Where will the National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) be established in India?
The Government of India has approved the establishment of a National Centre of Excellence (NCoE) for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR).
The NCoE will be located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the hub of the Indian film industry.
The NCoE is being set up based on recommendations from the Task Force on Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics in 2022.
The 2022 Task Force was headed by Apurva Chandra, then Secretary of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.