What is the scope of animation & VFX in India? Which is the best institute or college to study animation & VFX in Mumbai?

Hi, Animation industry in India is expected to grow at a pace faster than even the IT industry's! Animation as a career option is a field where you can use your creative juices. Fulfill your dream of "enjoy-as-you-work", feel satisfied at the end of your day and get accolades from your clients. There are more than 600 animation studios in India as of 2019, which are estimated to have employed more than 45,000 animation professionals. As per the FICCI KPMG reports, the industry is growing at CAGR of 22 per cent, followed by post-production at 15 per cent, animation production at 9 per cent and animation services at 1 per cent. Chaar Sahibzaade is a 2014 Punjabi language is considered as the watershed moment for this industry. The movie cost was Rs.20 crores and it earned Rs.70 crores globally! This opened the floodgates of investments in VFX studios all across the country. We can SEE that the animation, VFX, gaming and comics (AVGC) sector of India is only set to grow further. As of now, 40,000 (8%) people out of 5 Lacs people in the media and entertainment sector are employed in the animation, VFX and gaming side. This figure is expected to rise to 90,000 by year 2021 and 4.4 Lacs by 2025. Work opportunities for quality animators and related professionals like graphic designer, character designers, multimedia developer, 3D modelers, and game developer, key frame animators, layout artists etc. Exists in following sectors at large: Film & Television Advertising E-learning Online and Print News Media Video Gaming Cartoon production Theater These are just a few examples only. Opportunities exists both with government as well as private sector enterprises. Animation itself is an industry, and as industry its on boom. An animator and multimedia professional can also work as freelancer or start his / her own enterprise given he / she has entrepreneurial skills and funds for investments. Animators work in various capacities. But as you can SEE that the field is growing at incredible rate, and technologies keep on changing by every day. The institution must be equipped with all the high end software, hardware and machinery which is important. Not only this, since the field is creativity intensive, the ambiance, the culture and whole pedagogy must be such that creativity of students is used optimally You must find a reputed institution like LPU for pursuing such programme. Hope the helps DVD.

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Hi Vishv, List of institutes offering Animation VFX in Mumbai : <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://goo.gl/MiWbuX" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://goo.gl/MiWbuX</a> Kindly filter out the branch / college / location as desired from the above link. Scope of Animation VFX : Scope of animation and visual effect is huge and vast today animation is a fast-emerging high-paying career option. To become an animator, you need intensive training in 2D or 3D animation. Professional Diploma programs in animation and multimedia are available for higher study. You can specialize in creating animation characters, creating two- and/or three-dimensional shapes, special visual effects, video game programming, game art and so on. The basic requirement is that you must have excellent creative and artistic abilities such as flair for drawing, sketching or caricaturing. I hope this information helps. Please feel free to revert. Wish you luck.

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