This page provides Indian students with all the information needed to attend VanArts.
Gautam Modkar is the Regional Admissions Advisor for India. He has 10 years of experience in media arts, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, a diploma in Visual Effects, and has worked in India with Image Foundry Studio as a compositor from 2008-2009.
Gautam can help you with all your questions including obtaining information on our programs of study, housing in Vancouver, student visa applications, and more. He is planning recruitment visits to India in 2010, at which time prospective students can meet with him in-person to present their portfolios and ask further questions on studying at VanArts.
If you would like to speak with Gautam, please e-mail him at gautam@vanarts.com with your contact information. He will be happy to call you by telephone between 8:00am and 10:00am (India time), Tuesday to Saturday. There is no obligation, and Gautam looks forward to hearing from you.
Please feel free to Skype Gautam from Tuesday to Saturday, 8:00am to 11:00am (India Time) - Skype id: gautam_vanarts
If you are from India and are considering enrolling with us for the September 2010 batch.
NOW is the time to apply and secure your seat!
"When I saw an Indian as student educational advisor, I was really very happy. I started thanking God for that, as I have an only son and he wanted to go far away for studies. The place is new, the people are new, and we don't know anybody there."
-Vrinda U., India
"Many many thanks for your detailed answers - -it’s a great feeling to get your e-mail. I felt like talking to you. Now all my worries are over. You appear to be a wonderful person and I wish to meet you."
-Mr.C.K.Kapila, India
2. Do I require IELTS or TOEFL for admission to VanArts?
3. What is the cost of living in Vancouver as a student?
4. Can I work part-time while pursuing my studies?
5. Are scholarships available?
6. Visa applications; how long do they take to complete?
7. Can I stay in Canada after I graduate from the school?
8. When should I apply to VanArts?
9. Does VanArts have any representation in India?
10. Do you have visiting faculty from industry?
11. What are the job opportunities in Canada?
12. What are the modes of payment to VanArts?
"I graduated from the VanArts 3D Character Animation program in 1999 and have been extremely fortunate to work for some of the best studios in the industry, such as ILM, Framestore, Disney and Sony. I've worked as a senior and lead character animator on such films as Pirates of the Caribbean, Tale of Despereaux, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Good Boy, Everyone's Hero, and the recent Alice in Wonderland directed by Tim Burton. I am presently at Sony Pictures Imageworks as a senior animator on Sony/Aardman's upcoming feature Arthur Christmas to be released in December 2011."
"After VanArts I was lucky to get a job at Veda Games and had a chance to work with team to develop a P.C. game based on the famous Indian epic "Mahabharata.” After that I joined a gaming Studio in Hyderabad - "FX LABS", as a fully fledged 3d animator on the game "Inferno." A year later I moved base to my home town, Bombay, where I started working with one of the country's top production houses "Prana Studios,” on the 3D animated features Kuchi Kuchi Hota Hai, Space Chimps (the sequel), and a direct to DVD release with Jim Henson & Weinstein Company ”Unstable Fables"
"The efforts put in by my instructors at VanArts to mold us into complete artists paid off. In everything I do here now at Dreamworks Animation, I am always reminded and guided by the knowledge they gave us. Being a big fan of Shrek and Madagascar, working at Dreamworks is a treat, and I am enjoying every minute of it."
"Four months after graduation, I was hired by Ganz in Toronto as a full-time 3D artist and now a permanent resident of Canada. I owe a lot for my success to the great teachers at VanArts and their curriculum."
"The teaching imparted at VanArts was something I had always wanted in India but could never get. All the education I had gathered at VanArts surely helped me to contribute to Rhythm & Hues in Hyderabad, and in my 1.5 years of working there, I worked on 5 Hollywood movies which includes Mummy 3, Night at the Museum 2, Land Of the Lost, Cirque Du Freak and Fast and Furious (2009). Currently I am working with Sapient (Sapient Nitro as an Art Director)."
"I graduated from VanArts' 3D Character Animation program in 2008, and now very fortunate to be working at Ubisoft Singapore, as an animator on projects like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Turtles in Time Re-Shelled), Assassins Creed II, and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. It has been a great experience to work in the industry and it has taught me a lot."