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Speaker at Gamification Conference at DES Pune University

DES Pue University Pune, Maharashtra, India

Speaker at Gamification Conference at DES Pune University
Keynote Speaker at Gamification Conference at DES Pune University

Chandigarh Design School Founder Vineet Raj Kapoor delivered his keynote speech at the International Conference on “Activity Based Language Learning: Challenges and Opportunities” that was organized by DES Pune University in collaboration with ICSSR and Coolture Desighns Pvt. Ltd. on 7 February 2025. The topic for the Panel discussion was Gamification in Education and Knowledge Systems.

Conference was attended by about 100+ Faculty and Students across India.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (IDT Lead Expert Worldskills representing India, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) while sharing valuable insights into Gamification, he said,”Gamification is often used an excuse to micromanage learning. It defeats the entire purpose of gamification. Rather one should always be mindful of the core attributes of Gamification like Volunteerism, Choices, Willingness, etc. He also said that the Game Mechanics should be very simple and consist of very few elements like in Chess, or sports like Badminton. He said the Leaderboards and Feedbacks were the Killer Features of Gamification and should be implemented in the right manner for engagement to happen. Right to Learn is a great concept that I have often used to bring determination to the table. Story is an optional feature, but used well, it can enhance the quality of learning. He quipped, “Don’t worry all this would be part of my upcoming book – SOLVXD: Think in Steps – that would be coming out soon.

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned, “This was the third time Chandigarh Design School tendered a Faculty Development Program at Pune University. Earlier we have done programs for Thapar University, Chitkara University, GNDU, Panjab University among others. We are also doing international Programs in Design Thinking with leading institutions abroad. We are aware that training a faculty is much more important as it can directly impact the lives of 1000s of students.”

SXILL Founder attends Film Art Hongkong

Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre Hong Kong

SXILL Founder attended the Hong Kong Filmart 2025 from 17-20 March 2025 at Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder SXILL) shared “Participating at Film Art helped me meet people from the Film and Animation Industry across the world. It allows me to take a peek at where storytelling is moving. Just to cite an example, 3-5 minute dramas are in, and long format is losing pace. This allows small producers also to step in and create a space for themselves, and allows artists to share their work through Instagram and other new mediums.”

“I was happy to also meet artists and film makers from Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Delhi. Filmart gave me an opportunity to connect better.” He added.

Hong Kong FILMART is Asia's largest entertainment marketplace, held annually in Hong Kong and organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). It's a major event for industry professionals, facilitating deals, networking, and promotion of films, TV shows, and other media. FILMART also includes the Hong Kong–Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), which focuses on co-production ventures.

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL thanked “Vineet has always been part of the artist community and has helped many small studios understand the international markets. This knowledge also helps students at SXILL understand the world.”

SXILL has a very detailed Training Program in Animation Upskilling comparable with the best in the world. Many Alumnus of SXILL today work at the highest level at Top Indian and International Animation Studios like Framestore, Dreamworks, 88Pictures, Xentrix, Technicolor, PhilmCGI, Assemblage, Cosmos Maya, Greengold, Micros, Lakshya Digital, Digitoonz etc.

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Chandigarh Design School wins Excellence in Design Education Award at World Education and Business Conclave & Awards Webcon 2025

Hotel Park Plaza Chandigarh

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School was conferred with  “Excellence in Design Education” Award at World Education & Business Conclave & Awards 2025 held on 19 March 2025 at Hotel Park Plaza, Chandigarh.
Chandigarh Design School wins Excellence in Design Education Award

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder SXILL) shared “This is a Special Addition to our growing shelf of Awards, as this is an acknowledgement of my efforts to innovate and evolve education and skilling. Earlier Awards were awarded to our Education and Training Institutes SXILL and Chandigarh Design School, which are an epitome of our work in the field of education. This Award recognizes my entire body of work in the field of education and skilling. It doesn’t stop here, as we would continue to change education everyday.” This was just another day for Vineet Raj Kapoor, current Indian Expert for Industrial Design Technology, is working on the strategy for India’s performance at Worldskills, Shanghai, in September, 2026.

Webcon Founder Dorina Bhattacharjee Congratulated the Winners: “Our mission is to find out the people who are doing path-breaking work at the ground level. These are the real stars of Education. We strive to find out each such star and acknowledge their efforts. Congratulations!”

