Mumbai, May 3 -- In a major leap towards empowering India's Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) ecosystem, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with FICCI and CII, has unveiled the Indian Institute of Creative Technology (IICT)--a National Centre of Excellence dedicated exclusively to this emerging sector.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off these strategic associations. He emphasized India's potential to become a global leader in media and entertainment, stating that IICT is on track to evolve into a premier institution in its field, much like how IITs and IIMs have become benchmarks in technology and management education.

The Union ...