Telangana News

IT Minister KTR unveiled the first look of IMAGE (Innovation in Multimedia, Animation, Gaming & Entertainment), during the Nasscom Gaming Conference 2016 in Hyderabad.

Speaking on the occasion, KTR said, "We want Hyderabad to emerge as a hub for creative industry and our IMAGE policy aims to free up the creative energy of the people here.”

The minister invited the investors as well as creative people across the world to move to the city to benefit from a raft of incentives and tax breaks available here.

“We are introducing technology modules in schools so that sufficient skills are available as we go ahead to create a complete ecosystem with studios, small and medium enterprises and training institutes. The planned Image City with 6-lakh sq.ft. will have common facilities for motion capture, visualization, visual effects and sound etc. We have set up an Image Incubation Centre which is already operational with 10 companies,” KTR added, listing the success stories of Bahubali, Life of Pi and Arundhati for special effects in the movie world.