Industry Verticals

Nine Pillars of
Creative Excellence

ICMEG represents the full spectrum of India's creative economy — from film and gaming to AI and XR. Explore each vertical to understand our policy priorities, industry focus, and founding initiatives.

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Film, Music & Media

India's oldest and most culturally rich creative pillar

India's film, music, and media industries represent the cultural heartbeat of the nation. From Bollywood and regional cinema to streaming-era pop, from legacy broadcast to digital journalism — this vertical encompasses the full breadth of India's storytelling tradition. ICMEG advocates for policies that modernise this legacy while creating new global opportunities for Indian content creators and studios.

Key Focus Areas

OTT Platform PolicyCo-production TreatiesDigital Music RightsGlobal DistributionFilm Certification Reform

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Advancing India's inclusion in major international co-production treaty frameworks with the UK, Canada, and Australia
  • Pushing for royalty reform and digital music rights clarity to protect independent artists in the streaming era
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₹2T+Projected industry size by 2030
02 / 09

Animation

Driving India's AVGC superpowers through world-class studios

India is rapidly becoming a global destination for animation production — home to studios delivering award-winning 2D, 3D, and stop-motion content for the world's top broadcasters and streaming platforms. ICMEG drives the policy and partnership ecosystem to accelerate India's animation industry from service provider to original IP creator on the world stage.

Key Focus Areas

AVGC Centre of ExcellenceIP Development & LicensingInternational Co-productionsTalent PipelineStudio Infrastructure

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Representing Indian animation studios in the government's AVGC National Centre of Excellence initiative
  • Creating co-production pathways with Japan, France, and South Korea animation ecosystems
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$2B+Animation export target
03 / 09

VFX

Positioning India as the world's premium VFX destination

India's VFX industry punches above its weight globally — powering Hollywood blockbusters, streaming originals, and international advertising from studios in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. ICMEG works to secure the regulatory environment, tax incentives, and IP frameworks that will cement India's position as the world's most competitive VFX hub.

Key Focus Areas

VFX Tax IncentivesIP Ownership FrameworksGlobal Studio AgreementsPost-production InfrastructureTalent Certification

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Advocating for a VFX production incentive scheme modelled on UK and Canadian rebate frameworks
  • Developing a voluntary IP ownership charter for Indian VFX studios handling international client work
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$1.5BVFX industry revenue
04 / 09

Gaming

Championing India's 568 million gamers and their creators

India is the world's fastest-growing mobile gaming market, with a passionate player base and a rapidly maturing developer ecosystem. Yet the industry faces regulatory uncertainty, payment friction, and limited institutional investment. ICMEG is the industry's voice in policy chambers, working to create the stable, growth-enabling regulatory environment that Indian game developers deserve.

Key Focus Areas

Mobile Gaming PolicySkill vs. Chance ClassificationPayment Gateway AccessStudio Investment PolicyGame Rating & Certification

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Submitting framework recommendations to distinguish skill-based gaming from gambling in Indian law
  • Working with RBI and payment councils to ease UPI and payment gateway access for gaming platforms
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568MIndian gamers
05 / 09

Esports

Building India's competitive gaming infrastructure from the ground up

Indian esports has exploded from a niche hobby into a professional career path for thousands of athletes. But without formal recognition, prize money clarity, or structured federation policy, the sector remains fragile. ICMEG is working with sports ministries, gaming federations, and broadcast partners to build the institutional infrastructure that Indian esports athletes deserve.

Key Focus Areas

Athlete RecognitionPrize Money RegulationsNational Team PolicyTournament HostingFederation Structure

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Engaging the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports to formally recognise esports as a competitive sport
  • Developing a standard prize money and taxation framework for esports tournament organisers in India
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5,000+Professional esports athletes
06 / 09

Comics & IP

Protecting and amplifying India's universe of original intellectual property

India's mythology and folklore represent a virtually unlimited source of original IP — from Amar Chitra Katha to the next generation of pan-Indian superhero universes. ICMEG is building the legal, commercial, and creative infrastructure for Indian comics and IP to compete with global franchises on the world stage and travel across film, gaming, and merchandise.

Key Focus Areas

Copyright ReformTransmedia LicensingMythology IP ProtectionGlobal Brand LicensingCreator Rights

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Developing a transmedia IP licensing framework that lets Indian comic IP travel across film, games, and merchandise
  • Working with copyright offices to strengthen protections for mythology-inspired original creative works
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Stories in India's mythology
07 / 09

Creative Tech

Accelerating the convergence of technology and creativity

Creative technology is the connective tissue of India's entire creative economy — the tools, platforms, APIs, and infrastructure that power every other vertical. From render farm SaaS to creator monetisation tools, from rights management platforms to AI-powered production software, ICMEG supports the startups and scaleups building the next generation of India's creative infrastructure.

Key Focus Areas

Startup AccelerationCreator Tooling PolicyPlatform RegulationInfrastructure InvestmentCross-sector Convergence

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Establishing a CreativeTech India cohort to connect tools startups with ICMEG member studios as early customers
  • Advocating for a dedicated creative technology track within India's startup accelerator and DPIIT frameworks
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₹50Cr+Target CreativeTech investment
08 / 09

AI for Creatives

Shaping ethical AI policy that works for Indian creators

Generative AI is reshaping every creative discipline — from scriptwriting and concept art to music composition and motion capture cleanup. India has the opportunity to be a global standard-setter for ethical AI in creative industries. ICMEG is building the policy frameworks, standards bodies, and industry coalitions needed to ensure Indian creators benefit from AI rather than being displaced by it.

Key Focus Areas

Generative AI CopyrightCreator Attribution StandardsAI Ethics FrameworkBenefit Sharing PolicyAI Tool Accessibility

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Forming India's first Creative AI Policy Working Group with participation from artists, studios, and technologists
  • Submitting recommendations to MeitY on creator attribution standards for AI-assisted content generation
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Est. 2026Creative AI Policy Working Group
09 / 09

XR (AR / VR / MR)

India's frontier creative sector — immersive by design

Extended Reality represents the next paradigm of human experience — and India is positioned to be a defining contributor. From education and training XR to location-based entertainment, from virtual production stages to AR-enhanced live events, Indian XR studios are creating world-class immersive content. ICMEG is building the regulatory and investment framework to make XR a defining Indian creative export.

Key Focus Areas

XR Hardware Import PolicyLocation-based EntertainmentVirtual Production StandardsEducation XR FrameworksExport Incentives

ICMEG's Founding Initiatives

  • Engaging DPIIT and MeitY on dedicated XR hardware import duty relief for Indian production studios
  • Developing an XR production standards framework to enable Indian studios to bid on global immersive projects
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$1.8BIndia XR market by 2028