Fashion Journalism?

When I wrote a book of fashion, an erstwhile favourite aunt from Kolkata said, “Today our ancestors want to rise and spank you!”
I’m linking to an excellent post on Hindol Sengupta’s blog on what it’s like to be a fashion journalist today in India – link

Cheaper Bank Loans

JK Bank reduces interest rates on student loans while other banks raise theirs.
When all other banks are increasing their lending rates, JK Bank reduced the rate of interest on its Education Loan scheme from 10% to 9% for loans up to Rs.25,000; from 11% to 10% for loans over Rs.25,000 and up to Rs.5.00 lakh; [...]

Interesting Statistics on the Indian Designer wear market

THIS WEEK: THE INDIAN DESIGNER APPAREL MARKET

The Indian apparel market was worth Rs 88,340 crore last year. The total market for designer apparel was Rs 9,835 crore.

Currently, the global designer wear market is worth about Rs 1,62,900 crore. It is growing at 9 per cent every year.

The Indian fashion industry accounts for barely 0.1 per [...]

Careers in Multimedia: Part 2

Wigan and Leigh http://www.wiganindia.org/
SAE India www.sae.edu
National Insitute of Design www.nid.edu
Arena Multimedia www.arena-multimedia.com
Zed Career Academy www.zcaonline.com
Toonz Animation www.toonzanimationindia.com
Asian Academy of Film and TV www.aaft.com
Picasso Centennial Canadian Animation College
Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics www.maacindia.com
Centre for Developement of Advanced Computing www.cdac.in

Careers in Multimedia

The Numbers:
* According to a NASSCOM study on Animation and Gaming, the Indian animation market is expected to see a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 35% from 2006 – 2009
* The Indian animation market is expected to grow to USD 950 million by 2009
* The Indian Gaming market is expected to grow to USD 300 [...]