Dilsukhnagar Arena, India s Largest Digital Media Academy celebrated the 2012 edition of Pixellence Awards, an annual extravaganza aimed at recognizing and honoring shining Digital Media talent at Hyderabad on Thursday, the 26th of January, 2012 from 4. p.m. to 8 p.m. amidst scores of students, parents and staff.

 

A string of entertaining performances including a very special and heart-touching song-dance sequence by tiny tots from a local school made the day truly exciting and memorable. The highlight of the celebrations was the special appearance by the CEO of Dilsukhnagar Arena Raja Sekhar Buggaveeti as the fiery freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju.

 

Towards the end of the day, Mr. Raja Sekhar Buggaveeti, CEO of Dilsukhnagar Arena presented the Pixellence awards to 31 deserving students. Earlier on, in the run up to the Awards ceremony, students participated enthusiastically and submitted about 450 entries in over 15 categories of Animation, VFX, Web and Graphics. The entries were judged on 4 parameters: Concept, Designs, Output Quality and Presentation. Given the high quality of entries, the judges had a tough time selecting the winners.

 

Speaking to  ANIMATION SUTRA.COM  on the sidelines of the event, Mr. Raja Sekhar Buggaveeti quipped:  ever since inception in 1998, we have been setting the standards in Digital Media Education and Pixellence is one annual event that always pushes our students to raise the bar of excellence. 

 

From capturing over 37 prestigious awards at various National-International Film Festivals and Digital Art Competitions to delivering a record-snapping 612 placements in 2011 and 550 placements in 2010, Dilsukhnagar Arena has proved time and again that it is India s best Academy for discerning students of Animation, VFX, Web and Graphics. And Pixellence-2012 served as another acknowledgment of the Academy s superlative training standards with 31 students bagging coveted awards.

 

The categories open for competition in Pixellence-2012 included  Stop Motion Animation, Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Compositing, Character Design, Storyboard, Layout, Manual Paintings, Digital Paintings, Product Demo, Interactive Presentation, Dream weaver Web site, Live Action Short Film, Title Sequence Design, Elocution, Public Speaking, Group Discussion and more. Each category had two prizes: Winner and Runner-up.

 

Post the presentation ceremony, Mr. Raja Sekhar congratulated the winners of Pixellence-2012 and thanked all the students, parents, volunteers and staff of Dilsukhnagar Arena for gracing the celebrations and making it a truly memorable event.