Best Animation Course in Kolkata · Est. 1998

India’s animation, VFX and post-production industry crossed ₹2.3 trillion in 2023 and is projected to grow at over 15% CAGR through 2027. Park Street alumni have worked on Life of Pi, The Jungle Book, Guardians of the Galaxy, War, Pathaan and Mighty Little Bheem — two of those productions won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Studios across Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata are hiring trained animators today.

Five programmes ranging from approximately 2.5 months (Master in Unreal Cinematics, 60 hours) to 37 months (Trinity AVG flagship, 872 hours). Each programme runs three 2-hour classes per week, designed to fit alongside college or work commitments.

Fees range from approximately ₹1,24,500 for the 14-month Blender programme to ₹3,06,200 for the 37-month Trinity flagship — all excluding 18% GST and a ₹1,500 registration fee. Payment options include full upfront, monthly instalments, Bajaj Finance 0% EMI, and the West Bengal Student Credit Card programme.

No formal drawing background is required. Animation principles, software, and visual design are taught from foundation level. Many Park Street graduates working at major studios today started without any prior art training. Class 10 or Class 12 eligibility is the only academic requirement, depending on the programme.

Industry-standard tools across the pipeline: Autodesk Maya and Blender for 3D, ZBrush for sculpting, Unreal Engine 5 for real-time work (taught by an Unreal Authorized Instructor), Toon Boom Harmony and Adobe Animate for 2D, Houdini FX and Nuke for VFX (Trinity programme), and Generative AI workflows including Stable Diffusion and Runway ML throughout the curriculum.

Yes to placement assistance. No to a guarantee — no honest institute can guarantee placements. Park Street does guarantee that students who complete the curriculum, maintain adequate attendance, and submit a real portfolio find employment within three months. Recent placements are published openly with names, studios and starting salaries.

All five programmes accept students straight from Class 12, any stream. The AVGC Blender and AAIPP programmes accept students from Class 10. No graduation degree is required for any programme at Park Street.

Both are excellent — but they target different career paths. Maya is the industry standard for large studios working on films, OTT and AAA games — Life of Pi, The Jungle Book, War and Pathaan were all built in Maya. Pick Maya if you want to work at DNEG, MPC, Framestore, YRF or Redefine. Blender is open-source, faster to learn, and increasingly dominant in independent studios, OTT animation, ad-tech, and Indian regional production. Pick Blender if you want a shorter time-to-portfolio or you’re starting from Class 10. Park Street’s counsellors will help match the right pipeline to your actual goal — there’s no universally “better” choice.

Yes — and it’s the norm in this industry. Animation, VFX and gaming studios hire on portfolio and reel, not degree certificates. None of the recent Park Street graduates placed at Lakshya Digital, Cosmos Maya, Studio 56 or AfterZ Studio were hired for their degree — they were hired for the work in their showreel. The Park Street curriculum is built around producing exactly that reel. A 10th or 12th pass certificate is the only academic requirement.

Park Street is the only small-batch animation institute in Kolkata independently ranked first among all Arena Animation centres in India — by WCEL in 2026. Every batch is capped at 8 students. Faculty have all worked inside production studios. The honest answer: visit our campus, ask for placement data with specific names, then visit two other animation institutes in Kolkata and do the same. The differences become clear within an hour.

Common roles: 2D animator, 3D character animator, motion graphics designer, VFX compositor, real-time / Unreal generalist, modeller, rigger, storyboard artist, game animator. Entry-level salary bands typically start at ₹3–5 LPA, reaching ₹12–25 LPA at mid-level in major studios.