(NDTV Profit, 'Students Protest against "Makeover"')
Also has an interview with Resul Pookutty and the footage from Yesterday's Protest
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/FTII-privatisation-draft-rejected/articleshow/6937989.cms
Article in Times of India
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article894254.ece
Article in The Hindu (though they have a lot of facts wrong, have mentioned it to them so hopefully we will have a new revised piece)
The conclusions of the meeting with the Chairman of FTII with the administration and the student's body yielded an extensive statement from Dr. UR Ananthmurthy, (Chairman).
ReplyDeleteThe unequivocal demands of the students were addressed in the backdrop of a passionate protest which took the form of the whole student community coming together to oppose the Hewitt report, the impending threat of its implementation and the immediate need of an official ratification of the PK Nair committee's mandate which had been subverted after the previous GC.
The Chairman has called for an emergency Governing Council meeting which is slated to take place on the 18th November ' 10. He stated that the GC is being convened to give the PK Nair committee official mandate, address the issue of the admission of a new batch in the face of an ill-equipped Institute.
The students hope that the larger discourse on the policy level attitude of the I& B ministry towards privatization of education and the Planning Commissions diktat about transforming FTII and SRFTI into ' self reliant/revenue generating/profit generating' Institutions will be addressed concretely.
The agitation for a truly democratic, functional, autonomous space, where cinema can thrive as a pluralistic art form, not limited by the whims and fancies of a myopic Ministry will continue till FTII can continue to be a space that reflects, incubates and encourages the education of film in its truest sense.
Hoping for support, suggestions and your valuable feedback.
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http://www.petitiononline.com/ftii/petition.html
Regards,
FTII Student Community
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