New Delhi, Jan 7: The first meeting of the newly appointed FTII Society and the Governing Council was held in the Institute premises in Pune today.
Members of the FTII Society including the President Gajendra Chauhan, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor Subhash Sharma, eminent Film maker Rajkumar Hirani, Producer-Director B. P. Singh, prominent Film and Television actors Satish Shah and Rahul Solapurkar, Joint Secretary (Films) Sanjay Murthy attended the meeting.
Anagha Ghaisas, Narendra Pathak, Film critic Ms Bhawana Somaiyya, Akademi Awardee Director Urmil Thapliyal, Assamese Film actor Pranjal Saikia and others were present at the meeting. Among the ex-officio members DG Films Division Mukesh Sharma, Director FTII Prashant Pathrabe, OSD Ministry of I & B Chaitanya Prasad, CEO, Children’s Films Society Shravan Kumar, Director SRFTII Sanjay Pattnayak were present at the meeting.
B.P Singh was elected as the Vice President of the FTII Society. The Society also decided to nominate acclaimed Film Maker best known for the films like 3 Idiot, Munnabhai MBBS, Rajkumar Hirani, Producer-Director B. P. Singh, celebrated film and television Actor known for his film Jaane Bhi do Yaaron and television series Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, Satish Shah, Pranjal Saikia, Narendra Pathak and noted Film journalist and criti Bhawana Somaiyya to the Governing Council.
Producer-Director B. P. Singh was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Governing Council. It was also decided to nominate the Vice Chairman of the Governing Council as the Chairman of the Academic Council. An alumnus of FTII, Brijendra Pal Singh is well known for the Indian television serial ‘CID’.
The Governing Council also approved the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts of the Institute for 2013-14 & 2014-15. The Revised Estimates for 2015-2016 and Budget Estimates for 2016-17 were also sanctioned at the meeting.
Earlier, new Chairperson Gajendra Chauhan arrived at the Institute premises for his first visit to the premier institution and was accorded a warm reception by the Staff, Administration and Faculty members. Speaking to the Staff members Chauhan said he would do his best to solve the problems of the institution including the longstanding demand of pension for the staff.
