National Centre For Animation Gaming N VFX

Information and Broadcasting Secretary, Uday Kumar Verma said that a National Centre for Excellence in Animation, Gaming and Visual Effects is being set up to meet the shortage of trained man power in this sector. 

Mr. Verma said that the Centre will be a benchmark in providing quality training. 

He described capacity building as a major challenge for any government, especially in the media and entertainment domain. 

Mr. Uday Verma was speaking at the 48th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, ABU General Assembly which began in New Delhi on 7^th Nov.

The Secretary said that India can offer a lot to ABU in terms of capacity building, technology and content creation in this area. 

He also said that ABU should seriously consider setting up world class broadcasting and training centre located in India and assured all possible help from the government. 

Prasar Bharati Chairperson Mrinal Pandey while addressing the function said that the Corporation is in the process of expanding its network to reach the entire population in the country.

She said, the Radio covers 99 per cent of the population while the Television is the largest terrestrial network covering 93 per cent population. 

Mrinal Pandey said, with FM emerging as a popular mode of Radio broadcasting, the Corporation is in the process of commissioning FM on 250 more stations apart from adding over 300 transmission centres. 

Acting President of ABU, Datuk Ibrahim Yahaya also highlighted its role during disasters like Tsunami, Earthquake and floods.