SXILL started out as a fledgling venture in a franchisee mode, by it’s founder, who has been an artist and poet, and had strayed into the corporate world after his BE and MBA. He re-entered the design world on 1 Dec 1996 when the seed of SXILL was born. He was quick to take the required training and understand the world of Animation and Design deeply.

He developed working relationships with all of India’s leading stakeholders in these fields including but not restricted to AnimationXpress, Greengold (makers of Chhota Bheem), MEL (makers of Motu Patlu), MEAI (Media and Entertainment Association of India), MESC (Media and Entertainment Skills Council), Digitoonz (producers of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and many more. He also was the Founder Dean of Chitkara Design School, in 2016 as he researched and developed advanced Pedagogies to train the creative manpower of the country. He has authored several research papers and books on subjects like Technology driven Art, Creativity, Design Thinking, Pedagogy, Peer Reviews, Gamification etc. which are published in several countries.

SXILL started an extensive research into Animation Training Processes worldwide 2 decades ago. It researched the methods followed at Ulm, Bauhas, Calarts, AnimationMentor, CourseEra, Gobelins, Sheridan, Kimon Nicolaides, Betty Edwards and many more. It took out the most outstanding teaching practices, and synergized them together to create a method which was unique in the world.

SXILL was setup as a Game Changer in Creative Education. It was a response to the fleecing methods of Franchise Business which had entered Animation and Design and were training through sub-standard curriculum and pedagogy, low cost faculty, and high cost marketing budgets. SXILL was the first to introduce advanced concepts like laddered learing, 360 degree training, Design your own curriculum, as well as a new methodology ADEPT©®, and Industry Monitoring and Mentoring, Peer Assisted Learning, Strategic Placement Initiative.