> Mission briefing · Proposed partnership · Oct 2026
Making Odisha India's gaming capital
// Why now
After AI, AVGC is India's next tech priority
- $6.8B
- India AVGC sector, 2026
- 2M
- AVGC jobs by 2030
- 15,500
- AVGC labs planned
Sources: AVGC-XR Task Force · Union Budget 2026 · FICCI-EY
// Seven proposals · four pillars
Pillar 1 · P1 + P3
Talent
AVGC Skill Mission in colleges and a paid internship-to-job pipeline into Odisha studios.
Pillar 2 · P2 + P6
Innovation
An Odisha AVGC-XR Centre of Excellence: game studio, XR & simulation lab, R&D and patent cell, industry desk.
Pillar 3 · P5
Simulation
Simulators for mining, steel & factory safety, ports, cyclone & fire response, drones, temples and ITIs.
Pillar 4 · P4 + P7
Industry
Odisha Games Studio — game jams, incubation and publishing — plus an annual AVGC-XR Summit.
// Skill tree
From classroom to career
- Step 1 · 8–12 weeks
Foundation
Core skills
- Step 2 · 12–16 weeks
Specialisation
By track: game design, Unity & Unreal, art, XR, QA
- Step 3 · 6 months
Internship
Mentored, on live projects
- Step 4 · Outcome
Employment
Portfolio-based hiring
// Campaign map
From MoU to gaming capital
01 · Months 0–3
Launch
- ▸ MoU with SDTE
- ▸ Onboard 2–3 colleges
- ▸ Curriculum & faculty training
02 · Months 3–6
Pilot
- ▸ 250–500 students enrolled
- ▸ First AVGC-XR lab
- ▸ Paid internships begin
- ▸ First Odisha Game Jam
03 · Months 6–12
Scale
- ▸ 4–6 institutions
- ▸ Full CoE operational
- ▸ Simulators in ITIs
- ▸ First Odisha AVGC Summit
04 · Years 2–3
Lead
- ▸ 5,000+ students trained
- ▸ Startups incubated
- ▸ Odisha games published
- ▸ Studios set up in Odisha
// Target in 3 years
- 5,000+
- Youth trained
- 3,000+
- Placed in jobs
- 1,000+
- Game prototypes
// Track record so far
- 500+ Trained directly, project-based
- 3,500+ Trained via webinars & workshops
- 10K+ Students reached
- 15+ College partnerships
- 3 Patents filed
// Academic partners
- Roland Institute of Technology, Berhampur
- Einstein Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar
- DRIEMS University, Cuttack
- BIIT, Bhubaneswar
- C.V. Raman Global University
- Buddha Institute of Technology, Gorakhpur
- GITM, Haryana
- JSS University, Noida
- NSU, Jamshedpur
- SITAM, Vizianagaram