By PTI
NEW DELHI: The India Pavilion at EXPO2020 Dubai is ready to host the ‘Media & Entertainment fortnight’ from March 18 to March 31, stated Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) on Wednesday.
The occasion is a platform to encourage enterprise and funding alternatives throughout India’s media and leisure trade to a world viewers.
Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of (I&B), Government of India will inaugurate the sector flooring on the India Pavilion on March 18.
During the fortnight, the ministry will organise numerous occasions masking areas together with Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC), Film, Broadcasting, Events, and OTT, amongst others.
Renowned celebrities together with administrators Ketan Mehta, Shekhar Kapur, S S Rajamouli, actors Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan, Tovino Thomas, Ram Charan, N T Rama Rao Jr, and producer Deepak Mukut, amongst others will take part within the India Pavilion.
International dignitaries and audio system together with Mohamad Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman, Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi, are additionally anticipated to be a part of the occasion.
The delegation will organise and attend numerous B2B, G2B and G2G conferences and the start-ups from the sector will showcase their revolutionary concepts on the ‘Elevate’ pitching sequence.
Singer Kailash Kher and his band Kailasha Live will carry out on the inaugural day, other than a number of different cultural programmes deliberate for the event.
“Senior officials from the ministry along with industry representatives will participate in various sessions covering emerging themes like opportunities in media startups, Indian gaming ecosystem, animation and VFX, content production and creation between India and the UAE, and India as the most favourable shooting destination,” a press launch from the ministry said.
With the view to draw investments, the delegation at EXPO2020 may even showcase alternatives in areas like shared content material creation between India and the UAE, and VFX and post-production.
On March 21, a convention might be hosted to focus on the journey of Indian media and leisure Industry@75, which is able to see participation from numerous trade leaders and authorities officers from the sector.
The discussion board may even announce the launch of ‘FICCI-EY Report on Media and Entertainment and Overall Presentation on Media and Entertainment Industry’.
The screening of National Award-winning movies may even be organised on the India Pavilion.
