Department of Animation organized a Professional Training Programme on“VFX Industry-Academia Collaboration”on 16.11.2022 through Google Meet for Animation faculty members.
The programme started with the welcome address by Mr. P.Kishore Kumar, Head i/c cum Asst. Prof., Dept. of Animation. Mr. Rajan, Vice President – HR, Phantom FX Studio, Chennai,was the resource personof the event.
The objective of the event is to catalyze industry academia partnerships to prepare work ready workforce, reduce the job training cost, and make learners more employable.
He addressed that the Institution should encourage thestudents to develop &cultivate talents that meet local industry needs in the industry-academia collaboration programs. Thesekinds of program incorporate a large amount of practical training (including industry internship) through which businessmen train their future employees and international students develop their practical skills. The students will also learn more about working in a local company. After they graduate or acquire their certificate, they will be employed either by a company (most likely a local one) or in the company, at which they had their internship, making great contributions. This makes the students to develop their personality and responsibility together.
The Programme ended fruitfully and totally 5faculty members werebenefited through this program.