(Above) Manick Sorcar receives "Bharat Samman (India Honor): Achivers Award 2010" from Sri Pawan Kumar Bansal, the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, in presence of Maharani Preneet Kaur, the Union Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. On left is Jagmohan Singh, Secretary General of the NRI Institute. (Below) India's first laser animation courses for an academic degree at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.



(right, top) Cover of "East Meets West: The Animation of Manick Sorcar", written by Wendy Luna - had international release in June, 2010; (right, middle) a scene from laser-light-magic at the Westwood College Banquet; and (right, bottom) Roma Sur's "World of Manick Sorcar Where Art Become Magic", was a Local Best Seller in Non-Fiction book category at the Tattered Cover, released in 2009.