Ignited Ember

~ Film and Television Institute of India.

An autonomous body under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting of the Government of India, and is registered under Societies’ Registration Act of 1860.

Established as "Film Institute of India" in 1960 on the erstwhile Prabhat Studio premises at Pune. The institute was renamed in the year 1971.

The FTII is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. Its policies are determined by a Governing Council. The latter appoints the director of the institute.

The FTII is a member of CILECT, an international association of film schools.

FTII is designed for a new generation of storytellers both visual and performing artists who share a passion for motion pictures and want to learn by making their own projects in a hands-on, intensive program.

The main services of the Institute involve training for film and television students enrolled in the Diploma courses and the one year certificate course in television and Doordarshan and TV trainees.

The FTII Society is headed by a President who is a well-known personality from film and television, arts or academics. The Governing Council (GC) is constituted by election from among the members of the Society. The GC, as the apex body of the FTII, is responsible for making all major policy decisions of the Institute in consonance with its aims and objectives. The GC, in turn, appoints the Academic Council (AC) and the Standing Finance Committee (SFC), who are responsible for advising the FTII in policy matters related to academic affairs and financial matters. The President of the Society also functions as the Chairman of each of the bodies, the GC, the AC and the SFC.

Mr. Shyam Benegal, Mr. Mrinal Sen, Mr. Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mr. Mahesh Bhatt, Mr. Girish Karnad, Mr. Vinod Khanna and Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy are among the eminent personalities who have served as Chairman of the Governing Council in the past. Mr. Saeed Mirza is currently the Chairman of the Governing Council.

The Director of the Institute serves as its Executive Head and implements its policies and programmes. Mr.Bhupendra Kainthola, is currently the Director and Mr. Gajendra Chauhan is currently the Chairman of the FTII.

Relevant for upcoming exams

[PIN-May-2016] Banking Affairs, Sports, BizGK; On-Tap License, CDD, ATM Cloning, Speedpay & more... Prologue Banking/Finance Sector RBI related developments: May’16 Public sector Banks: May 2016 Private Commercial Banks Banking Frauds /cyber security NPA and Loan Defaults Digital Wallet / Payment Bank Finance sector Sports- Cricket Tennis & Badminton Olympics / Athletics related Football Sports- o...

~ Light-emitting diode is a two-lead semiconductor light source. It is a p–n junction diode, which emits light when activated. When a suitable voltage is applied to the leads, electrons are able to recombine with electron holes within the device, releasing energy in the form of photons. This effect is called electroluminescence, and the color of the light is determined by the energy band gap of the .

Central government's Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All ( ) scheme distributed more than 11 crore LED Bulbs over 3 crore Indian Homes which switched to Energy Efficient LEDs.

4,22,28,053 KWh
Energy saved per day

INR 16,89,12,213
Cost saving per day

3,086 MW
Avoided Peak Demand

34,205 t CO2
CO2 Reduction per day

Visit National UJALA Dashboard at ~ http://www.ujala.gov.in/

Co-inventor of the LED and semiconductor tech specialist Hiroshi Amano (天野 浩).

Illuminating our world with the invention of a more energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source – the blue light-emitting diode LED – Amano was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with co-inventors Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇) and Shuji Nakamura (中村修二).

Photo by Alexander Mahmoud. © Nobel Media 2014.