Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) is a

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Satyajit Ray, the institute provides higher and professional education and technical expertise in the art and technique of film-making and television production. Established in 1995, the institute is an autonomous society funded by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,

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CILECT The International Association of Film and Television Schools (French: ''Centre international de liaison des écoles de cinéma et de télévision'', CILECT) is the association of the world's major film and television schools.Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and the National School of Drama, New Delhi by the ''CEOWorld Magazine''.

History

The SRFTI was established in 1995, and registered as a Society on 18 August 1995 under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961, and is an autonomous society funded by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It has been named after acclaimed Indian film director, Satyajit Ray. The first session began on September 1, 1996, while Dr Debasish Majumdar joined as the institute's first director in 1997. SRFTI_garden

Administration

The institute is governed by an autonomous body with Governing Council, Standing Finance Committee and an Academic Council. The institute is under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It has the following departments in the Film Wing: * Department of Direction & Screenplay Writing * Department of Sound Recording and Design * Department of Editing * Department of Cinematography * Department of Producing for Film & Television * Department of Animation Cinema and the following departments in the Electronic & Digital Media Wing : * Department of Electronic and Digital Media Management * Department of Writing for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Direction & Producing for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Cinematography for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Editing for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Sound for Electronic and Digital Media

Notable faculty

Subrata Mitra Subrata Mitra (12 October 1930 – 7 December 2001) was an Indian cinematographer. Acclaimed for his work in ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), Mitra often is considered one of the greatest Indian cinematographers. Early life and educati ...

Notable alumni

Direction & Screenplay Writing

Vipin Vijay Vipin Vijay (born 1977) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He received his post-graduate degree in filmmaking from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute SRFTI, Calcutta. He received the Charles Wallace Arts Award for research ...

('' Chitrasutram'') *Anjalika Sharma (''Meena Jha'' - Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director at 48th National Film Awards) * Amal Neerad ('' Big B'', ''

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Sagar Ballary Sagar Ballary (born in 1975) is an Indian film director, most known for his films, like '' Bheja Fry'' (2007), '' Bheja Fry 2'' (2011) and ''Bhatukli'' (Marathi) (2014). Early life and career Born in Mumbai, India in 1975, Ballary was raised in ...

('' Bheja Fry'', ''

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'') *Tridib Poddar (''Khoj'' - official selection in competition in the Cinefoundation section at Cannes Film Festival, 2002) *Anirban Dutta (''In For Motion'' - Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film and Best Agriculture Film at 57th National Film Awards) *

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(''AFSPA 1958 -'' Best Non-Feature Film at

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, ''Mr. India -'' Best Film on Social Issues at 57th National Film Awards) *Bishnu Dev Halder (''Bagher Bacha'' - Best Film on Social Issues at 55th National Film Awards) * Kanu Behl (''

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, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Titli'')

Cinematography

* Raktim Mondal (''

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'') *Dipayan Chaudhuri ( ''Hoi Choi'', ''

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'', '' Maach Misti & More'') * Sivakumar Vijayan ('' Vidiyum Munn'', '' Saala Khadoos'') *Siddharth Diwan ( Titli, Bulbbul,

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Sound Recording & Design

*Subhadeep Sengupta ('' Chitrasutram'' - Best Audiography (sound design) at

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, '' Chalo Let's Go'') *Tapas Nayak ('' Bheja Fry 2'', '' Kachcha Limboo'', '' Raavan'') *Partha Barman (''Bishar Blues'' - Best Non-Feature Film Audiography at 54th National Film Awards) *Sanjay Chaturvedi (''

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'', '' Zindagai Na Milegi Dobara'') *Hitesh Chaurasia (''Gajaar: Journey of the Soul -'' V. Shantaram Best Sound Award 2012) *Pritam Das ('' Love Sex Aur Dhokha,

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Editing

*Saikat S. Ray (''Hope Dies Last in War'' - Best Non-Feature Film Editing at 55th National Film Awards) *Atanu Mukherjee ('' Monsoon Shootout'') *Tinni Mitra (''Germ'' - Best Non-Feature Film Editing at

) *

Namrata Rao Namrata Rao (born 17 June 1981) is an Indian film editor, who works in Hindi cinema, where starting with ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' (2008), she edited films like ''Ishqiya'' (2010), ''Band Baaja Baaraat'' (2010), ''Ladies vs Ricky Bahl'' (2011) a ...

('' Ishqiya'', '' Band Baaja Baaraat,

Kahaani ''Kahaani'' (; ) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language thriller film co-written, co-produced and directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman looking for her missing husband in Kolkata during the festival of Durga ...

, 2 States, Fan'')

Controversy

The institute has been in the news multiple times for unaddressed issues of sexual harassment. The first noted instance was in 2015 where a student allegedly tried to commit suicide after a professor allegedly raped her. In 2017 students protested en masse alleging harassment and " moral policing". In 2018, another student complained about sexual harassment and media reported mismanagement of the case.

References

External links

Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Official Website
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