The School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences has two fellowships for film-makers and media practitioners at an early stage of their career. The fellowships are designed to provide the resources and environment for films, websites, multi-media artefacts and other audio- visual media documentation projects that are innovative, relevant and contribute to the growing body of documentary, audio-visual and new media work in India. The fellowships are supported by a grant from the Jamsetji Tata Trust.

Each fellowship consists of:

• A stipend of Rs. 25,000 per month for a maximum period of eight months.
• The provision of in-house HDV video editing facilities on the Mumbai campus if required.
• Reimbursement of actuals of production expenses on the basis of a pre-approved budget. Maximum budgetary allotment for production is Rs. 2.50 lakhs.

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The School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the MurthyNAYAK Foundation announces one documentary film making fellowship. The fellowship is designed to provide the resources and environment for films that are innovative, relevant and contribute to the growing body of documentary and audio-visual work in India.

The film produced must be made with organisations/movements doing innovative work in any of the following fields

• women & children’s welfare
• education
• ecology
• social justice and human rights
• The fellowship is supported by a grant from the MurthyNAYAK Foundation (MNF) with the view that the production is used strategically by the organisations/movements for sensitisation, mobilisation and fund raising. They will also be used for teaching/training of human service professionals.

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The Artist/Scholar in Residence Programme brings in eminent practitioners and researchers for a period of one to three weeks to hold a workshop for students. Thus far, workshops have been on themes such as mural making, story telling, protest music, animation design, film and affect, cinema and censorship, cinema in the digital age, gender and sexuality. The artist/scholar also has a public event, organised under the aegis of Culture Cafe. The co-curricular learning opportunities provided by this programme are greatly appreciated by students and add to the vibrant academic environment fostered by the School. This programme is supported by a grant from the Jamsetji Tata Trust.