Mumbai, May 1 -- The Minister of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday announced the launch of the Indian Institute of Creative Technology (IICT) at the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025.

The institute, set to become a national hub for the animation, visual effects, gaming, comics, and extended reality (AVGC-XR) sector, has already commenced work and has aligned with a few tech and media giants for collaborative efforts towards IICT. These include NVIDIA, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Star India and Adobe, as per the press release.

The IICT is being established by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in strategic collaboration with FICCI and CII, as a National Centre of Excellence on the lines of IIT...