Annapurna International School of Film and Media has announced Hollywood business expert, author and President of FilmProfit, Jeffrey Hardy, and Kandaswamy Bharathan, an industry advisor, have joined its board.
Jeffrey and Kandaswamy join the list of 35 distinguished luminaries of the industry on the AISFM Advisory Council. The advisory board includes S.S. Rajamouli, Mahesh Bhatt, Resul Pookutty, Govind Nihlani, Karan Johar and Mani Ratnam, among others.
Bala Rajasekharuni, Dean of AISFM in a statement said, “Jeffrey Hardy and Kandaswamy Bharathan's interactive lectures and consulting expertise for world leading corporations such as 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Company, Eastman Kodak, BBC, Universal Music Group and Kavithalayaa will help our students enhance their knowledge and skills on film analysis during their graduation programme.”
“Student skill enrichment is a top priority in our school. Jeffrey and Kandaswamy's influential expertise in motion picture projects will not only add a new dimension to our resourceful curricula but also up our student career opportunities," Amala Akkineni, Director of AISFM, said.
Film and media business in the country is rapidly getting organised. AISFM recently launched a unique MMBA master degree. Founded in 2011 by late actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao, AISFM, a not-for-profit school, is located inside Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad.
Several films get made at this Hyderabad-based entertainment and media education school.
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