The Information and Broadcasting Minister Praksash Javadekar has given indication that, his ministry soon would bring a separate legislation that will give status of ‘Institute of National Importance’ to both, the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata.
During his first visit to Pune, the Minister made it clear to its director and staff that he would ensure that funds availability would not be a problem for this premier institute. Javadekar held a discussion with director DJ Narain and the staff members, faculty and students.
Addressing a press conference, he said FTII would be revamped with state of the art technology and there would not be any paucity of budget for the same. He said the Centre would give highest priority to accord FTII and the SRFTI.
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/government-news/item/5225-cq-mib-to-bring-law-to-provide-%E2%80%98institute-of-eminence%E2%80%99-status-to-ftii,-srfti.html
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