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Javadekar said the various courses on topics like VFX, gaming and animation will also be started soon in the gaming centre.

The research suggests that the virus can survive for four days on glass, and seven days on plastic and stainless steel.

The company, through its ongoing virtual hiring process, has already made around 250 offers in the recent hiring season at premium education institutes

"Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) is a sunrise sector and our experts are providing back-end support to top filmmakers of the world," he said.

The ability to predict the survival of the novel coronavirus on different surfaces can help prevent and contain the spread of COVID-19, the researchers said.

 A native of Gaya district in Bihar, Alam was brought up in New Delhi, and worked with a multinational company in Bengaluru after completing his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-Bombay.