The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) and Netflix have announced scholarships for 100 students, offering up to 80% financial support across six professional programmes comprising two one-year diploma programmes and four six-month certificate programmes.
The six programmes covered under the scholarship initiative are the Diplomas in Interactive Comics & Sequential Arts and Visual Effects Mastery, Certificates in Virtual Art Department Content Creation, Media Tech Workflow, Art of Character Animation, and E-Sports & Gaming Management.
The announcement follows Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos’ meeting with Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during his India visit, where Netflix launched the Netflix India Storytelling Initiative. The initiative is aimed at investing in India’s creative talent pipeline by helping equip the next generation of storytellers with industry-relevant skills across the Animation, Visual effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) ecosystem, which serves as a key driver of India’s ‘Orange Economy’.
The scholarships, supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, will be available to students and working professionals across India.
Netflix has also helped shape the curriculum for IICT’s Visual Effects Mastery and Media Tech Workflow programmes, to align the courses with contemporary industry workflows and practices.
For more information on the scholarships and programmes, visit https://netflixscholars.iict.org/
