Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has inked a memorandum of understanding with J&J Media Solutions, Coimbatore, to offer a diploma course in multimedia in the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode.
The course duration is one year and will be offered in two semesters.
Each semester comprises 40 sessions of personal contact classes.
Minimum qualification for applying for the course is a pass in Plus-Two.
According to V. Valluvaparidasan, Director of ODL, the curriculum is structured to enable students learn advanced 2D and 3D animations, which will be useful in multiple applications concentrating on agro industries.
The content includes Adobe Photoshop, editing, titling effects, digital drawing, brochure creation, digital painting, mapping applications, and lighting effects, besides others. Those who complete the course can work as storyboard artists, free hand cartoonists, digital effects' animators, digital effects' painters, visual effects' supervisors, and the like.
P. Murugesa Boopathi, vice-chancellor of the university, said the course is a result of public-private partnership.
“Animation has gained rapid strides even in the non-entertainment fields. Information and Communications Technology tools play a crucial role in agricultural sector, especially in technology dissemination, by way of agri portals, mobile services, video conferencing, etc.,” he said.
Applications would be available at the university from the third week of October. They could also be downloaded from the university website www.tnau.ac.in.
Classes would begin in January 2012.
Source: The Hindu
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