An event showcasing the works of VFX,
Animation, Game Design and Game Development UG students was organized
on 21 June, 2014, at the ICAT Chennai campus. The showcase held the
works of around 40 students who are graduating this year. Each
student’s work was visited by our chief guests from the University
of Wales: Mr. Alen David Summers (External Examiners Professor) and
Mr. Clive William Hickinbottom (University Moderator). They assessed
the quality of the works to understand if they are in par with the
university standards and guidelines.
Once the chief guests approved the
standard of the works, the showcase was open to general public. The
parents and relatives of our students were the major part of the
visitors, who were enthralled to see their ward’s very own work.
Most of the works were enjoyed and appreciated by the visitors, of
which a short film titled ‘The Architect’ (by Suman Debnath)
depicting a social issue was found more exciting. Also, the Ma(d)ash
game by Mohamed Faez excited the audience with its candy bars all
over the racing track.
The same evening, an Awards function
was organized during which the best work, student, project and so on
were appreciated. The Awards function started with a Welcome Address
from Ms. Roshini, Design Lecturer of ICAT. Then, various awards
including the following were distributed.
- The Best Display award was backed by Mohamed Faez (a student of GDS) for the way his stall was organized and the research evidences provided to support his work – the award was presented by Mr. Clive William Hickinbottom
- The Best Outgoing Student award was backed by Arun A (3DA) – award was presented by Mr. Raman, the Head of Animation Department
- The Best Project award was backed by Suman Debnath (VFX) for his VFX based short film that showcased about sustainable architecture – the award was presented by Mr. Alen David Summers
Along with the distribution of awards,
a Scholarship of Twenty Five Thousand rupee was awarded to Dilhan
Geeth Amarasinghe (Best Performer in the Game
Design Department during the year 2013-14). The Scholarship was
awarded on remembrance of our late student Mayank, by his father. The
Scholarship is being continuously awarded for the past 4 years, for
which we would like to thank Mayank’s father.
The event concluded with a Memento
Presentation to Mr. Clive William Hickinbottom and Mr. Alen David
Summers by Mr. Alagappan, the Regional Academic Head of ICAT.
