Catalyst for Digital Gaming Industry
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has formed a society for the young start-ups and youths to unleash their creativity and contribute towards digital economy of the country.
The not-for-profit “Indian Digital Gaming Society” (IDGS), comprises of various stake holders of the Indian Digital Gaming Ecosystem. IDGS will provide platform Digital Gaming sector and open up new avenues of skilling and help create more job opportunities in India.
IDGS will catalyse the Indian Digital Gaming industry to effectively contribute to India’s economic growth and become a trust worthy global partner.
The Society will work closely with the central and state governments and academia towards enabling the growth of the digital gaming industry.
IDGS Founder and President Rajan Navani said on 13 Oct 2018: “With the Indian Gaming market across mobile, PC, console and e-sports growing exponentially, IDGS fulfils the need for industry led body to bring stakeholders across the ecosystem together, including Government, to nurture and grow a global opportunity for Indian industry in the creative world just like IT Services opened India to the world three decades ago”.
The digital gaming segment has emerged as an industry in itself, with global corporates investing heavily towards the development of this sector. The global gaming market is estimated at US$110 billion.
However, India, inspite of being one of the largest users of digital products and services, is in a nascent stage with respect to the digital gaming industry.
IDGS Advantages
Strategic Direction Setting – For envisioning future opportunities for growth, capabilities, and competitiveness, etc.
Policy Advocacy Support – Provide Information on Policy Provisions and create a platform for effective industry – government dialogue
Consultancy Services – Hand holding for new entrants
Knowledge Platform – Insightful reports and newsletters, seminars, workshops
Opportunity Alerts – RFIs/ REPs, National and global tenders, etc.
Progress Tracking – Track Progress of Projects and Facilitate relevant dialogue.
Outreach – Across Platforms to shape an Informed Discourse
Policy and Progress Advocacy
Represent – Industry, aspirations and concerns, provide unbiased perspective to policymakers
Review- Progress of Procurement and development with the government
Engage – With national and State governments in policy formulations to create an enabling environment.
Policy and market research
Track – The Global digital gaming industry, identify new trends, map impact and pin point opportunity areas
Analyse – Policy opportunities to maximize potential
Capitalise – Capability mapping of Industry specific products and services to create a repository of innovators and manufactures
Emerging technologies and New Opportunities
Monitor and Create – Access to Emerging Technologies for gaming application
Create – An International network of industry associations to enable access to state –of – the -art technology
Incubate – Locally developed technologies in public and private Sector
Indigenization and Innovation
Engage – Institutes of technological and management excellence for indigenization and innovation in digital gaming.
Promote – sustained engagement between industries, R&D institutes and innovative technology Ventures
Combine – Operational experience and technological expertise into innovation
Export Promotion
Raise – Awareness of the Indian digital gaming Industry on a Global by Publishing capability reports and Convening platforms
Showcase – Domestic industry in international digital gaming exhibitions
Facilitate – Interaction between foreign delegation and Indian Industry
Provide – Consultancy services to foreign companies seeking to outsource to India.
Education and skill development
Promote – Digital Gaming technology and management as an integrated multi – domain curriculum.
Facilitate – Skill Development programmes for the digital gaming industry through partner organisations.
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