Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Maharashtra CM Inaugurate First IICT Campus at NFDC Complex, Mumbai.
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On July 18, 2025, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (in charge of Information & Broadcasting; Electronics & IT; Railways) and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis jointly inaugurated India’s first Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) campus at the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) complex on Pedder Road, Mumbai.
- Minister Vaishnaw highlighted that the ₹400 crore IICT campus—developed on the initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi—is modeled after IITs and IIMs. It offers state-of-the-art classrooms, media labs, post-production suites, and specialized zones for animation, VFX, gaming, comics, and extended reality (XR).
- He emphasised IICT’s industry partnerships with global tech giants such as Google, Meta, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, WPP, and an academic MoU with York University, adding that agreements with four more foreign universities are underway. The campus will welcome its inaugural batch of 300 students in September 2025.
- CM Fadnavis underlined the state’s ambition to position Mumbai as the creative economy capital of India, announcing a ₹150 crore Maharashtra fund to support the WAVES Summit initiatives. He noted the WAVES Index's valuation growth from ₹93,000 crore to ₹1 lakh crore, reinforcing Mumbai’s creative sector potential.
Main Point :- (i) The event also saw the unveiling of the IICT logo, the launch of 17 creative-tech courses, and the inauguration of the Bharat Pavilion at Gulshan Mahal within the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC).
(ii) Additionally, an MoU was signed between Prasar Bharati and Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation Ltd. to establish an integrated Film & TV hub.
(iii) Looking ahead, a full-scale IICT campus is planned on a 10-acre plot at Film City, Goregaon, with land provided by the Maharashtra government. This next-phase campus aims to be one of India’s finest creative-technology Institutes, reinforcing the government’s push for skill-based innovation.
About Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB)
Union Minister : Ashwini Vaishnaw
Headquarters: New Delhi
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