Nasscom empowers women with animation skills

Bangalore: With animation training mushrooming in every nook and corner of the country, Nasscom Foundation (NF), the social development arm of Nasscom has introduced an only-for-women animation skills training. The training has been introduced at NF's Hyderabad and Sangli center, whereby along with tools training the trainees will also be engaged in developing their soft skills.

At the Sangli center, the women are all Government Diploma holders in Fine Arts while the Hyderabad center have picked up girls who were engaged in Zardosi work or Mehendi designing, generally women with artistic inclination. The program, which comes with a job guarantee, has a significantly lesser course fee and the girls can pay it once they are employed. In Hyderabad, NF has tied up with an animation studio that will employ these trained girls and in Sangli they will get to work on a Maharashtra government project.

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World's best animation training course enters China

According to reports, on June 30, the Beijing Bowen Huizhi Cultural Dissemination Center, under the Beihang University (BUAA) Science Park, signed a cooperation agreement with Suonan Digital to introduce Japanese Suonan Digital 3DCG (Creative training courses) into China. This will be the first time that Japan's top animation training course enters China; and it will be vital for the development of China's animation training.

It is expected that the 3DCG will train top-level and advanced digital creative professionals through two year related courses training; and as the core of Japan's latest creative development system; relying on Japan, Europe and the United States' expert resources; supported by well-known universities, and game, animation, and video design company professionals; and using the world's most advanced OJT (On the Job Training).

By People's Daily Online