Parwinder SandhuNew Delhi, March 3 -- Nearly a month after union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Content Creator Labs in 15,000 schools and 500 colleges, the work has already begun for the same. Spearheaded by the Mumbai-based Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), the labs will cater to the Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) content.
In the announcement made during budget speech on February 1, Sitharaman said that the government will provide a support of Rs 250 crore in setting up of these labs. "India's AVGC is a growing industry projected to require two million professionals by 2030. I propose to support the IICT Mumbai in setting up AVCG content creator labs in 15,000 secondary schools all ...