Vinod Raj

Background

About Vinod Raj

What more do you need when your hobby turns into your job? Kept aside a complete life for creative solutions, crossed 16 years of experience in the field of creativity. Driven completely by passion towards the arts and animation. Started my career with Malayala Manorama as a cartoonist while undergoing my degree at Mahatma Gandhi University. Was lucky to get a chance to help set up an animation studio in Chennai. Also helped Dr. Solomon Victor disprove Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Beginning of career, what would you expect other than hard work? Again was lucky to get a chance to work with great doctors, creative content writers and movie directors. Then entered the movie graphics field, and later 2D and 3D animation, where I found a chance to give life to my own characters. Did a lot of animation and thought of extending my career to the next level - focus on something interesting. Funschool came into the picture. Created more than 450 games for kids. Yes! A bit of instructional designing and visualization skills got added. Games became serious when I started designing online gaming with real money. Had a "brush" with international standards in gaming, color engineering and psychology of designs. Designed quite a lot of slots, poker and much more. Got a chance to work with some Hollywood studios. Some time later, it was "Game Over," and entered the education sector. Graphics became secondary, since academics were the primary factor. Started learning instructional design big time, with the help of great colleagues. Producing educational content became my major skill because it includes almost everything. here learning is the main thing, and every day is a new day. Mixing creativity with education is always a challenging job. Trust me! I felt reborn as a good student. Kids in this era are so lucky and blessed to enjoy technology in the education sector. Now, thankfully, my inputs help millions of kids across the country via Next Education.