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Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute is a film and television institute located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
The institute was established in 1995, and registered as a Society on 18 August 1995 under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 and currently is an autonomous society funded by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. It has been named after the acclaimed film director, Satyajit Ray. It has been accorded as an Institute of national importance by Government of India.
SRFTI is the premier institute of India for film training which stands inline with Film and Television Institute of India for its quality of education and reputation in the Indian film industry and a member of CILECT, an organization of the world's leading schools of film and television. In 2011, then Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said that a bill in the parliament to make SRFTI a 'Centre of Excellence' would be introduced.
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