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Opportunity for UK institutions with expertise in Multimedia programming and digital animation. Invitation for partnership with a company in India.

Does your institution offer courses (Certificate/Advanced Diploma/Bachelor/Masters) in multimedia and animation? If yes, do read on as this could be a great opportunity for your institution to form links and attract students from India .

Sherston India is interested in partnering with a reputed UK institution to deliver jointly accredited courses, offer internships and possible employment to students. The company has a training division where more than 160 students have been trained in digital animation and multimedia programming. They offer a course which at present is certified by Sherston only but are interested in jointly developing the course with a reputed UK institution so that it is recognised within the industry as well as for academic purposes.

Please refer to the attached proposal from Shreston for details. If you are interested in this proposal please contact:
Ruchika Castelino
Head Education UK India
Ruchika.castelino@in.britishcouncil.org

Background Information: The multimedia and animation industry in India is expected to earn revenues of US$ 950 million and the Indian gaming industry US$ 300 million by 2009. Sherston Educational Software India is part of the Sherston Publishing Group, UK .

Information about Sherston: Sherston India was started in June 2000 at Chennai and has grown from a team of 7 to a work force of more than 170 people. It is based in Chennai and also has an office in Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram. In March 2006 Sherston was acquired by VSS (Veronis Suhler Stevensons), a private equity and mezzanine capital fund management company dedicated to investing in media, communications, information and education industries.

Having a strong team of multimedia, design and programming experts, Sherston India is geared to provide cutting edge solutions for education with a turn over of more than INR 100 million. It is committed to design learning models combining the potential of technology with guidance from teachers to create a new learning experience for children. It has launched ExperTeach and SmarTeach which uses animation and sound for teaching in classrooms.

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