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Article: Manpower shortage hits Indian animation industry
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- May 19, 2008
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Mumbai, May 19 -- The Indian animation industry is expected to double its revenues to nearly $1.5 billion by 2010 but is still hampered by lack of skilled manpower, mainly due to lack of facilities and preference for traditional career options. "At the close of next year, the industry will require at least 25,000 more trained hands to fill the gap and by the year 2012, the industry will have room to accommodate 300,000 professionals, if not more," Atul Vohra, in-charge of the education division of the Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC), told IANS. At present only a little over 10,000 professionals are working in ...