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL thanked “Webcon” for the Excellence in Design Education Award for the value offered by SXILL and Chandigarh Design School in the field of Animation, and UXUI Design. Students totally love the flexibility of designing their own curriculum, Industry led Upskilling, anytime entry and exit with certification and other path-breaking features. Also, the many NSDC certification backed courses help students get the right recognition in the market. This is attracting students from diverse fields like Engineering, Fashion Design, Business Management, Psychology, Fine Arts, and Commerce. The excellent placement records give extreme confidence to the new entrant.

Chandigarh Design School Founder Joins International Jury & Speaker Lineup at Serious Play Conference, USA

Rochester University New York, NY, United States

USA, April 26, 2025 – Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder of Chandigarh Design School and iXDA Local Leader, has been announced as a distinguished jury member for the upcoming Serious Play Awards, to be held from August 13–15, 2025, at Rochester, New York. The pre-evaluation of online games took place in April 2025, where a select panel of global jurors assessed the top entries from this year’s finalists.

Mr. Kapoor was invited as a Juror for both Board and Digital Game categories, representing India and the Asian Subcontinent, marking a significant milestone for Indian design education on a global stage.

Earlier, Kapoor had also contributed to the Serious Play Conference 2023 held at Toronto Metropolitan University from October 11–13, 2023. He delivered a standout presentation in the Military and Professionals Track on “Gamifying Skill Training”, showcasing his 12+ years of experimentation and success in game-based learning within the Indian skilling ecosystem.

"It was an incredible honor to serve as a juror and speaker at this globally respected event," Kapoor shared. "Being the sole juror from the Asian Subcontinent and the only Indian speaker, it was a unique platform to interact with the brightest minds and explore global innovations in game-based education."

The Serious Play Conference, founded in 2008 by Sue Bohle, a PR veteran with experience promoting legendary game studios like Atari and Activision, has grown into a global hub for professionals using games in learning. The 2023 edition featured over 100 speakers across seven tracks, including Military, K-12, Higher Education, Healthcare, Game Design, Research, and Technology.

Hosted by Sue Bohle and Jan Hanson, the conference offered rich discussions in both Board Game and Digital Game Design. Kapoor’s presence as a juror and speaker reinforces his growing reputation as India’s leading authority in Gamification and Industrial Design Technology, and highlights Chandigarh Design School’s commitment to global collaboration and innovation in education.

SXILL Founder Speaks to GGSCW Students

GGSCW Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder SXILL) guided the students of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, Chandigarh about the various skill demands in the job market and how to acquire those skills. He especially elucidated about the skills in Graphic Design, 3D Animation, Digital Film Making and UIUX Design.

He explained the various design sectors in which Indian students are leading in Freelance work in the world. He explained how Design has emerged as the most freelanced domain, and how Indians have emerged as the world’s biggest freelance resource.

 “SXILL is always committed to excellence and the acknowledgement by leading Award bodies adding trophies to our Awards shelf is only a side dish for our students – who are reveling in their careers at Amazon, Microsoft, Xentrix, Technicolor, Cosmos Maya, Digitoonz, PhilmCGI, 88 Pictures and other leading Studios.”

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL said “Our students have been at the top of their work in the last 30 years of our existence. They have gone on to head the Design Departments at top brands like Yatra.com, Gaana.com, Adobe, Ericson, Mobikwik and many others.”

SXILL Student Arjun Nominated for Best Animator Award at WAVES 2025

Jio Convention Centre Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Congratulations to Arjun Kumar for winning the "Best Animator" Nomination in India Awards at World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025. We are extremely proud of all our students at SXILL and Chandigarh Design School and their performance. The crusade for Character Animation Training started in 2010 and has provided many stalwarts to the Industry. Wish the best to Arjun!

Contest- World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) Awards of Excellence by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting with Asifa India
Nominated Participant- Arjun Kumar
Category- Best 3D Animation by Student
Jury- Anastasia Dimitra, Briana Yarhouse, Pramita Mukherjee, Dhimant Vyas & BN Vichar

“Arjun Kumar has been an exceptional student and has worked very hard to reach where he is today. He had to do part time jobs to sustain himself, and we helped him out at every stage. Today the result is for everyone to see. I wish him the best at WAVES Awards Finals. We have a program for freshers which helps them identify their strong areas before starting with Upskilling. This helps them save on wasting their time on wrong specialization. We thank our peers at Lakshya Digital, Technicolor, Micros, and other studios who have always help us groom the talent.” says Neelu Kapoor, Founder, SXILL Chandigarh.

