Post Date: 25 Apr, 2019
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
Date:25th April 2019
PRESS RELEASE
FTII ACTING STUDENT STUTI TRIVEDI BAGS PRESTIGIOUS BACHCHAN PATRA SCHOLARSHIP.
Stuti Trivedi, a first semester student of Acting (2018 Batch) at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Pune has been awarded the prestigious Bachchan Patra Scholarship for 2018.
A letter from the office of Amitabh Bachchan announcing the release of scholarship award of Rs 50,000/- was presented to Ms Trivedi by Bhupendra Kainthola, Director, FTII, Pune in the presence of Benjamin Gilani, Mentor, Dept of Acting, FTII.
"The scholarship is presented every year to the topper of FTII Entrance Examination of Acting specialization. This coveted scholarship, coming from no less than one of Indian cinema's greatest actors Amitabh Bachchan, is a source of inspiration and motivation for any acting student at FTII. What makes this special is that Jaya Bachchan is an Alumna of the Institute (FTII,Acting,1970)", said Bhupendra Kainthola, Director, FTII while congratulating Ms Trivedi.
A Pune girl, Ms Stuti Trivedi took a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai before joining FTII in August 2018.