In a move aimed to revolutionise the animation education segment and bring animation to young pupils country wide, leading animation-training institute MAAC has tied up with pioneering children’s animation education Toon Club. The new joint venture will be co-branded as MAAC Junior- Toon Club.

With a vision to introduce animation and creativity at an early age, MAAC will leverage its wide presence in India, Middle East and Nepal to take Toon Club’s award-winning curriculum all over India. Speaking on the occasion Ronald D’Mello, Managing Director and CEO Maya Entertainment remarked “Our relationship with Toon Club is complementing which has the potential of momentous ramifications. Toon Club’s existing concept viability and curriculum is tried and tested and we are very excited with the possibilities. Nurturing creative and artistic juices at a very young age will result in churning out more creatively evolved talent from our advanced courses ultimately”. Equally excited is Tehzeeb Khurana, founder of Toon Club “Our tie-up with MAAC enables us to scale Toon Club at an all India level, possibly beyond, something that we have envisaged all along as the natural next level progression for Toon Club. With this venture we hope to realise Toon Club’s true potential.”

Commenting on this, Ms. Shelley Page, head of International Outreach for DreamWorks Animation and member of Academic Advisory Board at MAAC said “I am very impressed with the MAAC Junior initiative envisaged by MAAC in collaboration with Toon Club and I think this will be a really important contribution to the level of artistic awareness among the junior age group throughout India”

Tehzeeb Khurana will be participating in the new venture as the Technical Anchor, with Krishnaswamy of MAAC will be the curriculum co-developer. Kireet Khurana (co-founder of Toon Club) comes on board as creative advisor for the venture. The official launch and roll-out is slated for last week of May.

- End -

About MAAC:

MAAC, the education division of Maya Entertainment Limited, is the pioneer of 3D animation and visual effects education in India. It presently operates about 60 centers and has serviced more than 30000 students in India, Nepal and Middle East. It has an association with Cambridge International Examinations (CIE ), London to validate it's diploma courses. The institute has pioneered animation training in the country and has also taken initiatives for the growth and development of the industry by promoting young talents through events like 24 FPS Animation Awards – an annual event conceptualized by MAAC that helps in seeking the finest talents in animation in the country. MEL is owned by a group of investors including Enam Securities, Intel Capital, Concept Advertising and Bhukhanvala Holdings.

About Toon Club:

Toon Club, a division of pioneering animation company - Climb Media (I) Pvt. Ltd. Toon Club is an organization dedicated to animation education among children and a pioneer in bringing animation at schools in India. Its primary goal is to show animation as an art form as well as a career path. Toon Club’s much acclaimed courses are designed along international lines where students work with various media and a gamut of subjects. Toon Club has received the “Award for excellence” – Special Jury Recognition for children Animation by ASIFA, and the films made by the students of Toon Club have been acclaimed in International film-festivals, the world over.