Indian Institute of Cartoonists

Summary

The Indian Institute of Cartoonists[1] (IIC) is an organisation based in Bangalore that serves to promote and preserve cartooning and cartoonists in India. Founded in 2001, the institute hosts the Indian Cartoon Gallery[2] with rotating exhibits focusing on different artists. It has organised more than one hundred exhibitions of cartoons.

Indian Institute of Cartoonists
AbbreviationIIC
Founded8 June 2001
(22 years ago)
 (2001-06-08)
FounderK. Shankar Pillai
TypeNot for Profit - Registered Trust
FocusPromoting the art of cartooning in India
Location
MethodCartoon Workshop, Cartoon Library & Cartoon Gallery with every month new cartoon exhibition
Key people
Ashok Kheny (Chairman)
Websitewww.cartoonistsindia.org

Founders and Brief History edit

IIC was registered as a non profitable organization under Trust act in 2001 to promote the art of cartooning in India with B. V. Ramamurthy as the Chair person, V. G. Narendra as the Managing Trustee and B.G. Gujjarappa as a member Trustee. The chief patron as Mario Miranda.[3] Then Governor of Karnataka, V. S. Ramadevi inaugurated the IIC at Bangalore on 8 June 2001. Seven leading cartoonists were felicitated with Lifetime Achievement Award. Mario Miranda, Pran, S.D. Padnis, Bapu, Gopulu, Yesudasan and S. K. Nadig. More than 100 cartoonists from across the country had participated in the function. R. K. Laxman was felicitated with Lifetime achievement Award in February 2002 in another function.[4]

The Board of Trustees edit

(IIC as in May 2017)

Honorary Chairman : Ashok Kheny
Advisor : Manjunath Nayaker
Managing Trustee : V. G. Narendra
Financial Advisor : B. G. Gujjarappa
Member Trustees : G. S. Naganath and G. S. Krishnan
National Adviser Committee : Sukumaran Potti, Unny, Shekhar Gurera, Suresh Sawant, Syam Mohan, Keshav, Venkataraghavan, Mohana Chandran and E P Peter
Doner Members : Family of Late Ranga, Family of Late Maya (Amarnath Kamath) and Melvin Mathew

Indian Cartoon Gallery edit

 
Bangalore Cartoonists from various media houses at the Cartoon Exhibition (7–28 January 2017) by Shekhar Gurera.

After the demise of the IIC Chairman B. V. Ramamurthy, Ashok Kheny (M.D. Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise and an ardent admirer of the cartoons) step forward as Honorary Chairman of the institute. He dedicated the Institute 5000 square feet of premises in the heart of Bangalore to establish the Indian Cartoon Gallery, first of its kind in India. The premises has a vast, tastefully designed 2000 sq. ft. of Gallery, a conference hall and a space for a Library. Since then, every month the gallery is conducting fresh cartoon exhibition of the professional as well as amateur cartoonist. Later on the gallery has been awarded by the Limca Book of Records.[5]

Exhibitions held at the Indian Cartoon Gallery edit

Exhibitions : 2007 edit

Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
16 Aug 2007 B. V. Ramamurthy, V. G. Narendra and B.G. Gujjarappa T. N. Chaturvedi
18 Oct 2007 S.K. Nadig V.N. Subbarao (Chairman, Karnataka Media Academy)

Exhibitions : 2008 edit

 
Prakash Shetty, 5 Sept 2008
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
23 Jan 2008 Vikas Gupta G.R. Gopinath
6 Feb 2008 Ranjan Somaiah M.N. Venkatachalaiah
7 Mar 2008 Ranga (Ranganath) R.K. Misra (Winner of Lead India Contest)
4 Apr 2008 Shridhar Hunch G. Narayana, chairman, Karnataka Janapada Academy
25 Apr 2008 Alok Nirantar T. Prabhakar, President, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat.
19 May 2008 Maya Kamath Girish Karnad
14 Jun 2008 B.V. Panduranga Rao Jagadish Shettar
7 Jul 2008 V. Gopal M.S. Narasimha Murthy (Humour Writer)
24 Jul 2008 S. D. Phadnis[6] U. R. Ananthamurthy
11 Aug 2008 Group show of 12 Cartoonists Mahesh Joshi, Sr. Director, Doordarshan, Bangalore.
5 Sept 2008 Prakash Shetty S.G. Vasudev, Eminent Artist
13 Oct 2008 Prabhakar Rao Bail H.S. Venkatesh Murthy (Noted Poet)
4 Nov 2008 Rajesh Pujar Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
4 Dec 2008 S.K. Nadig Babu Krishnamurthy, (Editor, Karmaveera)
22 Dec 2008 G.Y. Hublikar D.P. Parameshwar, Chairman, Karnataka Media Academy

