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PM Modi’s Janta curfew witnessed 85% drop in footfalls across the country
MUMBAI: The clarion appeal given by PM Modi to participate in janta curfew for a day on March 22, 2020 to contain the spread and make the fight against coronavirus in India a success got an overwhelming response with most Indians staying indoors. This resulted in a 85 % drop in footfalls across the country as per the real time step count data collected by over 5 lakh users who are using GOQii Activity trackers. The footfalls were compared to the average footfalls seen before 5th March 2020.
The leading state in keeping most of its people indoors was the state of Kerala. Kerala saw a drop-in footfalls at 90% during janta curfew. Maharashtra also saw the drop increase to 89% and now with the suburban railways stopping, this number is likely to increase. The state GOQii has studied has seen a drop-in footfall percentage ranging from 75% to 90%.
Citywise, Mumbai and Chennai saw a drop of 90% in footfalls. Cities across India saw a footfall droop between 80 and 90%.
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
