Next round of talks to end FTII slugfest on Oct 20

Fresh talks to end the over 100 day impasse at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) will be held next week when a delegation of the students protesting against the appointment of actor Gajendra Chauhan as the institute’s chairman will meet MoS for Information and Broadcasting in Delhi.

<g data-gr-id="21">Ranajit</g> Nair, a representative of the FTII Students’ Association (FSA), which had three round of talks with the I&B Ministry officials in Mumbai early this month, said a meeting of the FSA with the MoS (Rathore) would be held in Delhi on October 20. The venue and time of the meeting will be communicated later, he added. The students have been boycotting classes since June 12 opposing <g data-gr-id="15">appointment</g> of Chauhan who, they claim lacks credentials to head the FTII.

The ministry has, however, cold-shouldered the main demand of the FSA for <g data-gr-id="12">cancellation</g> of Chauhan’s appointment while keeping the dialogue channel open to <g data-gr-id="11">resolve</g> the prolonged deadlock.