Friday, February 24, 2023

AAFT hits new milestone with 30,000 Alumni in Media & Entertainment Industry

AAFT proudly announces the achievement of a new milestone with 30,000 alumni across all its programs. The success of programs is a testament to the benchmark educational standards at AAFT and its commitment to delivering the best education to students from over 120 countries across the globe. The AAFT Education Group was founded three decades ago in Delhi NCR and has since evolved to become one of India’s finest educational institutions.

AAFT has seen significant development in the 30 years since its inception in 1993 and has expanded to include the EdTech platform AAFT Online with a focus on multi- modal courses for skill development through live & pre-recorded sessions, and AAFT University in Central India, the country& first Film, Media & Arts University in 2018 with a gamut of professional courses to cater to the needs of the contemporary and technologically advanced.

AAFT’s alumni list includes big media and arts names, national award winners, directors, writers, photographers, actors, and journalists. Some noticeable names include Pyaar Ka Punchnama director Luv Ranjan; Fukrey Series director Mrighdeep Singh Lamba; Aurangzeb and the Class of 83 director Atul Sabharwal; Mirzapur director Gurmeet Singh. The list goes on with Femina Miss India Earth 2011 Hasleen Kaur; Indian TV actors Kinshuk Mahajan and Kanika Maheshwari; renowned directors Kaushik Ghatak and Shailender Vyas; Director of Photography Shikhar Bhatnagar, and Miss Asia Pacific 2013 Srishti Rana amongst many. The years of experience of its alumni contribute greatly to keeping AAFT as the benchmark practice and standard in the arts, media, and film studies. AAFT offers 85+ courses across 11 schools inviting students for long-term undergraduate & postgraduate degree courses and short-term certificate & diploma courses.

Mohit Marwah, Co-Founder, AAFT online said, “In today's volatile environment, students are driven to learn at a fast pace from experts in order to advance their careers. Here, at AAFT, we equip them with instructors who are specialists in their respective fields and will provide them all opportunities to work and learn with top brands.”

Akshay Marwah Co-Founder, AAFT University said, “It is a privilege to watch our 30,000-student family grow every day and we promise to enhance the capabilities of our career services division in order to help them secure their dream jobs and be masters at it.”

All-in-all, the glorious success of the AAFT alumni is a great example for current as well as future students. The university will provide these students with all the tools and guidance to walk in their footsteps for a successful career. Through AAFT’s state-of-the-art facilities, students are promised career growth through practical hands-on experience, expert faculty, a diverse curriculum, career placement assistance, and a wonderful opportunity to form strong connections in the media and entertainment industry.

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Indian Cricketer Deepak Chahar turns entrepreneur with TFG

India International cricketer Deepak Chahar is entering the gaming space with fantasy game platform TFG (Trade Fantasy Game). The venture marks his debut in the entrepreneurial space as the Co-founder along with wife Jaya Chahar who will serve as the CEO of JCDC Sports Pvt Ltd. Deepak Chahar, who will also play the role of the brand ambassador, will look to connect and engage with his fan base of over 5 million users across platforms.

JCDC Sports Pvt. Ltd. is a sports technology company established in March 2022 and is headquartered in Delhi. The company aims to reach 1 million users by FY24 and introduce 2 new features in the next 2 quarters to increase reach and engagement leading to larger user acquisitions.

Co-founder and brand ambassador, Deepak Chahar, said, “This is thrilling and I am looking forward to this new venture as an entrepreneur. TFG will allow me to reach my fans in a whole new way. I hope to leverage my knowledge of cricket and harness technology to reach out to millions while connecting and engaging with them and adding value to the sport and the cricketing ecosystem as well.”

Commenting on the new venture, Jaya Chahar, Founder & CEO, JCDC Sports, said “The gaming industry has been witnessing fast paced growth and seeing a rise in gamers daily. Being from the cricketing community, this venture was the best way to extend ourselves by entering the cricket fantasy space and taking the sport from the field to the gaming arena.”

Unlike other fantasy sports games, TFG will reward not only the user’s skillset but also the user’s loyalty and their frequent participation, i.e. both player performance and user participation will play a significant role in increasing the user’s digital collectibles. The game will engage users with features like wildcards, fantasy clashes, trading of cards, venue statistics, etc., which will enrich their journey on the platform towards absolute rewards and ownership of player cards with a long-term vision to be the most engaging and entertaining platform for all sports viewers in India.

The game will be available to download from the website www.tradefantasygame.in, Playstore and IOS.