Over the period May 4-7, 2010, Vice Presidents (Chaitanya Chinchlikar – Vice President, Business Development & Umesh Gupta – Vice President, Academics) from Whistling Woods International have been engaged in several meetings, discussions & a seminar-presentation in Bermuda, all towards enabling Bermudians to have access to the world-class education being provided by Whistling Woods International in India.

Earlier this year in Feb 2010, the Prime Minister (Premier) of Bermuda Hon. Dr. Ewart F Brown had visited the Whistling Woods campus in Filmcity, Mumbai and an MOU had been signed between the Bermudian government & WWI to foster the growth of film education in Bermuda. As part of this MOU, the Premier had also announced scholarships upto 100% to students to study filmmaking at WWI in India.

On May 4, The Premier, Chaitanya, Umesh & Ven Subramaniam (Govt of Bermuda liaison for India) held a press conference outlining the understanding between the Government of Bermuda & Whislting Woods, which was widely covered in all major newspapers & TV channels of Bermuda.

On May 4 & May 5, meetings were held between WWI officials & the senior management of Bermuda College & faculty of film studies. The purpose of the meetings was to explore if a component of the 2-year flagship Motion Picture Production course provided by WWI in India could be carried out in Bermuda college and how students could commence the course in Bermuda and complete it at India with complete transfer of credits.

On May 5, an information seminar was conducted at Bermuda college and attended by several interested students. In the same, the students were made aware of the Indian Media & Entertainment Industry, the phenomenal growth of the same and the great potential that exists for Bermudian students to study in WWI in India and use that education as a stepping stone into the Indian Film industry as well as the international film industry.

On May 6, a meeting was held at the offices of the Premier between The Premier, Umesh, Chaitanya & Ven to take stock of the progress made by Whistling Woods in Bermuda and to finalise next steps needed to take this relationship forward. The Premier re-iterated the importance of the association with Whistling Woods to the Government of Bermuda and promised to aid any students who Bermudian students who wish to pursue Film studies at WWI.

Quote by Premier (AWAITED)

Quote by BC (AWAITED)

Quote by Chaitanya Chinchlikar, Vice-President Business Development, WWI
"It has been an excellent visit to Bermuda. Not only have we been overawed by the beauty of the country, but have also takes serious steps towards establishment of a educational link between Whistling Woods & the country of Bermuda. With support coming in from the premier's office, Bermudian students studying filmmaking of the highest level at WWI in India is looking very promising.

Further, the discussions with Bermuda College have been frank & productive and we are both working towards structuring a program wherein students would be able to study part of the WWI flagship filmmaking course in BC & come across to India for the rest of the course, with full credits being transferred."