A Maharashtra-based senior IIS officer has been given additional charge as Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), which has been rocked by a students agitation over appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman. <br/><br/>Prashant Pathrabe, a 1992 batch officer of Indian Information Service, IIS, has been given temporary charge as Director of the FTII by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry as the term of the incumbent, D J Narain, is ending this week.<br/><br/>FTII's new Director Prashant Pathrabe today said he would speak to all concerned to resolve the current impasse following the students' strike against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman and was hopeful of a positive outcome.