Arjun Kumar shared his experience of Training at SXILL, “I had personal mentoring at every step of my learning at SXILL. Although it is a pleasant surprise for me to be nominated for India’s Best Animator Award, since I have learnt alongside many animators at SXILL who were as good as me. This nomination is also thanks to my Animation Mentor Mangat Chauhan who is the ex-Creative (Animation) Director of Motu Patlu. His guidance has made sure that all learners at SXILL come up to the same level. When my friends at other institutes are struggling to find jobs, SXILL has helped many of us to find jobs at top studios.”

Congratulations to all the Student & Professionals officially nominated under the WAVES Awards of Excellence.

SXILL has a very detailed Training Program in Animation Upskilling comparable with the best in the world. Many Alumnus of SXILL today work at the highest level at Top Indian and International Animation Studios like Framestore, Dreamworks, 88Pictures, Xentrix, Technicolor, PhilmCGI, Assemblage, Cosmos Maya, Greengold, Micros, Lakshya Digital, Digitoonz etc.

This marks a significant milestone in recognizing and celebrating outstanding talent in the Animation, VFX, and Digital Media sector as part of the Create In India Challenge for WAVES 2025.

More details of winners : https://lnkd.in/dtPJp34W

Chandigarh Design School Founder is NSDC Certified UIUX Expert

NASSCOM Certified UIUX Design Trainer, Vineet Raj Kapoor

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder SXILL) shared “I am happy to share that I have successfully been certified as Certified Trainer for the Qualification Pack of User Experience Designer (SSC/Q8404) - v2.0 conforming to National Skill Qualification Framework Level – 5.”

NASSCOM's skilling initiatives aim to bridge the skills gap in the IT-BPM industry and empower individuals with digital skills. They offer various programs, including FutureSkills Prime, which focuses on emerging technologies, and initiatives targeting marginalized youth and women through the Skilling and Employability program. Today NASSCOM is the IT-ITES Skill Sector Council for Government of India, under NSDC.

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL said “This Certification brings more transparency to the UIUX Design learners of India, since many of them have lost precious time and money to spurious online courses with dubious certificates. UIUX Designer Certification through NASSCOM/ NSDC ensures that our students get verifiable credentials that stay behind them all their life and are also part of the NSQF and get entered in their APAR Accounts aka Academic Bank of Credits. This is the only government recognized Certificate Course in India.”

NASSCOM Certified UIUX Design Trainer, Vineet Raj Kapoor shared that they are starting a special course for practicing UIUX Designers as well so that they can shore up their skills while also acquiring the missing qualification. There is a longer UIUX Design course for fresher wherein we have a sprint based learning methodology akin to the actual workplace environment.”

Chandigarh Design School Founder conducts Worldskills and IDT Skill Workshop at Central Tool Room & Training Centre, Odisha

CTTC Bhubhaneswar Odisha host Vineet Raj Kapoor Founder Chandigarh Design School and Lead Expert Worldskills France

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Chandigarh Design School Founder shall conduct Worldskills and IDT Skill Workshop at Central Tool Room & Training Centre, Odisha share his insights on industrial design technology trade, competition rules, skill requirement in this domain for the candidates.

In the present scenario of industrialization; particularly in the engineering field, requirements of specialized tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, moulds, gauges and other precision components are indispensable. Simultaneously demand for quality Tool makers, Tool & Product Designers, Skilled manufacturers, PLC & Industrial Automation engineers and Maintenance Engineers is also growing rapidly. Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar is one of such training, production, design and consultancy centre established in technical cooperation programme between Govt. of India & Govt. of Denmark to meet the above requirements. The excellent infrastructural facilities like land, building etc. have been contributed by Govt. of Orissa. Training activities started in 1991 and Tool production in 1995.

CTTC is unique in imparting industry oriented long & short term training programmes on CAD/CAM, Tool Design & Manufacturing, Tool & Die Making, CNC Programming & Machining, Machine Maintenance, CCNA, Industrial Automation, VLSI, Hardware & Networking Management, ITI (Machinist/Welder) etc. CTTC believes in PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder CDS) shared “Chandigarh Design School is always committed to excellence and this is nowhere acknowledged better than at Odisha. In Odisha, the skilling ecosystem is unmatched in India. They start early, and they ensure that all stakeholders are on board. During these two days I trained the faculty at Worldskill ecosystem as well as about the marking systems and also specifically about the Industrial Design Technology Skill. I also did a Design Thinking Workshop for Faculty at CTTC Odisha. CTTC is the central body involved in mentoring candidates for Indiaskills and Worldskills.”

