Thursday, August 22, 2013

World Skills Graphic Art Winner- Arun Raj Balasubramani By P. Chidambaram

The Indian Government Appreciates the Effort of Team India at WSI
It was a proud moment for Reliance Animation as the candidate, Arun Raj Balasubramani, trained under the tutelage of Mr. Sathish Narayanan – Academic Director, Reliance AIMS (Animation Infotainment & Media School), won the “Medallion of Excellence” and “Best of the Nation” award too. The Finance Minister applauded the sincere efforts put in by the team and  felicitated the candidate and training partners, Mr.Arbind Prasad – Director General, FICCI and Sathish Narayanan, Academic Director of Reliance AIMS (Education Arm of Reliance Animation). The other dignitaries present were Mr.Jairam Ramesh – Rural Development Minister, Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia – Deputy Chairman Planning Commission and Shri. S.Ramadurai – Chairman of NSDC & NSDA.
“Preparing Arun Balasubramani for WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 required months of training, hard work, and dedication by the team members of Reliance Aims, Pune. We are also grateful to NSDC and FICCI for involving Reliance Aims as ‘knowledge partners’ and providing support,” said Sathish Narayanan.
Expressing his delight Mr. Ashish S.K. CEO, Reliance Animation said “We need young people to come forward, excel, and bring talent into the workforce. The trades, technologies and service industries are growing. And we need to keep up with that growth and when it comes to encouraging young talent and providing platform to passionate individuals; Reliance Aims has always come forward and been instrumental”
This took place at Vigyan Bhawan – Delhi, where the honorable Finance Minister – Shri P.Chidambaram unveiled the ‘National Skill Certification’ and ‘Monetary Reward Scheme’ that will be implemented on pan ‐ India basis. While launching the Scheme the Finance Minister said, “This is one of the most ambitious schemes in the country. We have four pillars supporting this. The sector skill councils, the training partners, the assessing agencies, and the young men and women without whom there is no scheme. He called on all four pillars to come together and work towards achieving the National Skilling Mission.”

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[Only 12 days left] Start with an idea. Make it a reality

Intel® App Innovation Contest 2013
Idea Submission - Start Date: 24th July, 2013, End Date: 04th September, 2013
 
Translating Ideas into Great Apps!
200 All-in-One PCs & 300 Tablets, $100,000 in Prizes ... Come Get Yours
 
What is this contest about ?
Digit and Devworx together with Intel have just announced the Intel App Innovation Contest 2013. The contest is aimed at skilled developers looking to get exposure with the possibility of winning some really great prizes, 500 Dev systems and $100k. If you’re eager to win one of those hefty cash prizes, then you should submit your idea right now!
The Intel App Innovation Contest 2013 is a developer focused contest where the goal is to bring coders together to create new and innovative applications for the Windows 8 platform.
What is the Process of the Contest?
The contest will be conducted in 2 phases. The phase 1 app idea must be submitted in the language natively used on the community developer site in which you entered the contest, Devworx in this case. Intel and Devworx will select the top 125 ideas that will move on to phase 2.
The phase 2 demo app, may be submitted in either English or the language natively used on the community developer site at which you entered the contest. The developers with the top 30 demo apps from phase 2 (5 from each category) will be asked to submit a demo video in English. This is to make sure that the judges, who are from and in different parts of the world, can have access to the nitty gritties of your app.
 
 

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Wacom India Brings 2 New Contests

Wacom India Brings 2 New Contests




FOR MORE DETAILS: Design 2 Win ; Wacom India

SOURCE: Design 2 Win ; Wacom India

The Animation Society of India presents Anifest India 2013

ust look at the awesome line up of sessions TASI has planned for Anifest India 2013!!




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FOR MORE INFORMATION: The Animation Society of India

15th TBS Digicon 6 Animation & Movie Awards Calls for Entries

Win a trip to Tokyo, Japan for TBS DigiCon 6 Awards
And 
INR 20,000/- 
Send your Entries by 10th September, 2013.

Download Entry Forms - http://www.cgtantra.com/downloads/13_07_digicon_enteryform.pdf 
15th TBS DigiCon 6 Website

Talk to the Pro: Sandeep Menon - Blue Sky Studios, Inc.

An artist always grows on his creativity, and creates a tremendous art which fanatsize people's mind. Such artist is Sandeep Menon who is a Visual Development Artist at Blue Sky Studios, Inc., who has explored in the animation industry with his visual observation. And Talk to the Pro is the place where you can interact with Sandeep and ask questions, regarding his experience in this creative industry.

Sandeep's first foray into the entertainment industry was an Art internship at Pixar Animation studios where he had the opportunity to work on the Academy award winning movie, UP(2008). His movie credits include Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), Epic (2013) and he is presently working on the new Peanutsmovie that is due in Nov 2015. For his other works check his website www.sandeepdesign.com

CGTantra also had a chance to interact with Sandeep Menon. Here are the links of the interviews:

Interview with Sandeep Menon - Visual Development Artist, Blue Sky Studios, Inc. 