Exhibitions : 2009 edit

 
Mario Miranda, 3 Oct 2009
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
7 Jan 2009 David Low Chris Gibson, Director, British Council, Chennai
6 Feb 2009 R. K. Laxman Jayaramaraje Urs
11 Mar 2009 K.R. Swamy Girish Kasaravalli
6 Apr 2009 G.S. Naganath[7] V. Manohar
25 Apr 2009 Gireesh Vengara Balan Nambiar
20 Jun 2009 Subhani M.B. Jayaram
8 Jul 2009 MKMA - 2008[8] Girish Karnad
1 Aug 2009 Shankar Sharad V. Dravid & Pushpa Dravid
5 Sept 2009 Keshav Justice N. Santosh Hegde
3 Oct 2009 Mario Miranda Xerxes Desai
31 Oct 2009 K.N. Balraj Arjun Sajnani
19 Nov 2009 V.R.C. Shekar Dr. Jaimala
2 Dec 2009 Yathish and Yogish Shettigar Anant Nag
26 Dec 2009 Janardhana Swamy Shivamurthy Swamiji

Exhibitions : 2010 edit

 
Dr Kalam visited the Indian Cartoon Gallery to inaugurate the exhibition of the cartoons by Shreyas Navare on January 10, 2010
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
10 Jan 2010 Shreyas Navare Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
15 Feb 2010 M.R. Rajamaran R.H. Kulkarni.
5 Mar 2010 Cartoons for Climate (by British Council) Krishna Palemar (Government of Karnataka)
20 Mar 2010 Sringeri Brothers Jayanth Kaikini
10 Apr 2010 Nirmish Thaker Girish Karnad
6 May 2010 Satish Acharya Arundhati Nag
27 May 2010 Sumanta Baruah U.R. Rao
18 Jun 2010 MKMA-2009[9] C.R. Simha
10 Jul 2010 Tadao Kagaya Masayuki Tsuchikawa
29 Jul 2010 Bharat Jagatap M.B. Patil
14 Aug 2010 Vijay Narain Seth (Vins) Dilip Thakore
4 Sept 2010 Jayarama Udupa Dr. Nalluru Prasad
27 Sept 2010 Shyam Mohan Dr. Radha Krishna Raju
18 Oct 2010 Prabhakar Wairkar Dr. M.S. Thimmappa
8 Nov 2010 Satish Yellapur and M.C. Chethan Mukhyamanthri Chandru
29 Nov 2010 Prabhakar Bhatlekar D.K. Chowta
18 Dec 2010 Shankar Pamarthy Chiranjeev Singh

Exhibitions : 2011 edit

Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
17 Jan 2011 Golden Jubilee Exhibition Janardhana Swamy
16 Feb 2011 John Chandran V. Manohar
26 Feb 2011 Abu Abraham Prof. N.S. Ramaswamy
19 Mar 2011 Surendra G.M. Belagali
16 April 2011 Shijo Varghese Sudhakar Rao
30 April 2011 B.G. Gujjarappa B.S. Raghuram
11 June 2011 MKMA – 2010 S.G. Vasudev
9 July 2011 Melvin Mathew B.S. Kumar
6 Aug 2011 Rasheed Kappan Sister Jean Bangalore’s Mother Teresa
26 Nov 2011 Shekar Kambalapally Sobha Nambisan
17 Dec 2011 Aswini Kumar Rath and Abani Kumar Rath Harish J. Padmanabha

