A faculty member of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has been sacked on charges of increasing marks of three first-year students in a re-evaluation in a bid to help them to pass a term-end exam, according to reports.
According to The Indian Express, Institute director Bhupendra Kainthola sacked professor Anil Zankar, saying he had played with the careers of the by casual checking and caused major embarrassment to the institute.
The report comes two months after FTTI refused to grant scholarships to students who protested against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the institute.
According to documents obtained by The Indian Express, under the Right to Information Act, from various FTII departments revealed that the nomination of eight students, who have disciplinary matters pending against them, came under scanner. Of these, names of four students cropped up on charges of gheraoing the then FTII Director Prashant Pathrabhe in August 2015 in a bid to protest against appointment of actor-turned-politician Chauhan as institute chairman by Information and Broadcast Ministry.
