‘Non-completion of courses, repeated stirs concern for FTII’
5 Aug 2015 5:39 AM IST
In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan <g data-gr-id="25">Ratore</g> also said that there had been several reported incidents of faculty or employees being threatened, late-night parties, theft of valuable equipment, damage to properties by students.
“There are concerns about non-completion of courses in time, no intake for some years due to backlog and overstay of students in the hostels even after their course completion, repeated agitations on any attempt to introduce administrative and academic restructuring so as to foster academic discipline in the campus,” Rathore said.
He added that for a three-year course, the oldest batch of 2008 was still pursuing their course at the institute.
About 40 students of 2008 and 2009 batches were overstaying in hostels and left only after administrative action, he said.
“Several incidents of faculty/employees being threatened, late-night parties, theft of valuable equipment, damage to properties by students have also been reported. The institute is not able to organise convocation after 1997 and these developments have a direct bearing on the performance of the institute,” Rathore said in his reply.
Govt unwilling to revoke appointment, no end to FTII row in sight
An early end to the two-month long FTII row seems unlikely with the government on Tuesday indicating its unwillingness to revoke appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman and no further talks with the agitating students on the anvil. According to highly placed sources, the government is not inclined to back out on Chauhan’s appointment and no further meetings is also likely between top functionaries and the striking students of Pune’s Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in near future.
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