Exhibitions : 2012 edit

 
B. V. Ramamurthy, June 30-July 20, 2012
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
7 Jan 2012 Narsim G.K. Sathya
30 Jan 2012 T.F. Hadimani Chandrashekar Kambar
8 Feb 2012 R. K. Laxman’s Unpublished Doodles M.N. Venkatachalaiah, Girish Karnad
17 Mar 2012 Jagadish Kunte Chiranjeev Singh
9 April 2012 Best of Ranga ...
28 April 2012 Rebecca Taylor M.P. Ganesh
19 May 2012 Shijo Varghese Sarath
9 June 2012 MAYA JAAL : by Maya Kamath Shangon Das Gupta
30 June 2012 World of Ramamurthy[10] K.N. Harikumar
21 July 2012 Balraj K.N. Prem Koshy
13 Aug 2012 Smiling Line : Mega Cartoon Exhibition H. R. Bhardwaj
8 Sept 2012 Manohar Acharya Chandranath Acharya
1 Oct 2012 Laugh with Phadnis ...
20 Oct 2012 Cabodils of Lines : Biswajit Balasubramanian S.G. Vasudev
17 Nov 2012 Kushal Bhattacharya H.N. Suresh
4 Dec 2012 MAAC-2012 Madhuri Upadhyay
24 Dec 2012 Shankar's Cartoons ...

Exhibitions : 2013 edit

 
Apart from the exhibition Famous Fifteen, IIC also felicitated these 15 leading cartoonists with Lifetime Achievement Awards for the excellency in cartooning.
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
19 Jan 2013 Mario’s Karnataka Basavaraj
16 Feb 2013 Suresh Sawant R. Sreedhar
9 Mar 2013 B.V. Satyamurty B.R. Chavali
6 Apr 2013 Parjaya Sau Paul Fernandes
8 May 2013 Uday Vitla V. Manohar
8 Jun 2013 MKMA-2012 Girish Karnad
6 Jul 2013 Between the Lines by Prashant Kulkarni Prabhakar Raobail
27 Jul 2013 Rama Baana : Ramadhyani H.N. Ananda
17 Aug 2013 Famous Fifteen [11] Tadao Kagaya (Japanese Cartoonist)
7 Sept 2013 MAAC- 2013 Praveen Kumar
21 Oct 2013 Best of R. K. Laxman ...
12 Oct 2013 The Political Pickle : Shreyas Navare Ajitha G.S.
9 Nov 2013 Suraj ESKAY Sriram Athmaram N. Gangaram
7 Dec 2013 Music Sketches by Keshav M.R.V.Prasad
28 Dec 2013 Sai Swaroop Appajayya

Exhibitions : 2014 edit

 
V. G. Narendra, 1 Mar 2014
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
18 Jan 2014 Hemant Morparia Sudha Pillai, Editor, Bangalore Mirror
8 Feb 2014 Comics by Pran ...
1 Mar 2014 V. G. Narendra ...
22 Mar 2014 Swinging in the 1970s : Paul Fernandes Ponnappa Subbaiah
12 Apr 2014 Run up to the Election-2014 : Ranjan Somaiah Chiranjeev Singh
3 May 2014 International Cartoons Dr. R.H. Kulkarni
24 May 2014 Break the Taboo about Toilets and Sanitation ...
14 Jun 2014 100th Cartoon Exhibition H.S. Balram, Director, Asianet
13th Sept 2014 Wild Life the Toony Way : Rohan Chakravarthy[12] ...
6 Oct 2014 Remembering Vins, Pran & Bapu ...
27 Oct 2014 Faces : R. K. Laxman’s Caricatures ...
17 Nov 2014 Alok Nirantar Ramachandra Guha
6 Dec 2014 Edua Szucs (Hungarian lady cartoonist) Chiranjeev Singh
27 Dec 2014 Frederick Joss, London S.G. Vasudev

Exhibitions : 2015 edit

 
Satish Acharya, 31 Jan 2015
 
William Hogarth, 1 July 2015
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
31 Jan 2015 Satish Acharya Raobail
22 Feb 2015 Pickels & Lota by Goda Anirudh Raghvan M N Venkatachaliah, N. Murali
14 Mar 2015 Sanket Gurudatta M.A. Ponnappa, Chairman Karnataka Media Academy
6 Apr 2015 Your Autograph Please : Caricatures by Ranga ...
25 Apr 2015 Smile with Melvin Mathew (India born US Cartoonist) ...
16 May 2015 MKMA-2014 (Foreign Cartoons) Prof. S Settar
3 June 2015 MKMA-2014 (Indian Cartoons) Dr. H N Suresh, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavana
1 July 2015 London-250 Years Ago : William Hogarth ...
5 Aug 2015 Pocket cartoons of Mario Miranda ...
5 Sep 2015 Selected works of S.D. Phadnis ...
31 Oct 2015 Cartoons Karnataka 2015 M. Shivakumar, Editor, Aparanji
21 Nov 2015 Caricatures India (Selected work) ...
10 Dec 2015 Funtoons : Vldimir Kazanevski, Ukraine ...

