RTI Information & Procedures

Information Under Section 4(1)(b) of the Act

About the Act

For details of the RTI Act 2005, please see RTI Act

About Organization:

Name: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute

1. The particulars of its organisation, functions and duties: [Section 4(1)(b)(i)]

1.1 Objective of the Institute:

The primary objective of Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute is to develop suitable patterns of teaching in all branches of film and television,both at under-graduate & post-graduate levels, so as to establish high standards of film & television education in India.

1.2 Brief history of the Institute:

Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata was established by the Government of India as an autonomous educational institution under the administrative control of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, and was registered under West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. Located at Kolkata and named after the legendary film maestro Satyajit Ray, SRFTI is the second national level film training institute to be established by the Government of India.

SRFTI is a residential institute constructed on a sprawling campus of 39.36 acres of land located at the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Road in Kolkata.

The Institute has six academic departments in various disciplines of cinema & EDM (Television) respectively, A faculty of international repute, a brilliant student community, excellent technical & supporting staff and an effective administration have all contributed to the pre-eminent status of SRFTI Kolkata. The campus is located in the city of Kolkata, previously known as Calcutta. Kolkata is the state capital of West Bengal, an eastern state in India.

1.3 Vision / Mission:

Vision:

To be an academic institution in dynamic equilibrium with its social, ecological and economic environment striving continuously for excellence in education, research and technological service to the nation.

Mission:

• To create and sustain a community of learning in which students acquire knowledge and learn to apply it professionally with due consideration for ethical, ecological and economic issues.
• To pursue research and disseminate research findings.
• To provide knowledge-based technological services to satisfy the needs of the society and the industry.
• To help in building national capabilities in science, technology, humanities, management, education and research.

1.4 Quality Policy:

To pursue global standards of excellence in all our endeavors namely, teaching, research, consultancy and continuing education and to remain accountable in our core and support functions through processes of self evaluation and continuous improvement.

1.5 Core Values:

• Development of human resources to serve the nation.
• Recognition of teaching as a unifying activity
• Nurturing integrity, creativity and academic freedom
• Retaining a willingness to experiment with new paradigms.

For more details please see Memorandum of Association (Download - 0.07 MB) 

1.6 Organizational Structure:

The Society constituted by Ministry Of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), Government Of India, runs the Institute through a Governing Council(GC) in accordance with the Memorandum of Association. President of the Society, nominated by MIB, is also the Chairman of GC.

GC constitutes Standing Finance Committee, Academic Council and other committees to address the specific issues.

Director is responsible for regular executive functions of the Institute and is assisted by Dean for academic & Registrar for administrative activities.

1.7 Service being provided by the Institute :

(a) Teaching PG levels:

The Institute offers Master’s Degree Programmes in Cinema (1-Year Bridge Programme + 2-Year MFA) with specialization in:

• MFA in Cinema with specialisation in Direction & Screenplay Writing
• MFA in Cinema with specialisation in Cinematography
• MFA in Cinema with specialisation in Film Editing
• MFA in Cinema with specialisation in Producing for Film and Television
• MFA in Cinema with specialisation in Sound Recording & Design
• MFA in Cinema with specialisation in Animation Cinema

The Institute offers 2-Year Master of Fine Arts in Electronic & Digital Media (MFA–EDM) with the following specialization:

• MFA in EDM with specialisation in Cinematography
• MFA in EDM with specialisation in Direction and Producing
• MFA in EDM with specialisation in Editing
• MFA in EDM with specialisation in Management
• MFA in EDM with specialisation in Sound
• MFA in EDM with specialisation in Writing

For more details please see Institute website.

