Film and Television Institute of India

The institute offers a limited number of scholarships to deserving students in the three year Diploma courses in Film and Television and One Year Certificate Course in Television. The scholarships are awarded at the beginning of the year based on the performance at the time of admission and later based on the performance in the annual examination in theory, practical and projects.

Various state governments also award scholarships to student belonging to their States.

Besides these there are a number of memorial awards instituted by individuals or trusts.

Efforts are being made to provide appropriate financial support to deserving students in other courses as well.

From the year 2006 following individuals and production houses have instituted scholarship to deserving students:

Sr. No.

Name of the Scholarship

No. of Scholarships

Criteria of Scholarships

Amount (Per Year)

1	FTII Scholarships
	I) Entrance Exam Merit	7	Toppers in each of the Film Wing Courses	Rs.12,500/-
	II) 1st Semester Merit (Based on CGPA and earned credit)	5	Common Module (Editing, Sound Recording & Sound Design, Art Direction & Production Design and Screenplay Writing) first three toppers.	1st – Rs 24000/- 2nd – Rs 21500/- 3rd – Rs 19000/-
	III)		Acting Topper	Rs 24000/-
	IV)		Screenplay Writing Topper	Rs 24000/-
	V) II to V Semester Merit (Based on CGPA and earned credit)	14	First and Second topper of each course	1st – Rs 13500/- 2nd – Rs 11500/-

'Kamalakar Scholarship'
(In memory of Late Shri Kamalakar Vinayak Karthanis, well known Film Editor)

Film Editing Students who rank 1st and 2nd in final Diploma Examination

Rs. 5,000/-
Rs. 3,000/-

'Phalake Memorial Honour'
(In memory of Late Shri Dadasaheb Phalke)

Two best students in final Diploma Examination.

Rs. 2,500/-
Rs. 2,000/-

'Baburao Patel Scholarship'
(In memory of Late Baburao Patel, renowned Author, Journalist and Editor)

Meritorious Student in final Diploma Examination

Rs. 5,000/-

'Kumudini Ranade Memorial Scholarship'
(In memory of Late Smt. Kumudini Ranade.)

Best Girl student in final Diploma Examination

Rs. 1,000/-

'Jagdish Batra Memorial Scholarship' (In memory of Late Shri Jagadish Batra, well know Cinematographer)

Most deserving & best student in Final Diploma Examination in Cinematography.

Rs. 500/-

'K.A. Abbas Scholarship/Prize'
(In memory of Late Shri K.A. Abbas)

Deserving student in first year Entrance Merit

Rs. 6,000/-

'Nandini Sanyal Scholarship'
(In memory of Late Kum. Nandini Sanyal)

Deserving student in Editing on the basis of first year ending exam merit

Rs. 5,000/-

'Kodak Cinematography Award'

Best student in Second year Exam merit in Cinematography.

Rs. 15,000/-

10.

'Dolby Scholarship'

Best student in the 2nd year Exam merit in Audiography.

Rs. 500 UK Pounds

11.

'Vindhu Vinod Chopra Scholarship'

Topper of second semester result of Film Direction & Screenplay Writing Course

Rs. 25,000/-

12.

'Kaifi Azmi Scholarship'

Needy best student in 2nd year Acting.

Rs. 50,000/-

13.

'Bachchan Patra Scholarship'

Best student in 1st year Entrance merit in Acting

Rs. 50,000/-

14.

'Krishna Gopal Scholarship'

Deserving student in 2nd year Cinematography Merit

Rs. 25,000/-

15.

'Inlaks Scholarship'

i)*One year Post Graduate Certificate Course -1
ii)*One year Screenplay Writing Course -1
iii)*Second Year Acting Course -1
*Basis of their resume followed by an interview

Rs. 1,00,000/-

16.

'Fire Works Production Scholarship'

Needy and based on entrance merit student for One Year Certificate Course in Camera or Direction

Rs. 25,000/-

17.

Prabhat Best Direction Award

Will be Awarded at the time of Completion Diploma Course.

Rs. 11,000/-

18.

V.G. Damale Sound Recording Award

Will be Awarded at the time of Completion Diploma Course.

Rs. 11,000/-

19.

Shatrughan Sinha Scholarship

1st Year Deserving student in Diploma Course in Acting.

Rs. 25,000/-
per annum

Ms. Renu Saluja Scholarship

3rd Year of 3 year Diploma in FTII on the basis of merit in Second year Year End Examination.

Rs. 90,000/-
per annum

IIFA Resul Pookutty Foundation Fellowship

P.G. Diploma students

$5,000

Late Mr. Sushant Arora Scholarship

Entrance Exam topper – General Category

Entrance Exam topper – OBC Category

Entrance Exam topper – SC/ST(whoever is higher) Category

Rs.8000/-

Rs.7000/-

Rs.6000/-

S.N.Agarwal Scholarship

Entrance exam. merit first year P.G.Diploma Cinematography
1st year End Exam merit second year P.G.Dip.Cinematography
2nd year End Exam merit Third year P.G.Dip.Cinematography

Rs.20,000/-

S.N.Agarwal Scholarship

Entrance exam. merit first year P.G.Diploma Sound

1st year End Exam merit second year P.G.Diploma Sound

2nd year End Exam merit Third year P.G.Diploma Sound

Rs.20,000/-

State Scholarship

Scholarship for SC/ST/OBC as announced by respective state authorities time to time