Interview with Sandeep Menon - Visual Development Artist, Blue Sky Studios, Inc. - Part 2 

‘The Warrior Lady- ‘Rani Lakshmi Bai’ 3D animated film

Manish Tandon
Based in Mumbai and Founded by Manish Tandon, Honey Interactive animation, a department of Honey International, since 2010, has been delivering services in designing, animation and implementation of full-service digital solutions for companies.
This studio has finished the production of their 3D animated film titled ‘The Warrior Lady- ‘Rani Lakshmi Bai’ that will bring awareness about this historic ideal among the young generation and are presently looking out for a distributor for this film.
The life story of Rani inspired this studio to move forward towards composing a 90 mins 3D animation movie in Hindi language, using the Autodesk 3D Max software. Directed by Gajender Shortraya, this movie targets the age group between 5-15 years, who are fond of watching cartoons and animated movies.
The characters of this movie revolve around Rani Lakshmi bai, King Gnagadhar Rao, Raghunath Singh, Jawahar Singh, Gulam Gauss Khan, Sanghar Singh, Major Ellis and Hugh Henry Rose.Rani’s character is represented in the full fledged form of her being an excellent horse rider, who practiced with weapons. Her sacrifice and courageous fight against the British Raj will surely drill the society to move their eyes towards the ‘regiment’ of women.
22 artists of this studio have worked for a total of 3 years on this movie, but it was not at all a cake walk for as the team visited Jhansi to research about the life of Rani. The only primary source, from which this studio managed to get extensive information, was by interacting with the inhabitants of Jhansi along with analyzing two books written by Vrindavanlal Varma and Tripti Roy.
They didn’t just stick to this resource, but even set out on a field trip to Jhansi, visited the fort and captured the photos of the different corners of the town. This in turn helped them to ideate the traditional set up for this movie including the construction of varied 3D elements including the fort and city wall..
In order to know more about this movie, AnimationXpress.com’s Nicole Fernandes asked Manish Tandon, Creative Head and Co-producer, Honey Interactive, as to how did they come up with the idea of working on this concept and he comments”
“The main crux of this movie lies in bringing out Rani Lakshmi bai as a National Heroine and an epitome of female bravery. This movie is made keeping in mind the concept of sending a message to the women that they are not an inferior race but they too can dare to dream and accomplish their goal by a strong willpower inbuilt.”
Talking more about the challenge, he informs, “Constructing the characters of this movie was a tedious task for us, as we didn’t have a proper picture of Rani Lakshmi bai.”.
Adding more on this, Pawan Lahotiya, Producer, Honey Interactive, says, “The creation of reality into fantasy is designed keeping in mind the true story of Rani Lakshmi Bai which will attract kids to get interested in history as well.
When Manish was asked about the look and feel of this movie, he confidently said, “My team has tried to enhance the historical value of this film through 3D animated characters and we believe that we’ve managed to achieve remarkable International standard.”
The studio is trying its level best to convince a well known celebrity to lend voice for Rani’s character and is also in talks with a famous lyricist for to pen the songs.
Once this movie connects with the Indians audiences, it will also release around the globe in 70 languages. This studio hasn’t just stopped at this, but are also currently engaged in creating two E-Comic series titled ‘THE BIRTH OF HANIMAN’ and ‘MAMA MALANG’.
To get in touch with Manish Tandon, you can contact him on 9320773284 or hianimations@yahoo.in

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Drishti 2013 Creative Contest

 
 
 

Entries can be submitted by any Indian. One individual can send entries in multiple categories i.e. Short FilmAudio JinglesPosterand Design. Only individuals are allowed in contest and no group or organizational entries will be entertained.

Last date of the submitting entries in all four categories is 15th September, 2013

Short Film | Audio Jingles Poster | Design

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Animation Challenge, Webinar with PC Vikram, Full-Day Workshop

DPI, We are looking for India's best enterprise developer team. Are you the one?

DEVELOPERS PREMIER LEAGUE
 
THE SEARCH FOR
INDIA'S BEST ENTERPRISE DEVELOPER TEAMS
Successful enterprise application development projects are an amalgamation of astute planning, carefully considered decisions, good technology selection, brilliant project management—and remarkable teamwork.
Unfortunately, skills and abilities of enterprise developer teams that achieve these great results are often unknown, under appreciated and unknown. That is about to change with Developer Premier League 2013.
DPL is India’s first and biggest enterprise developer team challenge contest jointly developed by Digit and Devworx. The aim of this contest is to identify and honour enterprise developer teams that have knowledge, flair and ingenuity to plan and develop complex enterprise applications - smartly, quickly & correctly.
 
WHO
CAN PARTICIPATE?
All software development professionals involved in developing enterprise applications and (not and, are) eligible to participate in DPL 2013.
All participating teams will have a maximum of 4 members. The team can include Software Architects, Developers, UI/UX Designers. The team will be captained by the Software Architect.
All teams need to be full time employees of the organisation,or equivalent. In sourced members, 3rd party consultants, advisors (advisers), etc are not eligible to represent the organisation in the DPL 2013.
 
WHY
PARTICIPATE?
Developer Premier League 2013 is a novel contest that tests your knowledge, skills and business acumen. It is a (an) opportunity for you and your team members to demonstrate your expertise in enterprise project strategy/planning, development and decision making to your clients, colleagues, peers and organisation.
You will compete against the best enterprise developer teams in India. Over 45 days you will have the opportunity to enhance your knowledge about enterprise technology, products, interact with top technology consultants, test your problem-solving skills and hone your teamwork skills.

Two To Tango - UTV & Disney






httpX by BigRock 5th & 12th September 2013, Mumabi, Delhi


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