WAVES 2025:
Finalists from 11 cities were selected through months of regional contests and will participate in the WAM! national finale at WAVES 2025.
- WAM! (WAVES Anime & Manga Contest) is India’s first national initiative focused on discovering, nurturing, and promoting original Indian Intellectual Properties (IPs) in anime, manga, webtoons, and cosplay.
- It is being organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Media & Entertainment Association of India (MEAI).
- The initiative will culminate in the WAVES 2025 national finale, which will be held from May 1–4, 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai.
- WAVES 2025 (World Audio-Visual & Entertainment Summit) 2025 is a pioneering event designed to promote India’s strength in the AVGC-XR sector — Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality.
- WAVES is being hosted under the central theme: “Create in India, Create for the World”, emphasizing India’s ambition to become a global creative hub.
- The summit brings together global leaders, innovators, studios, and creators, providing a collaborative platform for India’s media and entertainment economy.
- WAVES features the Create in India Challenges (CIC) — an initiative that received over 1 lakh registrations, including 1,100 international participants, reflecting global interest in India’s creative ecosystem.
- The summit includes discussions and showcases on Broadcasting, Films, Print Media, Radio, Digital Media, Advertising, Social Media Platforms, and Generative AI.
- It also highlights technological advancements in Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Extended Reality (XR).
