I&B to promote gaming, animation industry

Task force set up to suggest policy measures

In a bid to give a boost to the sunrise sectors of animation, gaming and VFX (visual effects imagery), the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is involving players from the industry in a big way in evolving a policy that helps them realise their true potential.

A 13-member task force has been constituted to dwell upon various issues concerning these sectors. The committee headed by I&B additional secretary Rajiv Takru has been given freedom to evolve own methodology to ensure widest possible consultations on a 14-point charter in the terms of reference and submit its report within six months from the date of its first meeting. Besides director (Films) as member secretary and the joint secretary (Films) as a member, others from the industry are: Mahesh Samath (Walt Disney India), Ashish Kulkarni (Big Animation Reliance), Tapash Chakravarty (DQ Entertainment), Rajesh Rao (Dhruva Games), Vishal Gondal (UTV India Games), A K Madhavan (Crest Animation Studios), Jaspreet Bindra (Microsoft), Munjal Shroff (Graphiti Multimedia), S Nagarajan (Visual Computing Lab, Tata ELXSI), and Leena Jaisani (FICCI).

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