DEPARTMENT OF ANIMATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS

Brief Introduction

Commencement: The Department of Animation & Visual Effects was established in the year 2008 with Diploma in 3D Animation And Visual Effects. The first batch had 22 students and 4 staff members.  Afterwards Advance diploma in 3D Animation and Visual Effects was started. The career opportunities in the field of Animation and Visual Effects is immense and it is one of the fastest growing industry in India.

Sl. No.Name of the Programme OfferedCategory
1.B.Voc.(Bachelor of Vocation) in 3D Animation and VFX – Three years durationUG (Regular)
2.Diploma in Visual Effects: Compositing – One Year DurationUG (Regular)
3.Advance Diploma in Visual Effects: 3D Computer Graphics – Two Years DurationUG (Regular)

Faculty Members

NameQualificationDesignationSpecializationNo. of Years of Experience
Jigyashu DadhichiMsc AnimationAssistant Professor3D CGIVFX, Lookdev12
Mukesh TongariaB.F.A. M.F.A.LecturerFine Art (composition painting), Digital Art7
Mohan DasDiploma in Animation & VFX, M.A.LecturerVisual Effects, CG Compositing7
Shishir KushwahaAdvanced Diploma in Animation, M.A.Lecturer3D, Digital Sculpting, SFX, Audio Video Editing, Creative Shooting6

Notable Alumni

List the distinguished alumni of the department
Media/Production HouseNames
MPC BangalorePriyanka Nigam, Aanand, Medha, Deepanjali, Minakshi Goel, Rakesh kumar maurya, Anurag Kushwaha, Vaisahli Sharma, Hohit Baliyan, Shivani Sahu
Deluxe Digicaptions India , PuneAkshay Agnihotri, Anurag Sngh, Komal Agnihotri, Janardan Dwivedi, Santosh Gupta
Redchilli MumbaiVishal sharma, Gaurav Bhardwaj
Double negativeArpit Shukla, Ashish Pandey, Aman Kumar Singh, Prateek Dubey, Neeraj, Dhanendra Sahu, Disha, Dushyant, Suraj, Yogesh Shivratri, Ashwani Patel, Anuj Sharma, Ashutosh Singh, Swadhin Biswal, Jyoti
Prime FocusDeepshikha, Manoj Kushwaha
Anibrain PuneVibhav Tiwari, Bhanendra, Amrendra Gupta, Induja, Manish, Aditya Sharma, Saroj Chadudhary
Famous House Of AnimationSaurav Kumar Singh, Deepak Barnwal, Ankit Kumar, Devvrat patel, Vishal Shaliya, Haidar ali, Umashankar, Gaurav Jalkshtri
NY VFX WALAVikas Seth, Shivam Sharma, Pradhumn Mishra, vishesh kumar chabra, Nikita Sharma
Vortex voltBhavani, Neeraj Kumar Patel, Chandani Sirohi, Parsesh kumar swain, chitraksh Kamal Gangwar, Pallav Gadge, Priyanka Rawat, vishwajeet Singh
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Thrust areas(Animation)

Name of the DepartmentResearch Thrust Areas
Department of Animation and Visual Effects
  • Graphic Designing & Animation
  • 2D & 3D Animation
  • Virtaul Reality
  • Augmented reality
  • Creative Skill Development

Events

DateWorkshopOutstanding participants
06-10 March2018Concept -Art & Digital PaintingMr. Lovely Kukreja, Creative Desiginer
22-23 Feb 2018Production Techniques of 3DAnimationAnkur Shroff, Delhi
15-16 Dec 2017Industry Treads and Latest TechMiss Sarika, VFX Supervisor, NYVfxwala, Mumbai
17-21 SeptProduction TechniquesRahul Jain and Vishwendara        Artist From Mumbai
10-12 April 2017Architecture VisualizationMr. Vijay kaware, Estate Department AWGP
20-22 May 2017Current trends of VFX industryChintha Raj CEO,  VFX Supervisor, Effects Mania, VFX Studio Kerala
25 feb 2017Gaming and its 3d workflowSafir Abbas ,Lighting texturing lead, Dhruva interactive Dehradun
24, Nov, 2013Workshop on Compositing& Visual EffectsAbhinav Parashar, Technical Head, DQ school of Visual Arts, Delhi
8 May 2013Workshop on Role of VFX Bollywood to TollywoodSelva Kumar.S- VFX Supervisor, Gemini Industries, Chennai
22 Nov, 2012Workshop on VFX in Indian CinemasPrasad Sutar, VFX Head, Reliance Mediaworks Ltd.
13 May, 2012Workshop on Visual Effects and current Trends & DemandViral Thakkar, Head CG dept, Pixion, Mumbai
April, 2012Special Lecture on Photography basicsMr. Nikolai, State Channel, Russia
Sep, 2012Workshop on 3D ModelingSandeep Tiwari, 3D Artist, 3d Solution, Gurgaon
10-18, Nov, 2011Training Workshop on Foundations of PhotographyTrainer: Ms Elena Saprunova & Mr Nikolay Vasilkhin (experts from Russian State Channel)
 

Research Scholar

 

Departmental Infrastructural Facilities

Internet facilities for staff and students

Both LAN and Wi-Fi facilities are available for staff and students.

