New Delhi: In a significant achievement for Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has granted permission for equating six PG Diploma Programmes of the Institute with Master’s Degree. The Masters equivalence will help a lot to students of FTII who can now leverage this attribute for higher studies, in India and abroad.

The programmes are of 2 and 3 years duration and are mentioned below:  (1) Cinematography (2) Editing (3) Direction & Screenplay Writing (4) Sound Recording & Sound Design (5) Art Direction & Production Design (6) Acting.

FTII had been constantly making efforts since 2011 for securing the Master’s Degree for its programs. Recently a four member Committee from Association of Indian Universities visited FTII and were briefed by the Heads of Department and Faculty members who gave detailed presentations before the AIU Committee. The committee also visited the academic locations as well as technical facilities and also met Student Representatives in the campus.

Mr Gajendra Chauhan, Chairman FTII, Mr Pawan Manvi and Mr Rajan Welukar, members of FTII Academic Council briefed the committee on the strong credentials of FTII. Renowned FTII alumni Mr Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Mr Satish Shah, Mr Tom Alter, Mr Amitabh Shukla, Mr Mahesh Aney, Mr Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Mr Siddharth Tatooskar were also present during the presentations.