K R NARAYANAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VISUAL SCIENCE AND ARTS

K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts (KRNNIVSA) is an autonomous institute established by the Government of Kerala at Thekkumthala, Chengalam East Village, in Kottayam District, Kerala, serving as a training-cum-research centre in film and audio-visual technology. It is named after K. R. Narayanan, who served as President of India from 1997 to 2002, and was inaugurated by Hamid Ansari, then Vice President of India, on 11 January 2016. The institute is managed by a Governing Council chaired by the Chief Minister of Kerala, with the Minister for Education, Kerala State, as Co-Chairman, along with twelve members, and it also has an Academic Council comprising people from the film and television industry. KRNNIVSA offers three-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma programmes in Script Writing and Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Audiography, Animation and Visual Effects, and Acting. Facilities include a shooting floor, library, classroom theatres, boys' and girls' hostels, a colour correction suite, a 4K preview theatre cum surround sound mixing room, and a 6,255 sq. ft. purpose-built acting studio floor with a wooden floor.