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AnimationXpress hosted the third edition of AVGC 40 Under 40 awards during IndiaJoy at HICC, Hyderabad. With over 20 years of experience covering the AVGC industry, AnimationXpress launched this initiative to recognise and honour the young talented minds in India’s animation, visual effects, gaming and comics industry.
The AVGC 40 Under 40 initiative not only honours the artists, but also the notable people who made an impact on the sector and brought their innovative vision to life. All the winners as well as nominees have made incredible contributions to the realm of the AVGC industry in the animation, gaming, visual effects and comics and more.
The awards kickstarted with a keynote by AnimationXpress founder, chairman and editor-in-chief Anil NM Wanvari followed by a throwback clip of last year’s 40 under 40 awards ceremony.
The jury members for this year’s awards segment consisted of Wanvari; 88 Pictures founder and CEO Milind D. Shinde; Assemblage Entertainment CEO Arjun Madhavan; Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) executive-in-charge Kiran Prasad; 88 Pictures co-founder and COO Aby John; Graphiti Multimedia founder Munjal Shroff; DNEG India studio head Sesha Prasad; Skyesports founder & CEO Shiva Nandy; GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal.
Here’s the full lists of winners of AVGC 40 Under 40 awards 2024:
Aavesh SonawaneAbhishek GhoruiAbhyuday GroverAdithi KrishnadasAjay KumarAnand JhaAnoop A KAshish DagaBinu Joshua SammanoharChaitanya NallaDeepak SharmaDelwyn RemediosGaurav MalhotraHiren DodhiaJanmeet SinghJasjit SinghJayesh PanchalKabir VermaKedar SaneLokesh JainNeha SharmaPriyan ParabPriyanka BalasubramanianPriyanka ZaveriRiya AroraSaahil S SharmaSashank BhandaruShrey KachhapShruti AnandSomneel SahaSonam ShekhawatSri Ram ChandraSrikanth SSriram VishaalSuhas SundarSurendran RamachandranVaishnavi PalledaVarun HadkarVinayan VVineet Nair
Below are the AVGC 40 Under 40 Editor’s Choice awards:
Akshita KhullarArpit DubeyDevika SoniKrishna PopalghatNikhil MalankarPrachi BothraRitoparna HazraRebecca Rechana PaulShiben BhattacharjeeSiva Kumar KasettySowmitri Reddy Maluchuru