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL said “SXILL and Chandigarh Design School have always been at the forefront of the future of learning. We are eager to join hands with leading organizations like BITS Pilani, PEC Chandigarh, Thapar Patiala, MIT WPU Pune, DP Patil Pune, Chitkara, and many others to guide their students and faculty at Design Thinking. This knowledge is easily available to others through the courses that we offer at our institute.”

Chandigarh Design School Founder conducts Design Thinking Workshop at Central Tool Room & Training Centre, Odisha

CTTR Bhubhaneswar Odisha Bhubhaneswar, India

CTTC Bhubhaneswar Odisha host Vineet Raj Kapoor Founder Chandigarh Design School and Lead Expert Worldskills France

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Chandigarh Design School Founder conducts Design Thinking Workshop at Central Tool Room & Training Centre, Odisha in this domain for the candidates and Faculty. Vineet Raj Kapoor is a Certified Trainer for UIUX Design Qualification Pack from NASSCOM / IT-ITES under NSDC Skill India.

In the present scenario of industrialization; particularly in the engineering field, requirements of specialized tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, moulds, gauges and other precision components are indispensable. Simultaneously demand for quality Tool makers, Tool & Product Designers, Skilled manufacturers, PLC & Industrial Automation engineers and Maintenance Engineers is also growing rapidly. Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar is one of such training, production, design and consultancy centre established in technical cooperation programme between Govt. of India & Govt. of Denmark to meet the above requirements. The excellent infrastructural facilities like land, building etc. have been contributed by Govt. of Orissa. Training activities started in 1991 and Tool production in 1995.

CTTC is unique in imparting industry oriented long & short term training programmes on CAD/CAM, Tool Design & Manufacturing, Tool & Die Making, CNC Programming & Machining, Machine Maintenance, CCNA, Industrial Automation, VLSI, Hardware & Networking Management, ITI (Machinist/Welder) etc. CTTC believes in PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder CDS) shared “Chandigarh Design School is always committed to excellence and this is nowhere acknowledged better than at Odisha. In Odisha, the skilling ecosystem is unmatched in India. They start early, and they ensure that all stakeholders are on board. During these two days I trained the faculty at Worldskill ecosystem as well as about the marking systems and also specifically about the Industrial Design Technology Skill. I also did a Design Thinking Workshop for Faculty at CTTC Odisha. CTTC is the central body involved in mentoring candidates for Indiaskills and Worldskills.”

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL said “SXILL and Chandigarh Design School have always been at the forefront of the future of learning. We are eager to join hands with leading organizations like BITS Pilani, PEC Chandigarh, Thapar Patiala, MIT WPU Pune, DP Patil Pune, Chitkara, and many others to guide their students and faculty at Design Thinking. This knowledge is easily available to others through the courses that we offer at our institute.”

SXILL Founder is part of ASIFA Team at WAVES 2025 Mumbai

Jio Convention Centre Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder SXILL) shall join the ASIFA team at WAVES Mumbai as ASIFA Evangelist for Chandigarh. He would be part of the Create in India campaign and guide and mentor students at WAVES from 1-4 May 2025.

Vineet Raj Kapoor said that he was really thrilled to be at Mumbai and the WAVES is a great initiative by the government of India to educate the youth about the opportunities and the ecosystem of animation and other creative industries.

India occupies a dominant position in Media & Entertainment with talents spread across different geographies of the country, creating compelling contents through its rich cultural heritage. It is poised to become one of the leaders in Media and Entertainment sector. Summit will promote India as one stop destination for content creation, Investment destination and leverage ‘Create in India’ opportunities as well as for global outreach.

World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES) is a key forum for promoting discussions, collaboration, and innovation in the M&E industry. The event will bring together industry leaders, stakeholders and innovators to discuss prospects, challenges, promote global trade and influence the sector’s future.

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned that everyone at SXILL was really excited about WAVES and especially about Arjun Kumar, a student of SXILL who was nominated for Best Animation Award by ASIFA Awards of Excellence. Our training has been recognized and awarded across Europe and Russia besides other nationals and it one the most viable ways of learning animation today. We take these awards from England as a Global Acceptance of our Brand. This helps students in Europe and America to have an alternative that is more value for money. We surely understand that the students across the world share the same issues of financial burden while studying and are doing our bit in easing that for them.