The newly appointed vice president of Uttarakhand Film Development Council Jai Stri Krishan Nautiyal assumed charge on Thursday. Nautiyal said that their objective was to strengthen council by providing maximum facilities to the film producers and the directors based in the state. The council’s nodal officer and deputy director KS Chauhan said that since the council was formed in 2015, the chief ministers have been acting as its chairman by turns. Permission for shooting around 60 Hindi films, serials, Garhwali and kumaoni films have been given since its formation, he added.