Exhibitions : 2016 edit

 
David Low, July 9–23, 2016
Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
2 Jan 2016 Vakra Kirana by Kantesh M. Badiger[13] P. Rajendra
23 Jan 2016 START-UP R. K. Laxman from Koravanji Usha Srinivas Laxman, M. Shivakumar, Beluru Ramamurthy
13 Feb 2016 Sukumar & Mohanachandran Vasant Kulkarni
5 Mar 2016 WOMAN’S RIGHTS International Cartoon Contest by Toons Mag, Norway[14] Aruna C. Newton
26 Mar 2016 REFUGEES cartoon exhibition Organisor: Kimse Yak Mu, Turkey Chiranjeev Singh, Vedat Oruc
24 Apr 2016 S.V. Padmanabha Sugata Srinivasaraju
4 Jun 2016 9th Anniversary of IIC : 125th cartoon exhibition U.V. Vasantha Rao, Ritu Gairola Khanduri
9 July 2016 Sir David Low ...
6 Aug 2016 Karnataka as seen by Mario ...
3 Sept 2016 Nirmish Thaker (Jnanapith Awardee) Chandrashekhar Kambara (Jnanapith Awardee)
15 Oct 2016 Unpublished R.K. Laxman[15] ...
12 Nov 2016 Smile with Nadig ...
10 Dec 2016 World of Raobail ...

Exhibitions : 2017 edit

 
Shekhar Gurera, 7-28 Jan 2017
 
Yesudasan, Apr 8-22, 2017
Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
07-28 Jan 2017 Cartoons and Future Lens by Shekhar Gurera[16] Parvati Gurera
4-25 Feb 2017 World of B. V. Ramamurthy[17][18] ...
Mar 11 - Apr 1, 2017 James Vaz Shivaram
Apr 8-22, 2017 Yesudasan ...
Apr 29 - May 20, 2017 Freedom of Expression: International Cartoons by Toons Mag[19] Dr Satyabhama Badhreenath
May 27 - Jun 10, 2017 Smitha Bhandare Kamat Dr Deepti Navaratna
Jun 14 - Jul 15, 2017 10th Anniversary of IIC ; MKMA-2016 (Indian and Foreign)[20] A Kheny, G Karnad, S G Vasudev, A Kamath, Keshav
Sept 9-30, 2017 Tuktuk's World by Shreyas Navare ...
28 Oct- Nov 18, 2017 Telugu Cartoonotsavam by Heartoonists (Telugu Cartoonists)[21] Dr Satyabhama Badhreenath, Dr Jayadev Babu

Exhibitions : 2018 edit

 
Liza Donnelly, Apr 7-28, 2018
Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
6-27 Jan 2018 Liu Quiang (Chinese Cartoonist) [22] ...
9 Mar 2018 My Times My View (A collection of cartoons by V G Narendra, Published in Shankar's Weekly) Ravi Hegde (Chief Editor: Kannada Prabha)
9-30 Mar 2018 Late Kanneppadi Ramakrishna (Raghu) (Apr 29, 1925-Jul 23, 2000) ...
7-28 Apr 2018 Liza Donnelly (American Cartoonist)[23] ...
5–26 May 2018 Foreign Cartoons (MKMA-2017) Balan Nambiar, Amarnath Kamath
2-30 Jun 2018 150th Exhibition : Indian Cartoons (MKMA-2017) Tahir Bagasrawala
7-28 Jul 2018 Hazards of Plastic[24] Cartoon Watch
22 Aug-1 Sep 2018 Exhibition of Cartoons [25] Karnataka Cartoonists Association
8-22 Sep 2018 Cartoons and Caricaures by Mrityunjay Chiluveru [26] ...
6-20 Oct 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner, Signe Wilkinson[27][28] Dr. V A Sastry
3-23 Nov 2018 ‘Bankartoons’ exhibition by H. S. Vishwanath [29] Harish J Padmanabha
1-15 Dec 2018 Cartoons by H S Vishwanath [30] ...

