FTII Administration to hike fee for Acting courses and also to set Age limit for Admission

Updated on: Friday, September 30, 2016

ftii FTII has proposed a fee hike and also to set upper age-limit of 25 years for admissions at Friday's meeting of its academic council in Mumbai.

But this proposal of FTII has not gone down well with a group of students who said the administration was trying to earn "profit" and make the institute "commercial".

"The reason behind fee hike structure is that for five years the fees were not increased. In 2010, the fee of acting course, which is self-financing, was Rs 1.75 lakh (per annum) but, the administration brought it down to Rs 48,000," said the FTII director Bhupendra Kainthola.

Administration was going to propose the fee of Rs 3.40 lakh per annum he said.
The fees of the four specific courses — direction, cinematography, editing and sound recording — was earlier Rs 33,000 and over the years it was increased to Rs 48,000, FTII director Bhupendra Kainthola.
"Ideally, if 10 per cent hike is effected every year, the fee for these courses should be Rs 64,000," Kainthola said.

FTII had also considered the fee structures of other institutes such as the National School of Drama and National Institute of Design before finalising this proposal, Kainthola said.

FTII Administration to hike fee for Acting courses and also to set Age limit for Admission

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