PTV Academy

PTV Training Academy or Pakistan Television Academy is a public television institution and a professional training institute based in Islamabad, Pakistan. It was established in 1988 by the Government of Pakistan. The institute is currently working under the control of Pakistan Television Corporation and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1]

PTV Training Academy
Formation1988 (1988)
TypeGovernmental organization
Legal statusTraining society
PurposeTraining people to operate Pakistan Television Corporation
HeadquartersPTV headquarters
Location
Region served
Nationwide
Membership
Open
Official language
English, Punjabi and Urdu
Director
Shahid Nadeem
Main organ
Board of Directors
Parent organization
Pakistan Television Corporation
Websiteacademy.ptv.com.pk

In September 2018, Fawad Chaudhry, Minister of Information and Broadcasting announced that the federal government would establish a state-of-the-art media university in Islamabad. It also had plans to merge Pakistan Television Academy and Radio Pakistan Academy.[1]

PTV Academy trains its own personnel. It also has cooperation agreements with agencies abroad.[2]

Head of PTV Academy

Board of Directors

Current

Former
  • Anwar Jahangir, Director

Faculty

Current

Former
  • Sarwar Munir Rao, Deputy Controller Production Training
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References
  1. Government to establish media university in Islamabad Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 15 September 2018, Retrieved 13 March 2019
  2. PTV Academy on GoogleBooks website Retrieved 13 March 2019
  3. The pioneer of PTV (Aslam Azhar) Daily Times (newspaper), Published 30 December 2015, Retrieved 13 March 2019



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