Independent Research Fellowship Programme
2024-25
Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata invites application from Indian nationals for Independent Research proposal on Indian Cinema, Electronic and Digital Media.
| Eligibilty | Duration | Fellowship Amount & Mode of Payment | Deliverable | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. An Indian national 2. Must have a Post graduate degree / diploma 3. scholars, researchers and practitioners; specific aspects of media, culture and society |
Six months | Total fellowship amount for each applicant: Rs1,00,000/-. Amount will be disbursed in 3 equal installments @ Rs. 30,000/-. after evaluation of interim reports on 2nd & 4th month and final submission of project after 6 month. Maximum of Rs. 10,000/- may be reimbursed at the end towards contingency expenditure (i.e. purchase of research related books, pen drive etc.) as per actual submission of bills. |
1. Each month, the applicant has to submit a report on progress of the research and subsequent write up by email. 2. Applicant has to present his paper/ research / audio-visual in a seminar organised by SRFTI at the end of the programme. 3. Applicant has to submit the hard copy and soft copy of his/her paper / write up / audio-visual at the end of the programme. |
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Conditions:
1. Applicants are required to be resident in India, and to have an account in any bank operating in India.
2. Applications can be in Hindi or in English. The research work and presentation should be in English.
3. Fellows will be required to submit two interim reports at the end of 2nd and 4th months and final submission of an article of 7000 words including endnotes and references, or an audio-visual material of 10-15 minutes duration along with a write up of 7000 words including endnotes and references during the final presentation of the research project at SRFTI.
4. The fellowships do not require the fellows to be resident of SRFTI.
5. If required, the shortlisted candidate may be interviewed online.
6. Outstation candidates will be provided 2AC rail fare (both way) only for final presentation at SRFTI. A fixed taxi fare for local and outstation candidates will be reimbursed accordingly.
7. Existing students and faculty members of SRFTI cannot apply.
Total No. of Fellowship: 3(maximum)
For application click here
Last Date of Application: 01.01.2025
Submission Guideline:
Following documents should be send to: fra@srfti.ac.in
1. Application (Download format) [submit .docx / pdf file]
2. Proposal (download format) [submit .docx / .pdf file]
3. One sample work (if any) [article in .pdf format, audio-visual in .mp4 format]
4. One passport photograph (300 dpi) [submit .jpg file]
5. Scanned copy of certificate in support of academic qualification [.jpg / .pdf file]
6. Scanned copy of supporting documents / Transaction No. of submission fee
Submission fee: Rs. 500/-
Account Name: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute
Account No:10485372096
Bank Name: State Bank Of India
Branch Name: Survey Park
IFSC Code:SBIN0018124
Previous Fellowship Programmes
| Year | Title of the Project | Research Fellow | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Redefining Cinephilia: Alternate Film Collectives and Screening Practices in A Digital Age and Neoliberal Milieu | Dwaipayan Banerjee | Completed |
| The Ghungru Tells- Metamorphosis of Kathak, It’s Purity, Improvisation and Commercialization in Bollywood | Indrani Das Sharma | Completed | |
| Sonified Cinema | Bhudhaditya Chattopadhyay | Completed | |
| 2018 | Visions of a Market: A Case for Drishyam Films | Trinankur Banerjee | Completed |
| Recent Trends of Using Digital Media in India | Kaustab Chakraborty | Completed | |
| Cinema in Future | Ganeswara Mohapatra | Completed | |
| 2019 | Feminist Film Practice and Shaping the Feminist Political Subject in The Indian Documentary | Kasturi Basu | Completed |
| Reading Anglo-Indian History in Non-fiction Cinema: A Study of Select Documentary Films | Shyamasri Maji | Completed | |
| A Critical Study of Bollywood’s Assimilation of the Underground Hip Hop Aesthetic | Elloit Cardozo | Completed | |
| 2020 | Speculative Middleman: Distribution Practices in Malayalam Cinema of the 1970s and 80s. | Jenson Joseph | Completed |
| Changing Portrayal of Muslim Woman in Indian Cinema Representative Case Studies | Nandita Banerjee | Completed | |
| Cinema of Jharkhand. | Anuj Kumar | Completed | |
| 2022 | OTT Platforms and Telugu Film Industry – A Labour Perspective | Ms. C. Yamini Krishna | Ongoing |
| Understanding The Place Of Protest Through Spatial Criticism | Ms. Mamta Mantri | Ongoing | |
| Disappearing Single Screens and the Exhibition of “Adult” Films in West Bengal. | Mr. Sandip Chatterjee | Ongoing |
Seminars
National Seminar Vol. 1
Date & Venue : 20.09.2014 at Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata
Speakers:
Recreating Climax in Post Production
Shyamal Karmakar, Prof & HOD, S.R.F.T.I.
