SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS CONTENTS pg4-7 pg 8-13 pg14-19 Board of Directors From The President’s Desk Founders of Noida Patrons Message From Director Film City Associated Academic Council Message From Dean with 4500 TV Programmes Advisory Council About Us Infrastructure Board of Advisors pg20-29 pg30-37 pg38-47 Music Industry at a Glance The Process of Learning Student Projects The Present and the Future Music In-House Production Career Options Master the art with Studios Why AAFT Industry Pioneers In-House Film Club Practical Exposure Online TV AAFT is indebted to Late Shri Suraj Prakash Marwah pg48-52 pg 53-61 pg62 (The Founder of AAFT) for his invaluable contribution to our mission to provide quality Core Faculty AAFT - A Unit of ICMEI Our Presence media education worldwide Student Speak Marwah Productions CONTENTS pg4-7 pg 8-13 pg14-19 Board of Directors From The President’s Desk Founders of Noida Patrons Message From Director Film City Associated Academic Council Message From Dean with 4500 TV Programmes Advisory Council About Us Infrastructure Board of Advisors pg20-29 pg30-37 pg38-47 Music Industry at a Glance The Process of Learning Student Projects The Present and the Future Music In-House Production Career Options Master the art with Studios Why AAFT Industry Pioneers In-House Film Club Practical Exposure Online TV AAFT is indebted to Late Shri Suraj Prakash Marwah pg48-52 pg 53-61 pg62 (The Founder of AAFT) for his invaluable contribution to our mission to provide quality Core Faculty AAFT - A Unit of ICMEI Our Presence media education worldwide Student Speak Marwah Productions BOARD OF ACADEMIC ADVISORY DIRECTORS COUNCIL COUNCIL PROF. KARL BARDOSH SRIDEVI Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA Renowned Cine Artist PATRONS TERI C MCLUHAN SOORAJ BARJATYA Visiting Professor of Film, New York University, USA Renowned Director DR. PADMA GUPTA JAVED AKTHAR LT. GEN. K. M. SETH (RETD.) Oxford Business College, Oxford, UK Renowned Film Writer Hon’ble Former Governor of JOHN SHAW BONEY KAPOOR Chhattisgarh University of Central Lancashire, UK Film Producer ALAN EVANS ANIL KAPOOR DR. BHISHMA NARAIN SINGH Cardiff University, UK Renowned Cine Artist Hon’ble Former Governor & Union ROBERT STEWARD SATISH KAUSHIK Minister Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Australia Renowned Director & Actor SRIDEVI PROF. CHRISTOPHER TURNER MADHUR BHANDARKAR Cine Artist DR. R. L. BHATIA The University of Winchester, UK Renowned Director Hon’ble Former Governor of Kerala PROF. DEWANAND MAHADEW MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI Spinoza University, The Netherlands Former Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting in Govt. of India SHRI VED MARWAH DR. JAVAID LAGHARI Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology, GIRJA VYAS SANDEEP MARWAH Hon’ble Former Governor of Karachi, Pakistan Former Minster of State for Information and President, Marwah Studios Jharkhand SANTOSH BHARTIYA Broadcasting in Govt. of India Former member Parliament, Editor - Chuathi Duniya SALMAAN KHURSHID IEUAN WYN JONES MS. MALTI SAHAI Former Minister of Water Resources Member of Lok Former Deputy First Minister fo Former Director, Directorate of Film Festivals, Govt. of India, New Sabha Wales Delhi SHAH NAWAZ HUSSAIN DR. M. MUSHARRAF HUSSAIN Former Indian federal minister & a politician of BJP SHATRUGHAN SINHA Management Expert, Bangladesh LALIT BHASIN Former Union Minister JAVED AKHTAR Trustee, Observer Research Foundation Renowned Film Writer BHASKAR GHOSH SAEED MIRZA Former Director General of Doordarshan Filmmaker, Mumbai AZIZ BURNEY BONEY KAPOOR Editor, Sahara Urdu Film