Mangaluru all set to become animation hub in Karnataka
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Sandeep Moudgal | TNN | Updated: Jul 24, 2017, 07:27 AM IST
BENGALURU: Mangaluru is set to become the new hub of animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC). The government has envisaged huge potential for the coastal city to become the next hub after Bengaluru and drafted a policy for it.
"While Bengaluru is still in the scheme of things as the super hub of animation, considering its strong IT background, Mangaluru holds greater promise with animation companies there showing great potential," said IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge. Under the AVGC policy 2017-22, Kharge said it's looking at strengthening Tier II cities to reduce the strain on Bengaluru's infrastructure. He said 120 training centres in Tier II cities will be opened in collaboration with private players and the government has earmarked a venture fund of Rs 20 crore for AVGC startups.
"We have decided to allocate funds to only those companies registered in Karnataka and those having original content with national or global reach,'' he added. As part of this funding, Rs 50 lakh has been set aside as production grants. Soon, other possible incentives will be announced.
The government is also mulling over setting up a centre for excellence on the outskirts of Bengaluru to impart state-of-the-art education on animation and gaming. It has initiated talks with the School of Images Gobelins, Paris for an academic partnership. Gobelins, which is ranked No. 1 worldwide, is being roped in by Karnataka for planning the curriculum and creating a programme for AVGC.
"We have already had a few rounds of talks and Gobelins has expressed interest in setting up the centre of excellence," said the minister. The department is scouting for 15-20 acres to set up the centre. The AVGC sector employs around 20,000 people in the state, and the number is expected to grow over the next few years.
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When the government is talking about 'Centre of Excellence for Animation' & investments in the parched city only how can Mangaluru become 'Animation Hub'? All election year blah blah! Anyway even a filmcity (at Kapu, Udupi) with 'Animation Studio' is welcome.
By the way, has the state government drafted any policy for making Mangaluru 'Healthcare Tourism Cluster' as proposed in
Karnataka Tourism Vision 2015-2020 page 10? And even Mangaluru MP had stated that the central government is drafting a plan to make Mangalore Medical Tourism Hub. People of Kudla want to know now, actually which government is planning for this?
Okay. Here is update on Health/Medical Tourism Hub.
Health Tourism Project execution soon
Summa:
Prior preparations are going on to implement Health Tourism Project for the first time in the country in DK district targetting Rs. 3,000 crores annual income and 30,000 jobs generation. Mindful Consulting company has prepared draft and submitted to NITI Ayog. NITI Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant is interested in executing the project. India expects annually 10,00,000 patients to visit India by 2020. And project aims to attract 5% of this to DK.