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EDGE provides best-in-class international certificate programs in Animation, Visual Effects, Game Development and Virtual Production.
Created by a team of industry veterans from across the world, EDGE programs position learners to be the next-generation of digital artists in the Animation, Game Development, Visual Effects and Comics (AVGC) industry at a time when it is expanding at a breakneck speed and also shape-shifting with digital disruptions. EDGE programs prepare learners with not just the skills of today, but also of tomorrow.
EDGE provides you with the best global education for your career, delivered by internationally-renowned masters. EDGE-Trazos courses are international Master certificate programs co-delivered in partnership with Trazos, ranked as the No.1 Animation school in Spain, among the Top 3 in Europe and Top 7 worldwide. Courses range from Animation with Autodesk Maya, Compositing with NukeX, Visual Effects with Houdini and Videogame Production.
For the first time in India, EDGE has also brought in Unreal Engine-authorized instructors to deliver the first Master certificate program on Virtual Production with Unreal Engine (the most powerful real-time 3D creation tool in the world on which games like PUBG and the recent Star Wars Mandelorian series were built).
EDGE-IAMAG masterclasses from the world’s top digital artists from Europe and USA provide special interactive sessions with leading animators, illustrators, concept and visual effects artists who have worked on some of the latest global blockbuster films. They are delivered in partnership with IAMAG, the Paris-based masterclass platform which is the premier meeting point of global digital artists.
We aspire to make the Indian AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics) industry globally competitive by filling the critical skills gap in the sector. With our internationally certified courses in Animation, Gaming and VFX, helmed by a global faculty, we seek to create a pool of industry-ready designers and illustrators who will be prepared to meet the challenges of this fast-evolving sector.
To this end, we have partnered with the leading players in the international AVGC arena such as Trazos, IAMAG and Unreal Engine. Trazos is officially the topmost animation school in Spain, ranked third in Europe and eighth worldwide. It has co-branded and co-certified courses for us. Unreal Engine is a leading player in international animation technology, providing a complete suite of development tools for anyone working with real-time technology. IAMAG runs masterclasses by legendary animators, concept artists, illustrators, and VFX and FX artists.
Edge courses will enable aspirants to move up the value chain with intensive training, global exposure and strong mentorship even as Al-led disruptions induce a shift in the industry to high-end products.
We are an offshoot of Pearl Academy, India’s leading institute in design, fashion, business and media. Pearl is a part of Global University Systems (GUS), which is a network of institutions, affiliates and partners that offer globally-respected courses and qualifications to students from all corners of the world.
GUS has campuses all across the globe, with its centres located in some of the biggest cities in the world such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Toronto, Chicago and Vancouver as well as in Singapore, Germany and Israel.
Leading global education in Creative Digital Technology
The Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects and Comics (AVGC) industry is $1 trillion global business. Digital media is exploding in India faster than any other country. India’s animation, gaming, visual effects and comics industry is expanding at a phenomenal pace and is expected to be worth $43.9 billion by 2024. Animation and visual effects in India grew by whopping 56% and gaming by 45% in 2021-22. As India becomes a new global centre for digital production, the industry is looking for higher-skilled and international-quality creative artists who can produce cutting-edge original content. This is why EDGE brings you the best in global education for Animation, Game Development, Visual Effects and Virtual Production.
Trazos, among the word’s leading animation schools, based in Madrid, will be co-delivering our top courses. Trazos faculty is co-teaching and co-certifying our top courses to give you the best of global education in India. IAMAG, the world’s leading masterclass platform based in Paris, exclusively brings you special personalized sessions with the top artists in Europe and North America on an exclusive basis.
EDGE courses are also delivered by instructors authorized by Unreal Engine– the world’s most powerful real-time 3D-creation tool on which games like PUBG or the recent Star Wars Mandalorian series are built.
EDGE brings the global best in the industry to India – to help you design, build and create the next-level of game-changing content in India. Want to change to build kickass animation, games or virtual productions? Come, get a real edge, with EDGE.
To provide best-in-class international training to create the next-generation of digital artists in Animation, Visual Effects, Game Development and Virtual Production.
President, EDGE
Dr Nalin Mehta is an Indian media industry leader. An award-winning journalist, social scientist and author, he has held senior leadership positions in major Indian media companies; international financing institutions like the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at universities and institutions in Australia (Australian National University, La Trobe University), Singapore (NUS), Switzerland (International Olympic Museum) and India (IIM Bangalore, Shiv Nadar University).
He was previously Executive Editor, The Times of India- Online, where he led a number of AI-led tech innovations to redefine digital media. He has also served as Managing Editor, India Today (English TV channel) and Consulting Editor, The Times of India. Mehta is the author of five best-selling and critically acclaimed books. His books include India on Television (winner of the Asian Publishing Award for Best Book on Asian Media, 2009), Behind a Billion Screens (Longlisted as Business Book of the Year, Tata Literature Live, 2015), and most recently, the best-selling The New BJP.
Mehta is also Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. A DFID-Commonwealth scholar, he has a PhD in Politics from La Trobe University, Melbourne; M.A. International Relations, University of East Anglia, UK, and B.A. Journalism (Honours) from University of Delhi.
Academic Director, EDGE
C B Arun Kumar has been working in the Animation and Visual Effects industry for over 30 years. He started, when he got his first BBC Microcomputer and used it for creating graphics for India’s first Science Fiction TV Series – Space City Sigma. He also worked on the very first Indian 2D animation series for Doordarshan called Ghayab Aaya!
He graduated from the Mass Communications Research Institute in Delhi and has worked in various capacities in the Film and Television Industry in India for companies like TV18, Business India, TV Today, Vijay TV, Moving Picture Company, Maya Entertainment and Pixion.
In 2005 he was awarded the National Award for best director of an Animation program for “Kachua aur Khargosh”, an episode from India’s first 3D Animated Series for Cartoon Network based on the Panchatantra.
C B Arun is passionate about teaching and was the Co-founder and Academic Director of FX School, a leading Film and VFX institute based in Mumbai, where he pioneered the use of DSLRs in low-cost feature film production working with noted filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma.
He is a Unity Certified Developer, an Unreal Engine fanatic and ardent Blender 3D Enthusiast as well as an award winning 360-degree VR photographer. His current obsession is Virtual Production using Unreal Engine which he believes to be the most important developments in Visual Effects for movies since the development of Computer Graphics.
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