PALAKKAD:
Academy of Media & Design (AMD) launches its second training center at Palakkad in association with Adobe. The MoU with Adobe allows AMD to become Adobe Creative Technology Academy (ACTA), first of its kind in Palakkad.
The center is fully affiliated to Media & Entertainment Skill Council (MESC) functioning under National Skill Development Corporation, the official skill development arm of Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India. All the courses offered in this center is aligned to National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) published by Government of India.
The assessment and certification of candidates will be directly done by skill council. The official launch of AMD will be done by Madhu C Narayanan, Film Director, Kumbalangi Nights at 10.30 am on 8 th April2019. The inaugural ceremony will be followed by an interactive session with Madhu C Narayana.
AMD is promoted by Dr. Babu Joseph and Dr. Sheela Francis, two veteran academicians with doctoral level qualification in their respective field. Philip Thomas, Chief Executive Officer comes with almost two decades of experience in skill development space especially in media & design sector.
A huge demand is expected from the market for professionally trained designers in the near future both in India and abroad, and under the present circumstances, only one-fifth of the potential is realized yet. In an environment where designers are engaged in different job functions in design departments of companies and consultancies, a design job has several occupations, applications and expectations.
The need for professionally trained designers is increasing every year and this prompted the promoters of AMD to launch an academy to address this market need. We at AMD focus on a single subject: preparing aspiring designers with the skill set and certification for promising careers. Courses and curriculums at AMD have been curated in a manner that allows potential graduates to master skills that enhance the innovative and creative capacity.
AMD is supported by a very strong and diverse advisory board which includes National Institute of Design( NID) alumnus, designers, filmmakers, animators, game developers, researchers, educationist, technologist, fine artist and industry experts.