Producer P. MURARI Former Chairman, Indian Institute of Mass Comm., New Delhi BRIJENDRA SAHAI PRAYAG RAJ Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of U.P. Film Writer & Director RAHUL DEV MR. PAHLAJ NIHALANI Editor, Aaj Samaj ANIL KAPOOR Film & Television Producer ROB LYNES Cine Artist A.S. BEDI Director, British Council, India Producer / Director PAHLAJ NIHALANI RANDHIR KAPOOR AKSHAY MARWAH JACKIE SHROFF CEO, Marwah Studios ADITYA RAJ KAPOOR PREM CHOPRA TINNU ANAND 4 5 BOARD OF ACADEMIC ADVISORY DIRECTORS COUNCIL COUNCIL PROF. KARL BARDOSH SRIDEVI Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA Renowned Cine Artist PATRONS TERI C MCLUHAN SOORAJ BARJATYA Visiting Professor of Film, New York University, USA Renowned Director DR. PADMA GUPTA JAVED AKTHAR LT. GEN. K. M. SETH (RETD.) Oxford Business College, Oxford, UK Renowned Film Writer Hon’ble Former Governor of JOHN SHAW BONEY KAPOOR Chhattisgarh University of Central Lancashire, UK Film Producer ALAN EVANS ANIL KAPOOR DR. BHISHMA NARAIN SINGH Cardiff University, UK Renowned Cine Artist Hon’ble Former Governor & Union ROBERT STEWARD SATISH KAUSHIK Minister Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Australia Renowned Director & Actor SRIDEVI PROF. CHRISTOPHER TURNER MADHUR BHANDARKAR Cine Artist DR. R. L. BHATIA The University of Winchester, UK Renowned Director Hon’ble Former Governor of Kerala PROF. DEWANAND MAHADEW MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI Spinoza University, The Netherlands Former Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting in Govt. of India SHRI VED MARWAH DR. JAVAID LAGHARI Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology, GIRJA VYAS SANDEEP MARWAH Hon’ble Former Governor of Karachi, Pakistan Former Minster of State for Information and President, Marwah Studios Jharkhand SANTOSH BHARTIYA Broadcasting in Govt. of India Former member Parliament, Editor - Chuathi Duniya SALMAAN KHURSHID IEUAN WYN JONES MS. MALTI SAHAI Former Minister of Water Resources Member of Lok Former Deputy First Minister fo Former Director, Directorate of Film Festivals, Govt. of India, New Sabha Wales Delhi SHAH NAWAZ HUSSAIN DR. M. MUSHARRAF HUSSAIN Former Indian federal minister & a politician of BJP SHATRUGHAN SINHA Management Expert, Bangladesh LALIT BHASIN Former Union Minister JAVED AKHTAR Trustee, Observer Research Foundation Renowned Film Writer BHASKAR GHOSH SAEED MIRZA Former Director General of Doordarshan Filmmaker, Mumbai AZIZ BURNEY BONEY KAPOOR Editor, Sahara Urdu Film Producer P. MURARI Former Chairman, Indian Institute of Mass Comm., New Delhi BRIJENDRA SAHAI PRAYAG RAJ Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of U.P. Film Writer & Director RAHUL DEV MR. PAHLAJ NIHALANI Editor, Aaj Samaj ANIL KAPOOR Film & Television Producer ROB LYNES Cine Artist A.S. BEDI Director, British Council, India Producer / Director PAHLAJ NIHALANI RANDHIR KAPOOR AKSHAY MARWAH JACKIE SHROFF CEO, Marwah Studios ADITYA RAJ KAPOOR PREM CHOPRA TINNU ANAND 4 5 BOARD OF ADVISORS Ustad Taufiq Qureshi Classical Musician Sajid- Wajid Music Composers Ustad Altaf Hussain Classical Musician Dilip Sen 6 Lalit Pandit 7 Music Director Music Director BOARD OF ADVISORS Ustad Taufiq Qureshi Classical Musician Sajid- Wajid Music Composers Ustad Altaf Hussain Classical Musician Dilip Sen 6 Lalit Pandit 7 Music Director Music Director FROM THE AWARDS & ACCOLADES PRESIDENT’S DESK SANDEEP MARWAH The Edutainment Award National Media Excellence 2015 Award For Best Media School By Media Federation of India (MFI) We are all travellers on the information what are the effects of media on the highway. 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