‘Bad Climaxes: The Ineffective Arc’
A.F. Mathew, Associate Professor, IIM, Kunnamangalam
Climax in Documentary
Nishtha Jain, Filmmaker
How to End a Film: Reflections on Narrative Closure in Indian Film Socials
Subhajit Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Jadavpur University
Moderator:
Ashoke Viswanathan, Filmmaker
National Seminar Vol. II
Title: Ideological Journeys; Cinema Of Mrinal Sen
Date: 31.01.2015
Venue: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata
Part I (11 am – 1 pm)
Speakers & Papers:
Mrinal Sen – A Comradely Shoulder For Loners And Underdogs To Lean On
Vidyarthy Chatterjee, Film Scholar
‘Crow Films’: Mrinal Sen and the Structural Transformations of Bengali Cinema (1965-1975)
Maharghya Chakraborty, PhD Scholar, CSSS, Calcutta
Rise And Fall Of New Wave In India
Samik Bandopadhyay, Film Scholar
Moderator: Biren Das Sharma
Pather Panchali 60
Day 1( 19.12.2015 )
Title: The evolution of the story of ‘Pather Panchali’; how it mirrors the social reality of the time
Speakers:
Swapan Chakravorty, former Director of the National Library,
Supriya Chowdhury, distinguished Professor of English Literature,
Samik Bandyapadhyay, noted art critic
Anindyo Sengupta, Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Jadavpur University
Subrata Mukhopadhyay, author and academy award winner.
Moderator:
Amaresh Chakraburtty, Professor and HOD, Direction and screenplay writing, SRFTI.
Day 2 (20.12.2015)
Title: The influence of Pather Panchali on contemporary cinema and its relevance
Speakers:
Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, Filmmaker
Sourav Sarangi, Filmmaker
Shaji Karun, Filmmaker
Sekhar Das, Filmmaker
Shanker Raman, Director- cinematographer
Suresh Jindal, Producer
Moderator: Ashoke Viswanathan. Filmmaker
Spectrum Satyajit 1
Date: 07.05.2016
Title: Film making process of Ray; perspective from technicians
Speakers:
Shri Ramesh Sen
Shri Subrato Lahiri
Shri Anil Ghosh
Moderator: Shri Sujoy Shome
Spectrum Satyajit 2
Date: 30.05.2016
Title: Satyajit Ray’s Inner Eye as Cover designer and illustrator
Speakers:
Shri Pronabesh Maiti
Shri Debashis Deb
Shri Debraj Goswami
Moderator: Shri Sujoy Shome
Conclave
Date: 22.3.16 – 24.3.16
Title: Emerging Paradigms in Film Pedagogy
Papers & Speakers:
An outsider’s view on Film Pedagogy
Prof. Partha Ghoshe
Teaching Film Theory & Aesthetics
Prof. Amaresh Chakraburtty
Future technology in Cinema
Prof. Saikat S Roy
National Seminar Vol. III
Date: 11.11.2017
Venue: New CRT, SRFTI
Title: Cinema In The Age Of New Media
Key Note Address: Sri. Dhritiman Chatterjee, Actor
Session1: Challenges For Today’s Television
Papers and Speakers:
An analysis of current trends in research on effect of television viewing on children
Dr. Debojyoti Chandra
Winter is here for the traditional television
Sri Debapriya Bhattacharya
Television and Religion – Remapping the Indian scene
Dr. Soumik Chatterjee
Television and Women – Problem faced by today’s Indian Television
Dr. Anindita Chattopadhyay
Moderator: Sri Abhijit Dasgupta
Session2: New Horizon In The Post Modern Scenario Of Film Making
Papers and Speakers:
Influence of post modernism in Sergio Rubini’s ‘Soul Mate (2011); An Enquiry
Dr. Pallab Mukhopadhyay
Mobile phone as the new tool of film making in the age of social media
Dr. Amarta Saha
