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Against the backdrop
                                                                     of a fast-developing
                                                                    transnational gaming
                                                                       industry, there’s
                                                                     no dearth of career
                                                                       options as India’s
                                                                    reputation as the next

                                                                   gaming hub is growing
                                                                     by leaps and bounds




         tion and visualisation), production (graphics, animation,   sis Institute of Design, Pune, and Aptech’s skill Builder
         and programming), and finally, testing on a multiplicity of   courses are also worth checking out. Certainly any trouble
         platforms and media (video, desktop, mobile etc). Des-  taken to check out career prospects in this sunrise industry
         ignations in this sunrise industry range from lead artist,   is worth the effort. A fresher programmer/designer starts
         preproduction concept artist, modeller, texture artist, light-  off with Rs.3 lakh-plus per annum which can rise to Rs.4-6
         ing environment artist, creative writer and FX artist, game   lakh within two years. salaries at the top are for the asking.
         coder, level designer, technologist/programmer.     “India’s gaming market is all set to explode. It has the
           Graduates from the engineering, fine arts, science, and   potential to become as big, exciting, and profitable as it is
         commerce streams, are best qualified for this industry. For   in China, Us, Japan, and Korea. With the emergence of
         programming and game design, IT, engineering, and sci-  MMOGs or massively multi-player online games — huge
         ence graduates are generally preferred. In the graphics and   game communities with lakhs of people playing simulta-
         concepts divisions, a fine arts background is a prerequisite.   neously — online gaming is all the rage,” claims Nimit
         For porting and testing (the final stage of game develop-  Panpalia, former head of advertising and sales at the
         ment), individuals with engineering/technical backgrounds   Mumbai-based Kreeda Games India Pvt. ltd, a start-
         are most suitable. For sales and marketing, an MBA or any   up venture (2006) of three maverick engineers with big
         other degree will do, as long as you are passionate about   dreams and now funded by IDG Ventures and softbank
         online gaming.                                   Bodhi Investment, two of the top venture capitalists in
           The best institutes offering study and preparation pro-  online gaming.
         grammes in this field are:                          “The most crucial requirement for success in the gam-
           sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, which offers a   ing industry is single-minded passion for computer and
         bachelor’s in fine and applied arts (BFA) with specialisation   online gaming. Creating bestseller games is like making
         in visualisation                                 movies; it requires teamwork, actors, and a technical
           National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, offers a   crew,” says Panpalia.
         graduate diploma programme in design with specialisa-  With its labour cost advantage, India has the poten-
         tion in communication design and postgrad diploma   tial to become a hub for outsourced work for the global
         programmes in graphic design, new media design and   gaming industry if it can provide trained professionals.
         animation film design                            “Unfortunately there’s a tremendous dearth of game
           The arts faculty of Ms University of Baroda, offers a   testers, animators, content managers etc. Moreover, there’s
         postgrad degree and diploma in graphic arts      an urgent need to develop quality gaming syllabuses, cur-
          Academy of Animation and Gaming (AAG), with    riculums and diploma programmes by computer education
         branches in Noida, Delhi, Bhopal and lucknow, offers   institutes such as NIIT, Aptech, MAYA among others,”
         bachelor’s, postgraduate and several short-term diploma   says Panpalia.
         courses in gaming                                   Young people would be well-advised to check out this
          Asian Institute of Gaming and Animation (AIGA),   new rewarding and creatively satisfying career.
         Bangalore, offers diploma courses ranging from eight-12
         months
           The digital 3D modelling and animation and digital   (Excerpted from 101 Great Careers for the 21st Century by
         interactive multimedia programmes of NIIT, symbio-  Indra Gidwani, 2016)



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