Arena Animation

Arena Animation is the Animation & Multimedia education arm of Aptech Ltd. Over the past 23 years, Arena Animation has trained more than 450,000 students.[1] The company is headquartered in Mumbai, India and has education centres in over 20 countries around the world.

Arena Animation
IndustryEducation and Entertainment
Animation, multimedia, VFX
Founded1996 (1996)
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
India
Key people
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, (Chairman), K.C Pal, (Vice Chairman), Anil Pant, (Managing Director & CEO)
WebsiteArena Animation

Arena Animation offers job-oriented courses in Animation, Multimedia, Web designing, VFX, and Gaming. The curriculum includes practical training in animation & multimedia studios, industry visits, workshops, regular projects, and creation of a professional work portfolio.

Annual Events

Orbit Live

Every year, Arena Animation organises Orbit Live,[2] a four-day media & entertainment industry event for students & professionals in the animation, VFX, gaming, and web & graphics space. The event starts with an inaugural ceremony that is attended by industry professionals from Hollywood & Bollywood.

Orbit Live comprises hands-on workshops, seminars, master classes & student-expert interactive sessions. In the past, Orbit Live has featured learning sessions conducted by animation & VFX experts[3] including Max Howard (president & CEO of Melwood Pictures), Tayah Howard (actress & producer), Damian Perea (film producer & director, Animayo International Film Festival[4]), Penny Holton (senior lecturer, Teesside University), Dr. Paul Noble (senior lecturer, Teesside University), Prof. Ulrich Wegenast (managing director, programme, ITFS Festival, Rafael Zabala (lead modeller, Psyop Productions), and Raul Garcia (CEO, Melon Digital S.L. & director - producer, R&R Communications Inc).

The event concludes with the Awards Night, recognising the best work & top talent of the year. Carnivals, dinner soirees and talent contests are also a part of the event.

Creative Minds

Creative Minds is an inter-centre student competition, where students produce films under the guidance & mentorship of their faculty. These films are judged by industry experts.[5]

Awards

The education provider has won several awards including Maharashtra State IT Award 2007,[6] Franchise Growth Driver of the Year Award 2007,[7] and Indian Express Marketing Excellence Award for Brand Excellence in IT.

See also

Indian animation industry

References
  1. "Overview". Arena Animation.
  2. "Arena Orbit Live 2016 delves deep into the art of storytelling". India Education Diary.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. "Global industry experts from top animation studios exhibit students work on stage at Orbit Live, 2016 organized by Arena Animation". Global News Network of India. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. "The Animayo Festival, honored at Bollywood". Audiovisual 451. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. "Arena Animation organizes 'Creative Minds'". indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  6. "Arena Animation bags Maharashtra IT Award". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
  7. "Arena reaches 100 crore turnover mark". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 March 2007.
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