Moderator: Sri Ashoke Viswanathan
Session3: Creativity And New Media
Papers and Speakers:
The visual maze – How Youtube infuss hybridization of identities and binary propositions in individuals
Dr. Sujata Mukhopadhyay
Drones in News Media; A Case Study of Drone Technology in The Indian Media Landscape Sri Arkaprava Chattopadhyay
MOOC: A creative challenge to the online teacher
Ms. Subha Das Moulik
Moderator: Dr. Tapati Basu
National Seminar Vol. IV
Date: 01.12.2018
Venue: New CRT, SRFTI
Title: Producing for Film, Electronic and Digital Media
Key Note Address: Sri. Rahul Rawail, Filmmaker
Session1: Producing for Electronic and Digital Media
Papers and Speakers:
The puzzle of increasing TRPs and camouflaged popular culture; Marketing violence and to children in modern day tele-serials
Dr. Sujata Mukhopadhyay , Asst. Prof. Hiralal Memorial College for Woman
Soap Opera: Producers responsibility towards society
Sri. Samik Mitra, Research Fellow, Viswa Bharati
Challenges and threats facing by Indian Television Industry; A sampling survey on shift of audience in Indian society
Dr. Soumee Roychowdhury, Asst. Prof. George Telegraph College
Moderator: Sri Abhijit Dasgupta, Dean (TV), SRFTI
Session2: Producing for Cinema
Papers and Speakers:
Contribution of “Rajshri Productions” in producing Hindi Films – A Journey
Dr. Pallav Mukhopadhyay, Asst. Prof. W B State University
From Screening to sreaming; A study on Netflix effect and rapid paradigm shift in movie viewing experience
Dr. Trinanjans Das, Asst. Prof. Amity Univ. Kolkata
Envisioning India through Corporate Presentation
Sri. Ashim S Paul, Asst. Prof. SRFTI
Moderator: Sri Ashoke Viswanathan, Dean (Film) SRFTI
National Seminar Vol. V
Title: Cinema in the Margins; Dalit Identity, Women Portrayed and The Elderly depicted.
Date: 27.09.2019
Venue: preview Theatre, SRFTI
Speakers:
Prof Anil Zankar
Prof (Dr) Ira Bhaskar
Prof Manash Ghosh
Ms Anindita Sarbadhikary
Prof Ashoke Viswanathan
Prof Oindrila Hazra
National Seminar Vol. VI
Title: Gender and Media
Date: 07.12.2019
Venue:New CRT, SRFTI
Key Note Address: Prof. Shohini Ghosh, Professor on Sajjad Zaheer Chair, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi
Papers & Speakers:
Portrayal of Courtesans in Hindi Cinema between 1960-1990: A Perspective
Nandita Banerjee
Fearless Nadia: Modernity and feminity in the early Bombay cinema
Satyendra Kumar
Main Putt Jatt Da: Manda Ni Haar: Masculinity, Class and Caste in Punjabi Music
Prashastika Sharma
The cinematic configuration of gendered space in New Iranian Cinema
Apeksha Priyadarshini
The Challenges of Volatile Nationalism and Patriarchy for ‘Half Widowed Gazala’ and ‘Hysterical Arshia’ : A Study of the Cinematic Projection of the Fragmentary Lives of Kashmiri Women in the Film Haider
Kirti Sachdeva
Parodying the Popular: The Gender Politics of Web Shorts in India
Hemantika Singh
Gender-biased Internet Trolling in Malayalam Film Industry
Kunju Lekshmi
Gender Fluidity in Cinema and Other Media
Deepika Matange and Shruti Parthasarthy
Feminine Perspectives in New American Horror- An analysis of Hereditary and Midsommar
Soumik Hazra and Abhinaba Bhattacharya
Walking Around: Women Navigating Cinematic Spaces
Sanghamitra Deb
How Not to Do Gender in Cinema
Prof. Niladari Chatterjee
Ghatak and Gender
Prof. Sushmita Banerji