Exhibitions : 2019 edit

Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
5-25 Jan 2019 Exhibition of caricatures by Sparsh Dhaharwal[31] ...
5-23 Mar 2019 PANDUTOONS by B V Panduranga Rao [32] K R Swamy
7-20 Apr 2019 As It Is by Bibek Sengupta [33] Chiranjeev Singh
4–18 May 2019 Paresh Nath (Cartoonist : Khaleej Times)[34] Ramakrishna Upadhya
1-22 Jun 2019 Foreign Cartoons (MKMA 2018) [35] P D Shenoy
6-26 Jul 2019 Indian Cartoons (MKMA 2018) [36] Sudhakar Rao, IAS (Retd.)
3-23 Aug 2019 ECOTISM by Ashvini Menon [37] Dr A N Yellappa Reddy
24 Aug -20 Sep 2019 "Safe Drive Save Life" (International Cartoons) [38] In association with Fahad Mir Foundation, Buntoon Club and Toons Mag
14-28 Sep 2019 S D Phadnis [39] ...
12-24 Oct 2019 Luc Descheemaeker (O-SEKOER) [40] ...
9-24 Nov 2019 Y S Nanjunda Swamy [41] B G Gujjarappa
14-28 Dec 2019 Kutty PKS Cheepuru Kiran Kumar

Exhibitions : 2020 edit

 
Sudhir Dar, 11-25 Jan 2020
Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
11-25 Jan 2020 Exhibition of cartoons by Sudhir Dar ...
8-22 Feb 2020 Exhibition of the work by Shaunak Samvatsar [42] Bharat M Mehta
14-21 Mar 2020 Exhibition of the Cartoons by Megaravalli Subramanya S N Sethuram
12-24 Oct 2020 Online Exhibition of cartoons by R. K. Laxman on his 100th Birth Anniversary ...

Exhibitions : 2021 edit

 
Daryl Cagle, 6-27 Mar 2021
Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
6-27 Feb 2021 Exhibition of the work by Izabela Kowalska Wieczorek (Poland) [43] ...
6-27 Mar 2021 Exhibition of the Cartoons by Daryl Cagle (US) [44] ...
21 Aug-11 Sep 2021 Foreign Cartoons (MKMA 2019–2020) [45] ...
25 Sep-16 Oct 2021 Indian Cartoons (MKMA 2019–2020)[46] ...
23 Oct-13 Nov 2021 Laxman@100 (Commemorates the birth centenary of the legendary Cartoonist R. K. Laxman[47]) ...
20 Nov-04 Dec 2021 Exhibition of the Cartoons by Coffee Shankar [48] ...
11-25 Dec 2021 Witty World by Klaus Pitter [49] ...

Exhibitions : 2022 edit

 
E. P. Unny, 04-21 Jun 2022
Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
1-21 Jan 2022 Big Caricatures by 21 Karnataka Cartoonists [50] ...
31 Jan -12 Feb 2022 America in Cartoons by Shreyas Navare ...
05-26 Mar 2022 "Just Like That" by Sudheendra Koushik [51] ...
02-23 Apr 2022 Bangla Cartoon 150 (1872-2022) [52] ...
07-24 May 2022 The World of Anirban Bora (A Tribute Exhibition towards the departed soul) [53] ...
04-21 Jun 2022 Cartoon & Sketches by E. P. Unny[54] ...
02-23 July 2022 Foreign Cartoons (MKMA 2021) ...
06-23 Aug 2022 Indian Cartoons (MKMA 2021) & Cartoons by Ajit Ninan (1955-2023) [55] ...
03-14 Sept 2022 Cartoons by Marco De Angelis (Italian Cartoonist) ...
24 Dec. 2022 - 07 Jan. 2023 Cartoons & Caricatures by Irfan Khan ...

Exhibitions : 2023 edit

Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
04-18 Feb. 2023 Caricatures by Nedumaran ...
03-17 Jun. 2023 Cartoons by Malatesh Garadimani B. G. Gujjarappa
22 Jul. 2023 - 05 Aug. 2023 Cartoons & Illustrations by Enver Ahmed (1909–1992) [56] ...
26 Aug. 2023 - 23 Sep. 2023 Cartoons by Jayanto Banerjee ...
07-21 Oct. 2023 Cartoons by Chiluveru Mrityunjay [57] ...
04-18 Nov. 2023 Cartoons by Soumyadip Sinha ...
11-23 Dec. 2023 Cartoons by Silvano Mello ...

