Archive · 7 Sep 2026
IIT Madras and KRAFTON India Launch Gaming Academy
IIT Madras and KRAFTON India are starting a new program called KIGI Academy.
It will teach students how to make video games.
The program is free for the 30 selected IIT Madras students.
Students will learn coding, game design, user interfaces, and product development.
They will spend four months training on the IIT Madras campus.
The training will use the Unity game-making engine.
Ten students will then go to KRAFTON’s Bengaluru office for eight weeks.
There, they will create a small working version of a game.
The best students may receive full-time jobs at KRAFTON.
IIT Madras and KRAFTON India signed an MoU to launch KIGI Academy.
The fully funded, six-month program will train 30 IIT Madras students.
Training will cover coding, game design, UI/UX, and product development.
The program includes four months on campus using the Unity engine and an eight-week Bengaluru residency.
Ten selected participants will develop a final vertical-slice game, with top performers potentially offered full-time roles.
- Who
- IIT Madras and KRAFTON India.
- What
- They signed an MoU to launch KIGI Academy, a six-month game-development training program.
- When
- The program will run for six months, including four months on campus and an eight-week residency.
- Where
- The campus phase will take place at IIT Madras, followed by a residency at KRAFTON’s Bengaluru headquarters.
- Why
- The initiative aims to build India’s game-development ecosystem and create a pathway from academic engineering talent to gaming-industry jobs.
- Program
- KIGI Academy
- Partners
- IIT Madras and KRAFTON India
- Duration
- Six months
- Participants
- 30 IIT Madras students
- Training areas
- Coding, game design, UI/UX, and product development
- Residency
- Eight weeks at KRAFTON’s Bengaluru headquarters for 10 selected participants
- Potential outcome
- Top performers may receive full-time roles