DESI TOONS
Desi Toons, a one day conclave within Indiajoy, brings together all the stakeholders of the animation production, broadcasting and licensing industry. A celebration of Indian animation, the conclave will focus on indigenous IPs, the global potential of the same and the future of Indian animation.
Why & Who
Why should one attend?
Desi Toons 2023 offers attendees a unique opportunity to hear the current thinking from industry leaders, ace content creators and broadcasters from the Indian Animation industry as they share their insights into how to succeed in today’s dynamic and disruptive times. The event will also host the inaugural Desi Toons Animation Pitch which will provide the opportunity to Indian animation studios to showcase their projects.
Who should attend?
Desi Toons is an ideal platform for animation content creators, studio executives, animators and students to gain insights from the leaders in creation, broadcasting and distribution.
Our
Speakers
Biren Ghose
Chairman, CII National AVGC Committee Country Head, Technicolor India
Ashish Kulkarni
Founder - Punnaryug Artvision | Chairman of AVGC Forum - FICCI
Charuvi Agrawal
Founder/Director Charuvi Design Labs
Rajat Ojha
CEO Gamitronics
Akhilesh K S
L&D Specialist TILTEDU
Vivek Reddy
Co-Founder & CEO, Viga Entertainment Technology
Samit Shetty
Technical Solutions Manager- M&E Autodesk India & SAARC
Anand Pandey
Head of Production - 3D Process, Reliance Animation Studios Pvt Ltd
Anil Wanvari
Founder, chairman and editor-in-chief, AnimationXpress.com
Arjun Sarode
COO, IMAGE Center of Entrepreneurship, Telangana
Gitanjali Sehgal
Investor & Adviser to MediaTech, Evangelizing AI/ deeptech, Ex-CEO Pixion
Bharath Laxmipati
CMO, Green Gold Animation
Tom Walczak
VP Project Portfolio Management, Green Gold Animation
Gaurav Mathur
Solutions Architect, Epic Game
Manoj Mishra
CEO, Powerkids Entertainment
Madhav Reddy Yatham (Mike)
Founder, Rotomaker
Milind D Shinde
Founder & CEO, 88 Pictures
Praveen Fernandes
Founder and Creative Head, Bragging Writes
Sasikumar Raman Pillai
Executive Director - Education Services, Toonz Animation
Soumitra Ranade
Founder and Chairman, Paperboat Design Studios
Venky Ramanan
Art Director/Co-Founder, Zebu Animation StudiosDesi Toons 2023 Agenda
| Topics | Key Points | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Lamp Lighting | Lamp Lighting | 10:00 - 10:15 AM |
| Telangana’s red carpet for AVGC sector (15 mins) |
Speaker: Jayesh Ranjan Principal Secretary of the Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Departments of the Telangana government |
10:15 - 10:35 AM |
| Address on behalf of TVAGA’s President | Speaker: Madhav Reddy Yatham (Mike) Founder, Rotomaker |
10:40 - 11:00 AM |
| Making Telangana the AVGC capital of India | Speakers: Arjun Sarode-COO, IMAGE Center of Entrepreneurship, Telangana Manoj Mishra-CEO, Powerkids Entertainment Madhav Reddy Yatham (Mike) Founder, Rotomaker Bharath Laxmipati-CMO, Green Gold Animation Supriya Yarlagadda- Producer & Executive Director, Annapurna Studios Moderator: Ashish Kulkarni- Chairman of AVGC-XR Forum & FICCI, Founder - Punnaryug Artvision |
11:00 - 11:40 AM |
| Indian animation industry: an update | Speakers: Ashish Kulkarni- Chairman of AVGC-XR Forum & FICCI, Founder - Punnaryug Artvision Biren Ghose- Chairman, CII National AVGC Committee, Country Head, Technicolor India Sasikumar Raman Pillai- Executive Director, Education Services, Toonz Animation India Soumitra Ranade- Founder and Chairman, Paperboat Design Studios Anand Pandey- Head of Production, 3D Process, Reliance Animation Studios Pvt. Ltd. Moderator: Anil Wanvari- Founder, chairman and editor-in-chief, AnimationXpress.com |
11:45 -12:30 PM |
| Fireside Chat on The Intersection of Advertising and Animation Content | Speakers: Jaikishin Chhaproo- Head Media & PR, ITC Srinivas Chilakalapudi- Chief Operating Officer, Green Gold Animation Moderator: Anil Wanvari- Founder, chairman and editor-in-chief, AnimationXpress.com |
