Mumbai, May 3 -- :The government on Saturday formally launched the Indian Institute of Creative Technology (IICT), a national centre of excellence dedicated exclusively to the animation, visual effects, gaming, comics and extended reality (AVGC-XR) sector. In a major leap towards empowering India's AVGC-XR ecosystem, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, in collaboration with FICCI and CII, unveiled IICT at the 'WAVES 2025' summit here.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, emphasised 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 an...