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| Type | Film school Deemed university |
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| Established | 1995; 30 years ago (1995) |
| Chairman | Secretary,Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,Government of India |
| President | Suresh Gopi |
| Director | Himansu Sekhar Khatua |
| Location | ,, 22°29′05″N88°23′43″E / 22.4848°N 88.3953°E /22.4848; 88.3953 |
| Campus | Urban 40 acre |
| Affiliations | CILECT |
| Website | srfti.ac.in |
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Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) is afilm and television institute located inKolkata,West Bengal,India. Named after renowned Indian filmmakerSatyajit 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 byMinistry of Information and Broadcasting,Government of India.[1][2]
A member ofCILECT (International Liaison Centre of Schools of Cinema and Television), in 2019 SRFTI was ranked among the best film schools in the world, along with theFilm and Television Institute of India (FTII) and theNational School of Drama, New Delhi by theCEOWorld Magazine.[3][4][5]
The SRFTI was established in 1995, and registered as a Society on 18 August 1995 under theWest Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961, and is an autonomous society funded by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.[2] It has been named after acclaimed Indianfilm director, Satyajit Ray.[3] The first session began on 1 September 1996, while Dr Debasish Majumdar joined as the institute's first director in 1997.[1]On 2 September 2024 On UGC recommendation The Institute has received a Letter of Intent from the Ministry of Education to fulfil the requirements for Deemed to be University status.[6]
In 2015, several women students said that they had been sexually harassed at the institute.[7] Three teaching staff were suspended as a result.[7] One student said that she had been raped.[8]
In 2023, students protested about sexual harassment at the institute.[9]
In 2024, whenVipin Vijay was dean, complaints were made that he had sexually harassed a student and two staff at the institute.[10] The institute upheld the complaints and sacked him as dean, banning him from the campus.[10] Vijay challenged the process in the High Court of Calcutta, but the court refused to be involved.[11] He was then reinstated as dean in September 2025, and removed from post again a few days later following student protests.[10]
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