Arena Animation elected national representatives for ACA World
Championship 2013
Mumbai, June 17, 2013: Arena
Animation, an animation arm of Aptech,
a global leader in learning solutions, held national selections to determine Indian
representatives at the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) World Championship 2013 scheduled
from July 31st to August 3rd, 2013 in Washington DC. ACA world championship is the
first ever annual competition organized by Certiport,
a test delivery solutions provider for students between 13 to 22 age group, with
a view to identify and reward the creativity of talented youth in web designing
category. Student representatives from around 45 countries including India
would be competing in the finals starting next month.
Out of 1600 entries received, 30 shortlisted
candidates appeared for the ACA exam held at Aptech House, Andheri in Mumbai. To
qualify for the final round, candidates were required to score over 85 % in the
ACA exam and submit a test project based on social themes like Gender
inequality, Save the Earth, Go Green, Literacy, Piracy, Anti-corruption, etc
using Adobe Photoshop along with a short description on their artwork. The jury
examined the artworks and took a personal interview of candidates on their
chosen theme. Original artworks of 30 shortlisted candidates were uploaded on
the COMPUDON 2012 - ACA Championship Facebook page for public voting. Two
finalists Ashik Vithani from Surat and Jasbir Singh from Amritsar were selected
on the parameters of ACA & jury score, public voting and their artwork.
Certificates co-branded with
Aptech, Adobe and Certiport logos were awarded to all participants. The final winner
of ACA championship will be honoured with US $5000, Adobe® Software and a
trophy while the 1st and 2nd runners up will be rewarded with US $2500 and US $
1000 respectively along with a trophy and Adobe® Software.
Announcing the Indian finalists
for ACA championship, Mr. Ninad Karpe,
MD & CEO, Aptech Ltd said, “This is a great opportunity to get assessed
by industry veterans and get a grip on the industry demands. We are overwhelmed
at the response received from the candidates and wish them luck to perform
better in the finals.”
Mr. Jeffrey Lewis, Vice
President, Certiport Inc said “Events like ACA championship provide a
global platform to candidates to showcase their talent and compete with their counterparts
worldwide. We are
delighted that Aptech decided to launch this initiative in the first year of
the World-wide Adobe competition. I am hopeful that the winners selected
after the India finals will bring back laurels from the world finals at Washington
in early August.”
About Arena Animation:
Arena Animation is a Pioneer,
Trendsetter and Global Leader in Animation education. Arena has an extensive
network of centers & has trained over 4,00,000 students globally since its
inception in 1996.
Arena offers industry relevant
courses on Animation & Multimedia to students aspiring for global careers in
this New Age industry. It trains students as well as professionals in the
latest industry relevant courses backed by alliances with world leaders, a
world-class faculty and the latest technical educational tools.
Arena’s students are placed as
Graphic Designers, Web Designers, 2D/3D Animators, 2D/3D Designers, AV Editors,
Technical Trainers, 3D Modelers, Multimedia Programmers, Compositors,
Visualizers, Content Developers and Pre and Post Production executives in blue
chip animation studios and entertainment companies like Prime Focus, Rhythm
& Hues Studios, Crest Animation Studios, EFX, UTV Toons, Toonz Animation,
Nipuna Services, Prasad Studio, Colour Chips, Ramoji Film City, Green Gold
Animation, DQ Entertainment, Paprikaas Animation Studios, UshaKiron TV, Sony
TV, Google India, NDTV, TOI, DD Sports, Discovery Channel, Divya Bhaskar,
Asianet Satellite Communications, ETV, NDTV, Zee Sports and Zee TV to name a
few.
For further information please
visit www.arena-multimedia.com
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