People - Dilsukhnagar Creative Multimedia Academy Academy, Hyderabad, India

"An institution is the lengthened shadow of an individual"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Creative Multimedia Academy has come a long way since inception in 1998. From a diminutive training institute to India's largest Digital Media Academy, the inspiring journey dotted with unrivalled achievements and accolades stands testimony to the profound vision of its Founder-CEO Raja Sekhar B.

A first-generation entrepreneur, his determination to create a shining paragon of academic excellence ensured that Creative Multimedia Academy attracted the finest mentors and shared the dream of every student. The world-class campus gleaming with ultra-advanced infrastructure including a one-of-its-kind digital library reflects Raja Sekhar's uncompromising attitude towards offering a truly international learning experience.

Channelizing all his energies towards Enhancing Employability™ of students and creating exciting career opportunities for them, Raja Sekhar collaborated passionately on a string of outcome driven training paradigms, path-breaking value-additions and signature placement initiatives including 'ASET' (Advanced Skills Enhancement Training), 'DNA Inc^™' (Dilsukhnagar Animation Incubation) and 'Our Campus-Your Interviews' to open up a spectacular placement sky gleaming with the starry smiles of 15,000 super successful alumni.

By constantly striving to create benchmarks, Raja Sekhar infused inspiration into his team and built an enviable culture of academic excellence.

His obsession for putting Creative Multimedia Academy at the cutting edge of the industry's developments has taken him far and wide: he frequents important industry events and has attended such renowned CG-related international conventions as SIGGRAPH Asia-Singapore, SIGGRAPH USA-Los Angeles and MIPCOM, Cannes- France. The takeaways from these influential events are shared and used to update training programs at the Academy.

Raja Sekhar is a panel member of the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Media & Entertainment Committee and is a lead-patron of ASIFA India's International Animation Day, Hyderabad Chapter. He actively promotes NASSCOM's annual conclave on Animation & Gaming and is also much sought after as a mentor.

Stretching his wings across the entrepreneurial terrain, Raja Sekhar built a diversified industry presence with such other ventures as 'CMAC' (Creative Multimedia™ Animation College) - an Animation College and 'Pixel Fx™' – an Animation & VFX studio under the Creative Multimedia™ Group of Companies. His dream is to establish a never-before 'Digital Media Knowledge Hub' which will empower the future generation to master and innovate Digital Media with unmatched resources.