(i) To conduct various seminar, workshop, master classes, in frontier areas of film making.
(ii) To cater to continuing education program of the Govt. of India.
(iii) To organize short term & special courses on cinema.
(iv) Depute students and members of the staff of the SRFTI to participate in seminars, conferences, workshops, training courses and the like, in India and abroad, through fellowship, scholarships and otherwise.
(v) Organize refresher courses, summer schools and the like and invite experts and research scholars and from within the country and abroad for delivering lecturers and/or developing research

1.8 Address of the Institute:

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute E.M. Bypass Rd, P.O- Panchasayar Kolkata – 700 094 West Bengal, India

1.9 Institute working hours:

Academic & Administration Departments: 09.30 AM to 06.00 PM (lunch break 1.30P.M to 2.00 pm)/Security Section: round the clock / Library: 09:00 A.M to 8:00 P.M

2. Power and duties of Officers and Employees: [Section 4(1)(b)(ii)]

Director is the Executive Officer of the Institute. The Director shall be responsible for the proper administration of the Institute and for the imparting of the instruction and maintenance of discipline therein. The Director has the power to incur expenditure in accordance with the procedure as may be laid by the Board from time to time. Registrar and Deans shall assist the Director in academic and administrative work and maintaining liaison with Institution of higher learning and research. Registrar is the custodian of records, funds of Institute and such other properties of the Institute. Other officers and staff of the Institute assume powers, responsibilities and duties as assigned to them from time to time by the Director. For more details see Memorandum Of Association and By Laws of the Institute.

3. Procedure followed in the decision making process including channels of supervision and accountability: [Section 4(1)(b)(iii)]

For more details please see Channel of Submission (Download - 0.03 MB) 

4. Details of norms set by the Institute for discharge of its functions: [Section 4(1)(b)(iv)]

Visit citizen charter page of the website .

5. Rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records held by it for discharge of functions: [Section 4(1)(b)(v)]

As per By Laws of the Institute Of the Institute.

6. Categories of documents held by the authority under its control [Section 4(1)(b) (vi)]

i) General
ii) Confidential
Registrar is the custodian of documents

7. The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof. [Section 4(1)(b)(vii)]

All policy decisions are taken by SRFTI's Governing Council(GC) which includes expert members, members of eminence connected with Films, Television, Education, Journalism, Literature, Fine Arts, Dramatics, Performing Arts, etc. The meeting of the GC is scheduled to be held at least 4 times a year.
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Are the details of policies / decisions, which affect public, informed to them ?

All policies/decisions/activities are included in the Annual report and the Annual reports are uploaded in the website of the Institute.

Visit Annual Report page of the website

8. Boards, Councils, Committees and other Bodies constituted as part of the Public Authority [Section 4(1)(b)(viii)]

B. Committees Constituted by Director

9. Directory of officers and employees [Section 4(1)(b)(ix)]:

Visit Directory page of the website

10. Monthly remuneration received by each of its employees and officers including the system of compensation as provided in the institute’s regulations [Section 4(1)(b)(x)]:

Pay scales of various cadres of the employees (Download - 1.06 MB) 

11.The budget allocated to each of its agency , indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made [Section 4(1)(b)(xi)]:

Budgets allocated to each sub head 2025-26 are as follows:  (In Rs. Crore).

Budget allocated to each agency including all plans, proposed expenditure and reports on disbursements made etc.

The reports in respect of the project details are available at the Administration of SRFTI.

12. The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes [Section 4(1)(b)(xii)]

No such subsidy program.

13. Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it [Section 4(1)(b)(xiii)]:

Nil

14. Details in respect of the information available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form [Section 4(1)(b)(xiv)]:

All relevant information about Institute activities are made available on our website.

15.Facilities available for obtaining information including working ours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use [Section 4(1)(b)(xv)]:

Library is only for registered users (students, faculty & staff) and not for general public use.

16. The name, designation and other particulars of the Central Public Information Officer and the Appellate Authority of the Institute [Section 4(1)(b)(xvi)]:

Central Public Information Officer (CPIO)

Shri. Shantanu Pal

Associate Professor, Editing for EDM

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute

E.M. Byepass Rd, P.O. Panchasyar

Kolkata – 700 094

Phone: +91-33-2432-2072

Fax: +91-33-2432-0723

Email: spal@srfti.ac.in

Appellate Authority (AA)

Shri Samiran Datta

Director

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute

E.M. Byepass Rd, P.O. Panchasyar

Kolkata – 700 094

Phone: +91-33-2432-0070

Fax: +91-33-2432-0723

Email: director@srfti.ac.in

Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO)

Shri. Kalyan Kumar Pal

Administrative Officer-in-charge

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute

E.M. Byepass Rd, P.O. Panchasyar

Kolkata – 700 094

Phone: +91-33-2432-2072

Fax: +91-33-2432-0723

Email: ao.admin@srfti.ac.in

RTI Committee (Download - 0.24 MB) 

