Animator

It is always wise to follow your area of interest else you land up doing something which does not yield good results.
You can probably help the family to under the scope of pursuing this course. Do your part of research and make them understand the same.
What all interests do you have apart from being an animator?

There is good scope in every field. Please remember that you should pursue a stream based on two things:
- Your career goal
- The type of job you want to do
Pay of a Hotel Management Candidate is average. After 34 years of work, you reach up to a scale of 50 - 60 K.
While animation, graphics or web designing are somewhat ne to our country and we need a lot and lot more of these types of professionals. Because every thing is going digital, so, as a career if you are a good graphics developer or animator then salary can go beyond your thinking limits.

The animation industry in India is expected to grow at a pace faster than the IT industry's.
Work opportunities for quality animators and related professionals like graphic designer, multimedia developer and game developer, character designers, key frame animators, 3D modelers, layout artists etc exists in following sectors at large-
Advertising
Online and Print News Media
Film & Television
Cartoon production
Theater
Video Gaming
E-learning
Opportunities exists both with government as well as private sector enterprises.

The duration of a Bachelors degree is 3 years. Diploma programs generally last for a period of 1 year.
Junior animators or trainees could get between Rs. 8,000-15,000 per month. With three to five years experience they can earn Rs. 25,000- 40,000.

To become an animator, you need to obtain a Bachelor's degree. You can opt for any stream in class 12th. Individual institutes conduct their exams. Some of them are:
DSK International Institute for Industrial Design, Animation and Gaming Entrance Exam.
Picasso Animation College Entrance Exam
Thakur-Toonskool Advanced Animation Academy Entrance Exam
Mudra Institute of Communications Entrance Exam
Accel Animation Academy Entrance Exam
FX School Of Animation Entrance Exam
National School of Design Animation Entrance Exam

Hi,
If your drawing, sketching, creative thinking, high skill observation, if you like to spend long time on computer (not for chatting) you like to spend hours for learn then you can take step towards this it does not matter from which stream do you belong.

Hello,
Here are few good colleges for the same:
1. The Indian Institute of Digital Art and Animation
2. RTG Animate - Animation Academy
3. Arena Animation
4. Indian Institute of Digital Art and Animation