Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 15: Hailing the joint initiative launched by Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and the Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR), J&K to conduct skill development courses in Television Production and Filmmaking for the State’s youth, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today assured full support of the State Government for carrying forward this novel initiative.
“The State Government will provide whatever support is needed to carry forward this innovative and creative initiative,” Mehbooba told the Director, FTII Pune, Bhupendra Kainthola who called on the Chief Minister here this morning.
He was accompanied by Director Information & Public Relations, Muneer-ul-Islam.
Thanking Kainthola for sending his faculty all the way from Pune every time as also for his personal attention to the initiative to impart training to JK youth, the Chief Minister evinced keen interest in having a Regional Centre of FTII in J&K given the huge interest of local youth in Filmmaking and Television Production. She said the State Government will take up the matter regarding setting up of FTII Regional Centre in J&K with the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting.
The Chief Minister said such training programmes would not only help the State groom professionals in the field of TV Production and Filmmaking, but also open up vast career opportunities for the local youth in the related field.
Kainthola briefed the Chief Minister about the initiatives taken by FTII Pune in collaboration with Department of Information & Public Relations, J&K to organize a series of specialized training courses for media professionals in J&K to harness their creative talent.
He said in the next phase, FTII is going to organize specialized courses in Digital Cinematography, Digital Film Production, Acting, Digital Video Editing and Writing for TV Fiction. “While most of these courses will be conducted in Srinagar, Jammu and Ladakh, the course in Digital Video Editing would be conducted at FTII Pune campus for which selection of students from J&K would be made by DIPR-JK,” he said and added that FTII Pune is ready to enter into an arrangement with the State’s School Education Department through DIPR-JK to launch various courses in TV and Film production even at the school level.
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