Animators Of Tomorrow

Updated on: Thursday, September 08, 2011

Reliance Webel Media and Entertainment Academy launched its state of the art academy centre in Kolkata on September 7. Located in Salt Lake Sector 5, this is Reliance Webel Media & Entertainment Academy’s first venture in eastern India.
 
The academy will offer opportunities to the aspiring youth of the city to carve out a career in the fast emerging animation and VFX industry in India. The maiden education venture in the field of animation and VFX from Reliance Webel Media and Entertainment Academy will offer some of the most extensive courses in the field. The students will be able to enter the fields of advertising, gaming, live action film making, comics, designing, etc after the completion of their courses.

Speaking at the launch of the centre Ashish S K, CEO, Reliance Animation said, “West Bengal has always been the epicenter of creative talents in India. Both Reliance and Webel with their unmatched track record in the education space over the years, have joined hands to create the Reliance Webel Media and Entertainment Academy and is all set to offer the creative minds of Bengal an unmatched opportunity to hone up their knowledge and skills in animation and VFX film making and be a part of the unprecedented growth that this segment has witnessed in the recent years.”

Utpal Kumar Bhattacharya, additional secretary, department of information technology, government of West Bengal said, “The state being a culturally vibrant one, we already have a huge pool of creative professionals. We believe we have all the requirements to emerge as a sought after animation outsourcing hub. The Reliance Webel Media and Entertainment Academy will expand the realm of what is possible in animation & VFX through technology, and will groom the abundant talent in our state to constantly stretch boundaries and innovate.”
 
Students will be introduced to the realm of the creative film making and story-telling industry. On offer are courses in Bachelor of Arts in Animation & Visual Effects Film Making, Advanced Diploma in Animation Film Making, Advanced Diploma in VFX Film Making and specialized courses in Asset Master, Anim-Actor and Effects Master.
 

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