Total number of class rooms-3
Class rooms with ICT facility-3
Students’ laboratories-1
Research laboratories-1

Center for Animation and Visual Effects

PPD (Printing, Publishing and Designing) Lab

At Shantikunj is a supportive lab to the Center for Animation and Visual Effect. It is equipped with sophisticated cameras and a photo studio. It also specializes in:

  • Designing of Professional Book Titles, Brochures, Leaflets, Stationery and other printing materials.
  • Handles different publishing / designing requirements during various local / national / international events (e.g. convocation / yog festivals etc.) presents vision and philosophy of the University in new & innovative way.
  • Provides onsite training to the students.
 

Placements

Placements Batch

The name of Movies, DSVV students have worked as VFX artist

Pacific Rim Uprising, Black Panther, Padmaavat, jagga Jasoos, The Ghazi Attack, Bahubali 2, Fast and Furious 8, Robot-2, Half Girlfriend, The wonder women, Blade runner, King’s Speech (Hollywood Oscar winning), Dangal, PK, Baby, Grand Masti, ABCD-2, Ek vilain, Rock on 2, Barfi, FAN, Agnipath, Krish3, Robot, Singham, Golmaal 2 & 3, Godzilla, Action Replay, Dhoom3, Talaash, God’s Own Country (Malayalam) etc.
 
 

Contact Us

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Distinguished Visitors

Special & Guest Lecturer in department by External Expert

Visiting Faculty (List-I)

Sl. No.Name of Visiting FacultiesDesignationInstitute
1Mr. Behram PatelCreative HeadReliance Media Works, Mumbai
2Mr. Hariharan SuthanCreative HeadGemini VFX, Chennai
3Mr. Prasad SutharVFX HeadNY VFX WALA Mumbai
4Mr. Selva KumarVFX SupervisorGemini Industries and Imaging Ltd, Mumbai
5Mr. Sandeep TiwariSenior 3D Modeling Artist3D solutions Pvt. Ltd, Delhi
6Mr. Prabhas PandeyProf and HeadChandigarh University
7Vivek Kumar SubudhiAssistant Prof.Dev Sanskriti University
8Miss SarikaCompositor SupervisorNY VFX WALA Mumbai
9Gagan SinhaCreative DeveloperEMD Shantikunj
10Ketan PatelGraphics HeadPPD Shantikunj
11Mangal JiVideo And PhotographyEMD Shantikunj
12Vijay KavadeArchitecture Designer DSVV

Visiting Faculty (List-II)

Sl. No.Name of Visiting FacultiesDesignationInstitute
1Neeraj PatelCG JournalistVortex Volt, Mumbai
2Vishal SharmaCG JournalistRedchilli, Mumbai
3Shwet SumanSr. CompositorAnibrain Pune
4Rahul JainCG JournalistInfinity, Mumbai
5Deepak BarnwalSr. CompositorFOHA , Mumbai
6Pratik DubeyVFX ArtistDouble Negative, Mumbai
7Vishwjeet3D AnimatorVortex Volt
8Shrwan BhraguCG GernilistVFXWood, Dehradun
9ArunodayaSupervisorMesmerizing Vfx Patna
10Umesh KumarSr. CompositorAnibrain Pune
11Bintu PrajapatiMatchmove Artist Bote VFX Chennai
12Gaurav Jalkshatri VFX Artist FOHA, Mumbai 
13Anand Kumar SwainCompositorMPC Mumbai
14Manoj KushwahaSFX Artist After Studion Mumbai
 

Syllabus

Semester study Layout

Outreach Program

Educational Tours

  • Trip to Prime Focus Studio Chandigarh of B.Sc. Batch- 2016-17, 2nd
  • Trip to Mumbai Vortex Volt Studio of B.Sc. Batch- 2015-17, 2nd Semester in which they worked in Chandrakanta, Chandranandani, Kali, etc. TV Serials.
  • Academic Tours to visit Post Production Studios of Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi.