Bengaluru ( Karnataka) [India], July 15 (ANI/PR Newswire): EDGE by Pearl Academy is offering scholarships upto INR 50 lakh to talented students for its cutting-edge international certificate programs in Animation, Visual effects, Game development and Virtual production.

Cannes [France], May 19 (ANI): Speaking about the "cinematic excellence, technological prowess, rich culture and illustrious heritage of storytelling" of India, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that India's red carpet presence captured the diversity of cinematic excellence not only in terms of representation of actors and filmmakers but also through OTT platforms.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Technicolor Creative Studios (TCS), a pioneer in the animation, gaming, and VFX sector, will bring its expertise and thought leadership to the upcoming Bengaluru GAFX 2022 - India's premier event on Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC). Bengaluru GAFX 2022 is scheduled for April 28 & 29, 2022 at The Lalit Ashok and Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bengaluru. The event is organized by ABAI, under the aegis of the Department of Electronics Information Technology Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, and Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS).

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI A parliamentary panel on Monday urged the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to encourage the animation visual effects gaming and comics AVGC sector considering its growth during the Covid-induced lockdown The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology said it was concerned to note that even after eight years since the government announced the setting up of a National Centre of Excellence for Animation Visual Effects Gaming and Comics NCoE-AVGC it has not seen the light of day The Committee noted that the project for setting up an NCoE-AVGC was actually a part of the budget announcement made in 2014-15 with the administrative approval of Rs 1677 crore and was to be implemented in a four-year period from 2016-17 to 2019-20 The Committee has expressed concern that even after almost 8 years the NCoE-AVGC Centre has not seen the light of day Keeping in view that AVGC sector is very prominent sector and is growing very fast particularly during COVID period because of lockdown people have really got into the gaming industry and it is growing at 20 per cent per annum the Ministry need to encourage this sector the panel said in its 34th report on Demand for Grants 2022-23 It said during 2022-23 two of the thrust areas under film sector include setting up of an NCoE-AVGC at Mumbai and setting up of an AVGC promotion task force with all stakeholders to recommend ways to realise AVGC potential and build domestic capacity for serving market demand The Committee said the setting up of a National Centre of Excellence is long overdue and this step should have been taken at the inception itself when the plan for setting up of NCoE- AVGC had been conceived way back in 2016-17 It noted that for supporting this sector and to boost employment in this sector the government had proposed to form an AVGC promotion task force Now that the Ministry is working towards incentivising the sector the Committee has recommended the Ministry to firm up the plan of action and timeline for setting up of the task force and inform the Committee of the outcome The Inter-Ministerial task force will include the Ministry of Education Minister of Skill Development Department of Commerce and DPIIT etc and this task force will be an interface between the industry as well as the educational institutions and the skill institutions the panel report said PTI AG AG AQS AQS

New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the Union Budget presented in the Parliament on February 1 and said on Monday that a lot of emphasis has been laid on the education sector.

Kochi (Kerala) [India], February 1 (ANI): Kerala Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Chairman Sreenath Vishnu on Tuesday hailed Union Budget 2022 and said "it is growth-oriented."

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has lauded the Union Budget 2022 as inclusive, forward-looking and aspirational, laying the foundation for the "Amrit Kaal" of the next 25 years.

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that the government will launch the next phase of Ease of Doing Business. It will be known as 'Ease of Doing Business 2.0'.