A Nasscom study says India will require about 3,00,000 professionals in content development and animation by 2008. Less than half of this number is currently employed.
Ready To Go Animate, an animation-oriented training centre, wants to narrow the gap. Managing director Arjun Jindal said, “Our target is to put students everywhere in the industry.”
In Kolkata, RTG Animate has 130 students in two batches of 65 each. 2D cartoon animation, digital print media, 3D animation for movies, visual effects for movies, gaming, broadcast animation, advertising, post-production for movies, and corpoprate presentations are the fields of choice.
Delhi also has one such institute, while there is a well-equipped training centre and studio in Los Angeles, which is being looked after by co-promoter Sudhin Shahani.
“We recently entered into a strategic tieup with Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, under the University of Central England, to provide a course in visual communication,” Jindal said.
A recent study conducted by Andersen Consulting said the Indian animation industry, currently pegged at $550 million, is slated to clock a growth rate of 30% annually in the next three years, and expected to touch $15 billion by 2008.