Career in Animation, Gaming & VFX in India.

A career in the field of animation, VFX and Gaming can lead to opportunities in variety of media businesses like Animation Features, Live action films, Television channels, computer games, video games & mobile games, advertising industries, television commercials, virtual reality, infrastructure, medical science, interactive E Education, Architecture, Defence services and many more.  A career in these fields requires a high level of creative ability and natural talents.  The job market can be competitive, and those who choose to specialize in a particular area can be successful in long term, a beginner in this field can earn between INR 8000 to 15000 per month as starting salary and these figures would double up after a year’s experience.

Advantage India.

India is the only country in the world which is rich in culture, Heritage, Art and rituals. India being the seventh largest country in the world we have 22 Official languages. Apart from this, Indians communicate in over 2500 languages, from region to region, state to state. Though we have so many languages we have a large base of English speaking crowd because of which, we are the prime hub for international out sourced job works.

Animation & VFX industry in India is experiencing a major boom and also we are emerging as an Animation & VFX HUB. This is all because we have large base of creative talents, presence of good studios which offers low cost of animation & VFX services when compared to west.

As per NASSCOM, Global animation industry is expected to reach US $ 122 billion by 2010 & Indian animation, VFX industry is expected to increase significantly to US $ 869 million by 2010. In addition, Indian Gaming Industry is also expected to increase to US $ 300 million by 2009.

International entertainment giants like Walt Disney, Sony, Rhythm & Hues, Dream works, Thomson Technicolor and many more large studios are opening up shops in India apart from these corporate like Tata Elxsi, Relliance, Satyam, ITC Infotech, Pentasoft, UTV, Dataquest, Paprikas Animation studios and many more large and medium scale studios are already present and are producing their own contents in collaboration with international studios.
What goes in India's advantage is that an animation movie can be made here 15 times cheaper than the cost of a Hollywood production. 'Hanuman', 'Hanuman Returns', 'Bal Ganesh' and now ‘Katokaj’ are the string of successful animation movies is an indication of the fast growth that the Indian animation industry is poised for.
Good  news : there are close to 73 Animated features under production,which are suppose to release by 2015.(source: Animation Express – House Full)
As of today, India has about 200 animation, 40 VFX and 35 game development studios, but the country needs more workstations to make optimal use of the potential that the industry has.

Huge growth potential for animation in India: British expert

Animation in India is still in the nascent stage but with huge growth potential in the domestic market the discipline has a good future in the country, British author and animation studies teacher Chris Webster has said. 'In India, animation is still in its infancy. There is a lot of scope here, but growth will take time. India needs to make serious efforts in terms of education and setting up of infrastructure,' Webster told IANS. He appreciated the work going on in India in the field of animation but felt India has a long way to go.

• India has large base of English speaking workforce
• India has second largest entertainment industry in the world
• Large base of creative talents
• Low cost for Animation & VFX services
• Good infrastructure & IT corridors
• Support & developments from the Government
• Large pool of skilled IT workforce