Another boost to Make In India! MIB collaborates with IIT to develop game centers

New Delhi, March 01:In the lineup with the Make In India, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting joined hands with the IIT Bombay to form a center of excellence in gaming for offering courses related to VFX.

 

 

MIB minister Prakash Javdekar made the announcement through social media. He said, “Happy to announce that @MIB_India in collaboration with @iitbombay has decided to form a Gaming center wherein courses related to VFX, Gaming, and Animation will be taught.”

 

Javadekar said that the Centre is at an advanced stage of preparation and will come into effect as the new session begins in 2021. He informed that various course topics like, VFX, animation, and gaming will also be offered in the center.

 

 

  

The main focus of the game center is to aware the children of the Indian values, heritage, and cultural ethos, through modern technology. He asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is passionate about preserving and perpetuating Indian values, heritage, and cultural ethos, and is putting in the immense effort so that the children and youth of our country are made aware of our rich culture and tradition. "We can also introduce those values via modern technology and put it to optimum use," the minister said.

 

Citing the example of PUBG to make his point, he highlighted that many games played on mobile and other gadgets are "violent, explicit, addictive, and tend to create a complex in the mind of children".

He added, “Many games played on mobile phones & gadgets are violent and addictive. PUBG was just one example of it. Criticizing isn't the solution. We must create our games/apps that'd be adopted around the world for their values rooted in Indian ethos.”

 

"The solution is to create our games and apps in line with #MakeInIndia for the world so that these are adopted the world over for their basic values that are an integral part of our Indian ethos. This effort by the Modi government will fructify and lead the nation into creating new games that promote our Indian cultural ethos," he added.