Subscribe Now! Get features like Bengaluru, Minister of Higher Education of Karnataka, M C Sudhakar, on Monday announced the formation of a committee of experienced technical experts from the film industry to modernise what he described as the country’s first "Cinematography and Sound Recording and Engineering Polytechnic College" at Hesaraghatta. The minister visited the Government Film and Television Institute, which traces its origins to 1943, when Sir M Visvesvaraya introduced the Cinematography and Sound Recording and Engineering course at Sri Jayachamarajendra Government Polytechnic in Bengaluru, a statement from Sudhakar’s office said. According to the statement, the course was relocated to Hesaraghatta in 1996 as the Government Film and Television Institute, spread over 25 acres with World Bank assistance. Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic, a government institution under Karnataka’s Department of Technical Education, offers three-year technical diploma courses in 16 programmes and has… (Updated 13 Oct 2025, 20:07 IST; source: link)
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- The minister visited the Government Film and Television Institute, which traces its origins to 1943, when Sir M Visvesvaraya introduced the Cinematography and Sound Recording and Engineering course at Sri Jayachamarajendra Government Polytechnic in Bengaluru, a statement from Sudhakar’s office said