Pune
In view of the forthcoming first-ever Joint Entrance Test (JET) for admissions to Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) Kolkata , FTII has is conducting Admission Seminars in towns and cities across the country.
The Seminars are being held to generate greater awareness about JET, about the increased number of courses on offer and to provide an opportunity to prospective candidates to seek clarifications directly from FTII representatives.
From January 10th till date, Seminars have been held in 15 destinations across 12 states– Haldwani and Dehradun (Uttarakhand),Banasthali Vidyapeeth and Jaipur (Rajasthan), Delhi, Somaiya Vidyavihar and Mumbai (Maharashtra), Guwahati (Assam), Imphal (Manipur), Bhubaneswar (Orissa),Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Patna (Bihar), Jammu (J&K), Hyderabad (Telangana) and Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).
By Sunday 21st January, Seminars would have been held in some more cities– Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, Srinagar (J&K) and Chandigarh. Also institutions offering courses in fine & commercial art and architecture would be tapped as students from such institutes alone are eligible for FTII’s PG course in Art Direction and Production Design.
FTII alumni along with the Institute’s own faculty are conducting the Seminars, which typically begin with a brief introduction of FTII and SRFTI, then a detailed presentation on JET followed by a Q&A. Questions are mostly been around the eligibility for courses, examination scheme and advice on preparation.
“Awareness about formal film education and the opportunities it offers is generally low in the country. Information about academic programmes offered in FTII and SRFTI is lower still, as is information about the admission procedure. This unprecedented outreach initiative through cross country Seminars–the first of its kind by FTII– aims to generate a wave of interest, particularly in aspirants in small towns, and in regions where entrance test enrolment is traditionally low. Another priority is to reach out to women, to encourage them to apply since the gender ratio in the Campus currently is embarrassingly low “, said Bhupendra Kainthola, Director, FTII while detailing the thought behind the pro-active outreach.
On December 24th, FTII and SRFTI (under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India ) had announced JET for academic session 2018.This is the first time both Institutes have come together for a common entrance test, to be held on 18th February. JET will be held in 26 centres across the country which includes two first-time centres– Srinagar (J&K) and Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).Online registration for JET closes on 25th January 2018.
Candidates applying for admission to
FTII and SRFTI go through a multi-stage selection process. The first stage is an all India examination, the Joint Entrance Test, (JET).
JET 2018 is a written test of three hours duration consisting of objective type and subjective questions. Based on the JET score, FTII and SRFTI would send call letters to candidates for the second stage of the selection process and thereafter, on successful accomplishment of all the requisites, finally admit the students to the full time regular programmes.
This year JET will be held on Sunday, 18th February 2018 in two sessions (forenoon & afternoon), across 26 centers in India
