FTII Pune, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute granted university status, says Education Ministry

New Delhi: The Union education ministry on Wednesday granted deemed-to-be university status to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata.

The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. (HT File Photo)

With this, both the institutes will now be eligible to launch doctoral, research, and innovative academic programmes besides their diploma programmes. They will adhere to University Grants Commission (UGC) norms and National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 guidelines. They will also participate in the National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings, integrating the programmes with the Academic Bank of Credits (ABC), which allows students to accumulate, transfer, and redeem credits earned from various educational institutions and learning experiences.

Currently, FTII, Pune offers one undergraduate (UG) certificate course in animation and visual effects, five postgraduate (PG) certificate courses under its TV wing, and seven PG diploma courses under its film wing. SRFTI, Kolkata, offers PG programmes in cinema in six specializations of filmmaking and PG programmes in Electronics and Digital Media (EDM) in six specialisations.