OREANDA-NEWS. Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the pioneer and global leader in learning solutions, was honoured for Excellence in Animation and Design for eLearning on February 9 at a ceremony in Hotel Ramada, Mumbai. The honour was conferred at the Orbit Live Industry Honours 2013 by Arena Animation along with Anand Gurnani Media, AnimationXpress and CG Tantra.

Manisha Mohan, senior vice president – design and animation, Tata Interactive Systems, received the award on behalf of TIS. The award was given by Anand Gurnani, co-founder of AnimationXpress and Easo Thampy Matthew, business head & national operations head of Arena Animation.

Mr Matthew says, “We had endeavoured to recognise the contribution of the animation industry to society as a whole and to the animation community in particular. While considering the eLearning segment, we discovered that TIS had engaged innovative methods of creating content that is interesting to the audience by effective use of animation.”

He adds, “We at Arena Animation are pleased to recognise this contribution and honoured by TIS’s participation at the event.”

Ms Mohan says, “We are honoured to receive this acknowledgement from all the organisers of this event. We really appreciate the good work that they are doing by building an ecosystem for the animation industry by training young animators, as well as providing a forum for the industry to exchange ideas. It is heartening for our team to receive this recognition for using animation as a key ingredient in making learning a fun activity.”