Previous Appellate Authorities (AA)

Shri Himansu Sekhar Khatua (August 2022 - March 2024)

Shri Samiran Datta (February 2022 - July 2022)

Shri Debasish Ghoshal (June 2021 - January 2022)

Shri Amaresh Chakrabarti (February 2020 - May 2021)

Dr. Debamitra Mitra (January 2017- January 2020)

Shri Amaresh Chakrabarti (June 2016 - Jan 2017)

Shri Debanjan Chakrabarti (March 2016 -June 2016 )

Shri Sanjaya Pattanayak (March 2012 - March 2016)

Shri Shankar Mohan ( June 2010 - March 2012 )

Shri Swapan Mullick (June 2006 September 2009)

Shri Abhay Srivastava (January 2005 - June 2006)

Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO),Welfare Officer

Shri Deepak Kumar

Registrar

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute

E.M. Byepass Rd, P.O. Panchasyar

Kolkata – 700 094

Phone: +91-33-2432-2072

Fax: +91-33-2432-0723

Email: registrar@srfti.ac.in

Public Grievance Officer

Dr. Sanjukta Ray Pahari

Library & Information Officer

Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute

E.M. Byepass Rd, P.O. Panchasyar

Kolkata – 700 094

Phone: +91-33-2432-2072

Fax: +91-33-2432-0723

Email: sraypahari@srfti.ac.in

Mode of Filing Appeal

A request for obtaining the information as per Section 6(1) shall be accompanied by an application fee of Rs.10/- and information copy @Rs.2/- per page, by way of cash against proper receipt or demand draft / banker’s cheque or Indian Postal Order payable to Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata.

Application Format for seeking information under RTI-2005:

1. Name:
2. Full postal address:
3. Telephone number:
4. Fax number:
5. E-mail:
6. Profession:
7. Identity of the person:
8. Residential status:
9. Nationality/Citizenship:
10. Information required/sought:
11. Signature of the applicant:
12. Place and Date:

Online Mode of Filing Appeal
Visit RTI Online Portal

17. Such other information as may be prescribed[Section 4(1)(b)(xvii)]:

List of schemes/ projects/ programmes underway

Permanent campus of FTI, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Grievance redress mechanism

Visit citizen charter page

Details of applications received under RTI and information provided

RTI Applications & Replies 2024-25 (Download - 30.70 MB) 

Details of all contracts entered including names of the contractor, amount of contract

Procurement through GeM Portal for FY 2024–25 (Download - 0.76 MB) 
Procurement other than GeM Portal for FY 2024–25 (Download - 0.51 MB) 

Annual Reports

Visit Annual Report page

18. Information Related to Procurement

Procurement through GeM Portal for FY 2024–25 (Download - 0.76 MB) 
Procurement other than GeM Portal for FY 2024–25 (Download - 0.51 MB) 

19. Transfer Policy & Transfer Orders

Not applicable

20. RTI Applications or First Appeals and their replies

RTI Applications & Replies 2024-25 (Download - 30.70 MB) 

21. CAG & PAC Paras and the Action Taken Reports

CAG Inspection Report 2022-23 (Download - 0.56 MB) 
CAG Inspection report for 23-24 is awaited.

22. Tours undertaken by Director

Tour undertaken by Director 2024-25 (Download - 0.17 MB) 

23. Replies to questions asked in the parliament

Reply to Parliament Questions 2024-25 (Download - 1.34 MB) 

24. No. Of employees against whom Disciplinary action has been proposed/ taken(Section 4(2))

During the period 2020-21. No disciplinary action has been taken against any employee.

25. Programmes to advance understanding of RTI(Section 26)

RTI awareness training programmes are being attended time to time by CPIO/APIO. No training has been attended by the employee in FY 2020-21. For details of the RTI Act 2005, please visit RTI Act

26.Item / information disclosed so that public have minimum resort to use of RTI Act to obtain information

Citizen Charter, Memorandum of Association , Rules & Regulations, Service Bye -Laws, Academic Bye-Laws, Annual Reports, Admission Prospectus, Admission Notifications & merit lists ,events & activities, procurement, vacancy circular etc. are disclosed in the website.