bhubaneswar interest in the animation industry is picking up among students if enrolment figures for courses on the subject are anything to go by however only a few institutes in the state offer courses in animation ten institutes offer specialized courses such as bachelor in fine arts bfa in animation of them some offer threeyear or fouryear bfa in animation courses and three offer oneyear diploma in multimedia and animation some others offer the subject by integrating it with film studies or multimedia courses some institutes provide certificate courses on animation course fees vary from institute to instituteas course and accommodation fees are high in big cities like mumbai new delhi hyderabad and bengaluru students prefer to complete these courses from institutes in tierii cities some intern with big animation studios or film editing houses to get handson knowledge said a senior teacher of a private institutethe department of new media and animation of sri sri university cuttack has offered a fouryear bfa in animation course from this year ten students have joined we teach our students drawing using appropriate colours and making a perfect character before using it for animation later they will learn about clay models and creating prototypes for animation said goutam bandopadhyay head of the department of new media and animationhe said the animation industry in the country was booming students can get jobs in the film gaming and television industry the popularity of cartoon channels shows the bright future of the animation industry students can also get jobs in advertising publishing and engineering he addedthe odisha state open university in sambalpur has started a diploma course in animation from this session around 10 students have applied for it we offered the course with the help of commonwealth learning of canada and we will review it to make it more interesting and jobworthy said vicechancellor srikant mohapatra