Anil Ambani Opens Animation School

The Anil Ambani group has forayed into animation education by launching the Big Animation Infotainment and Media School or Big Aims, a training institute in Pune.

"Big Aims is unique and a first-of-its kind," said Ashish Kulkarni, chief executive of Big Animation, the group company that launched the project and made the animated TV series "Little Krishna".

"It will be a big leap for freshers, amateurs and aspirants to migrate to a much higher level of training practised by major Hollywood studios like Dreamworks," Kulkarni told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

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Pune to have animation school, gurukul style

UNE: Who says technology and tradition are poles apart? Modern subjects like animation, gaming and broadcast journalism will soon be taught 'gurukul' style - modelled on the ancient Indian education system at a Pune school.

The unique venture, called Seamless Education Academy or SeamEdu, will be run by Saurabh Gadgil, a jeweller, and aims to cater to the fast growing animation industry's huge demand for trained personnel.

"There is a huge demand for talented animators in the country - around 200,000 in a couple of years. So we thought this was a very good business idea," said Gadgil, a major stakeholder in the venture.

Those behind the project say they only mean to simulate the gurukul tradition's aspect of individual attention.
"Gurukul education is based on individual attention and that's what we plan to do - identify the talent and harness it for industry needs," said Arun Nigvekar, Pune University's former vice chancellor under whose guidance the school will be run.

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Iran has developed world’s fourth school of animation: official

TEHRAN -- Deputy Culture Minister for Cinematic Affairs Mohammadreza Jafari-Jelveh stated that Iran has developed the world’s fourth school of animation.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the first national seminar of animation at the IRIB College on Sunday, he said the Iranian school of animation stands fourth after the schools of Europe, the Far East, and Hollywood, adding, “Iran’s 5000-year-old historical credit attested by the discovery of the world’ first animation in the Burnt City of Zabol reveals the intelligence of this nation.”

Jafari-Jelveh also explained that fantasy and realism, human hopes and moral ideals, and storytelling are major elements of animation films in Iran.

Deputy Manager of IRIB College Mehdi Rahimian who also spoke at the seminar, said that the IRIB college is the first Iranian college to present courses on animation film.

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