Anupam Kher Resigns as FTII Chairman Citing Commitment to International TV Show

Gajendra Chauhan takes over as FTII Chairman from Kher whose resignation has been accepted by I&B Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore.

MUMBAI, OCT 31:  Actor Anupam Kher has resigned as the chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India today. He has cited commitments to an international TV show for which he has to be stationed in the US as the reason for his resignation.

In his resignation letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, he said that due to his commitment to the show he will be stationed in the US for “nearly nine months between 2018 and 2019 and then for a similar period for a minimum of three years more”.

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“Given this assignment, it would not be fair to me, the students and management team, for me to hold a position of such responsibility and accountability, without being actively involved in the operations,” he said in his resignation letter.

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According to sources, his resignation letter has been accepted by Rathore, who has thanked Kher for his services to the premier institute. Kher had replaced Gajendra Chauhan, who had a controversial tenure, as the head of the Pune-based institute in October last year.

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