Karnataka launches India’s first AVGC center of excellence in Bengaluru

The state government on Thursday launched a centre of excellence for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comics (AVGC), positioning it as a pioneering high technology digital media hub.  

Karnataka is also the first in the country to bring an AVGC policy in 2012. The AVGC Center of Excellence (CoE) has been funded by the state department of IT/BT & Electronics, under its ‘Innovate Karnataka’ initiative. The CoE is also said to be the biggest such centre in Asia.

The basic objective of the AVGC COE is to make available the best facilities and technologies to start-ups, AVGC studios, and professionals who find it difficult to fund or access such a high-technology stack individually.