{"id":484650,"date":"2025-04-29T02:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T20:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=484650"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:33:07","slug":"pib-hosts-varta-press-conference-in-kohima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/pib-hosts-varta-press-conference-in-kohima\/","title":{"rendered":"PIB hosts \u2018Varta\u2019 press conference in Kohima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press Information Bureau (PIB), Guwahati, held a \u201cVarta\u201d press conference at <strong>Kohima Press Club<\/strong> on Monday, unveiling details about the upcoming <strong>World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit<\/strong> (WAVES) 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Scheduled to take place in Mumbai from May 1-4, the summit promises to be a landmark event for India\u2019s media, entertainment, and technology sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Sonikumar Singh, Assistant Director of the Ministry of Information &amp; Broadcasting, PIB Kohima, highlighted the summit\u2019s focus on innovation, collaboration, and showcasing India\u2019s advancements in animation, visual effects, gaming, and extended reality (XR). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasized the summit\u2019s goal of positioning India as a global hub for the AVGC-XR (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality) sector, fostering talent development and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The summit will serve as a key networking platform for creators, industry experts, and investors, with participation from several countries. Supported by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, WAVES 2025 aims to unite the film, television, OTT, animation, gaming, and immersive technology industries on a global stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key plenary sessions include: Legends &amp; Legacies: The Stories That Shaped India\u2019s Soul; The New Mainstream: Breaking Borders, Building Legends; Remembering Manoj Kumar: Ace Filmmaker, True Nationalist; Creative Bridges: Unlocking the Power of Cultural &amp; Digital Partnerships Between UK &amp; India; The Journey: From Outsider to Ruler; Discussions on advertising, storytelling in the AI era, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>With its ambitious agenda, WAVES 2025 is set to redefine India\u2019s role in the global media and entertainment landscape, the summit offers unparalleled opportunities for content creators, producers, and cultural ambassadors to connect and collaborate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Information Bureau (PIB), Guwahati, held a \u201cVarta\u201d press conference at Kohima Press Club on Monday, unveiling details about the upcoming World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}