12:30 - 12:50 PM |
| Lunch | Lunch Follows | 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
| Animation industry - Opportunities and approach for evolution | Speaker: Ravi Kumar Kothapalli | MD, Hornbill Studios |
2:15 - 2:30 PM |
| IP creation panel | Speakers: Anand Bhanushali- MD, philmCGI Venky Ramanan- Art Director/Co-Founder, Zebu Animation Studios Tom Walczak- VP Project Portfolio Management, Green Gold Animation Saraswathi Vani Balgam- CEO, Creative Director, DancingAtoms LLC Munjal B. Shroff- Founder-Graphiti Multimedia, Co-Chairman - FICCI AVGC Forum, Advisory Board Member, MESC Moderator: Manoj Mishra- CEO, Powerkids Entertainment |
2:30 - 3:15 PM |
| Masterclass | Bringing Character & Stories to Life From India to the World! | Speaker: Milind D Shinde- Founder & CEO, 88 Pictures |
3:15 - 4:00 PM |
| Presentation on AI | Presentation on AI by Rajat Ojha- CEO, Gamitronics | 4:00 - 4:15 PM |
| Panel: AI in Animation: Opportunities and Challenges | Speakers: Charuvi Agrawal- Founder & Creative Director, Charuvi Design Labs Gitanjali Sehgal- Entrepreneur, advisor & investor, Co-Founder Gen VR Ex-CEO Pixion Vivek Reddy- Co-Founder & CEO, Viga Entertainment Technology Samit Shetty- Technical Solutions Manager- M&E, Autodesk India & SAARC Moderator: Rajat Ojha- CEO, Gamitronics |
4:15 - 5:00 PM |
| AnimationXpress | AVGC 40 under 40 by AnimationXpress | 5:15 PM onwards |
| AnimationXpress | Opening keynote by AnimationXpress.com | 5:15 - 5:30 PM |
| Keynote by Samit Shetty | Keynote by Samit Shetty- Technical Solutions Manager- M&E, Autodesk India & SAARC | 5:30 - 5:45 PM |
| Encouraging the Rise of Young Storytellers: Promoting Creativity & Imagination through Technology | Speakers: Vrinda Sood- Founder, CEO, Citrus Ink Studio |
5:45 - 6:15 PM |
| AVGC 40 under 40 Awards Ceremony | AVGC 40 under 40 Awards Ceremony | 6:15 - 7:00 PM |
Breakout Room
| Topics | Key Points | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Unleashing the Power of Unreal Engine: Animation Pipeline for Artists & Studios | Speaker: Gaurav Mathur- Solutions Architect, Epic Games |
10:25 - 11:40 AM |
| Writing Animation - Breaking barriers of your imagination | Speaker: Praveen Fernandes- Founder and Creative Head, Bragging Writes |
11:40 - 12:15 PM |
| Karnataka Panel: Opportunities and Challenges | Speakers: R.K Chand- ABAI and Technicolor Ranga Rao- Videogyan Virenendra Patil- Zebu Animation Vivek Reddy- Viga Entertainment Technologies Niranjan- Innovative Colors Katnoor- K Studios Dinesh Raj- DRAK Vijay- Avrdus technology Anandha Sai- ZA Studios Animation Ranjith- Staundh Entertainments Animation Satya Reddy- Digital Terrain |
12:15 - 1:00 PM |
| Screening of Best of Animayo 2023 | Screening of Best of Animayo 2023 | 1:00 - 2:15 PM |
| Getting Started with Blender: An intro to Open Source 3D Design | Speaker: Akhilesh K S- L&D Specialist, TILTEDU |
2:15 - 2:45 PM |
| Studio Presentation | Speaker - Harish Ram, Knack Studios | 2:45 - 3:30 PM |
| Kerala Animation & VFX Studios Show Case | Speakers: Rejy Jose Parappuram- Toonz Media Group Mukesh Dev- Banzan Studio Mr Binoy S- Trishul Media Entertainment Azeem Kattali- Eunoians Studio Sarath Bhooshan- Bhooshans Junior Venky Ramanan- Zebu Animations Nikhil Chandran- Tilt Labs |
3:30 - 4:15 PM |
| Maharastra Animation & VFX Studios Show Case | Speakers: Santosh raskar- SRAJAN Vidyavrat Pvt Anand Pandey- Reliance Animation Studios Rahul Bojalwar- Tron education Arpan gaglani- Philm /CGI Ashish Kulkarni- PUNNARYUG ARTVISION |
4:15 - 5:00 pm |
| XP Pen Workshop: Concept Art & 3D Character Creation - African Blacksmith Character Model | Speakers: Sri Vishnu Anish Raj Prabhat |
5:00 - 6:00 PM |
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