A Jesuit-run social communication center in Calcutta, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, inaugurated a new studio on June 15.
The first-ever film studies institute in eastern India, Chitrabani's Veritas Studio and Web-Bani, were inaugurated by Dr. G. Mullik and Dilip Majumdar.
Father Dominic Gomes, vicar general of the Calcutta Archdiocese, conducted the prayer of blessing.
"Many of our invitees, including Snehasis Sur, and Ms. Sutapa Biswas, were present on the occasion," said Jesuit Fr. PeeJay Joseph of Chitrabani.
The new studio will provide enhanced video production and content creation facilities for students and others.
The oldest media training facility in eastern India is Chitrabani. Father Gaston Roberge, a Canadian Jesuit missionary and media expert, who had been associated with Satyajit Ray, an Indian director, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker, founded Chitrabani on October 5, 1970. It was founded as a branch office of St. Xavier's College in Kolkata.
The West Bengal state government has recognized Chitrabani as a nonprofit educational organization in social communication.
Chitrabani was one of the pioneering media centers that served as a regional media institute for Radio Veritas Asia’s Bengali Service.
Currently, Chitrabani offers several media training sessions to the public and hosts media seminars and workshops. - Santosh Digal
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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