-making to be organised across the country. The first such course by the country's premier film school will be conducted in Guwahati this month, FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan said.

Students of new batch joining the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, which had last year witnessed strident protests against appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman, will have to sign "general conduct" declaration promising to maintain "decorum and decency" on campus and not to "insult" faculty and staffers.

Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment by the government as the chief of film training institute FTII ignited massive protests last year, visited the headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS today.

After his visit to Nagpur, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar will next week meet the students of FTII here who had protested against Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as the chairman of the institute.

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.

At least 20 students were hit by batons or lathis as they protested today ahead of Gajendra Chauhan's arrival, some of them were detained by the police. "Go back, go back" chanted some as Mr Chauhan entered the school, where he will spend the day holding meetings with officials

FTII Students' Association president Harishankar Nachimuthu said: "Gajendra Chauhan is coming, that is confirmed, but we have not got any official intimation. There will be protests obviously, but we have not decided other things. There will be some protest at the campus on Thursday"

As Gajendra Chauhan gets ready to take charge of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on Thursday, its students are planning a protest at the campus in Pune.

FTII sympathisers will hold a two-day alternative film festival in Panaji from November 24 to protest against the treatment meted out to the institute students at the 46th IFFI in Panaji, an FTII alumnus said today.

Hours before the inauguration of the 46th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji today, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar appealed to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students to not dampen the party by staging their protest at the festival inauguration venue.

Amid reports of a likely protest by Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) venue, the government today said that they were hopeful that the students would not do anything that will hurt the country's image at a global platform.

After calling off their 139-day strike and getting eminent filmmakers to join their protest, the FTII students are planning their next move. They have dropped hints about "big plans" around the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

The 139-days long strike that was called off on Wednesday was the seventh major and the longest such protest in the history of the Film and Television Institute of India, which is replete with stirs and agitations for various causes affecting the students.

Three prominent FTII alumni today decided to return their National Awards in protest against what they termed "an atmosphere of intolerance" in the country in the past few months.