Exhibitions : 2024 edit

Duration Date Cartoonist/s Inaugurated by
06-31 Jan. 2024 CartoonistsIndia 2023 ...

BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award edit

Date Awarded to .
06 Aug 2022 Ajit Ninan .
26 Aug 2023 Jayanto Banerjee .

Maya Kamath Memorial Award edit

 
Maya Kamath (1951 - 2001)

The Maya Kamath Memorial Awards(MKMA : 2008-2021) Competition for excellence in political cartoons and Best Budding Cartoonists award was started in 2008. IIC is also organising MKMA competition. These awards have been instituted by the family of late cartoonist Maya Kamath(1951-2001). The jury for selecting best cartoons for the awards includes Girish Karnad, S. G. Vasudev, B. G. Gujjarappa and Satish Acharya.[58][59]

Awardees of MKMA edit

 
Manjul Kishore, May 18, 2010
Award 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Special Jury Appreciation Best Budding Cartoonist Best Foreign Cartoonist
MKMA:2008 Sandeep Adhwaryu [60] Ramadhyani, Shimoga Shankar Pamarthy . Mujib Patla
MKMA:2009 Manjul Kishore[61] Mohd. Zahoor Prashant Kulkarni . Rebecca Taylor
MKMA:2010 Vivek Thakker Shyamal Das Satish Acharya . Margaret Samte, Siyang Borang
MKMA:2011 Mohd. Zahoor[62] K. N. Balraj Sajith Kumar . Siddharth Achaya, Kapil Gholap
MKMA:2012 Dwijith Uday Vitla Ramadhyani . Kapil Gholap, Ahan Tulshn Pena Pai (Romania)
MKMA:2013 Tanmay Tyagi Manoj Chopra Alok Nirantar . Rohit Padma Valentin Georgeiv (Bulgaria)
MKMA:2014 Satish Acharya Kantesh Badiger Rohan Chakravarthy . Leeza John Paolo Dalponte (Italy), Behzad Ghafari (Canada)
MKMA:2015 Alok Nirantar V. R. Ragesh Gokul Gopalakrishnan . M.K. Kishan Yaser Delfan (Iran), Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan)
MKMA:2016 T.K. Sujith Prasannan Anickad Dhananjay Ekbote . Debashish Singh Amir Soheili (Iran), Cornel Cheorean (Romania), Saeed Sadegahi (Iran)
MKMA:2017 Sasi Kumar Mruthyunjay Ranjith M S . Ali Haidar Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan), Jitet Kustana (Indonesia)
MKMA:2018 Prashant Kulkarni Malatesh Garadimani Vikram Nayak . Suprabho Roy, Atharva Vanakundre Darko Drljevic (Montenegro), Liu Quiang (China)
MKMA:2019 Uday Deb Debashish Singh Sujith T.K. Alok Nirantar, Mika Aziz, Rituparno Basu Atharva Vanakundre Sunshen Yi (China), Saeed Sadeghi (Iran)
MKMA:2020 Vikram Nayak Santosh Bhise Shiva K.M. Malatesh Garadimani, Mrityunjay, Sankar Ghosh Vishal Shenoy Ali Shafei (Iran), Hamid Soufi (Iran)
MKMA:2021 Sumanta Baruah Kallol Majumdar Najunda Swamy Jairaj TG, Panduranga Rao, Ragesh VR Abhishek Nayak Jitet Kustana (Indonesia), Marco De Angelis (Italy), Mansoure Dehgahani (Iran)

References edit

  1. ^ Official website of Indian Institute of cartoonists: CartoonistsIndia.com
  2. ^ IIC is the only organisation in India working towards promoting the art of cartooning The News Minute : 5 May 2016
  3. ^ The objectives of IIC at BangaloreBest.com : 2001
  4. ^ Achievements at CartoonistsIndia.com
  5. ^ Homage at CartoonistsIndia.com
  6. ^ Lifetime Achievement Award, by IIC IndiaArt.com : S. D. Phadnis
  7. ^ 'FineToons' at IIC indiaPRwire.com : 6 April 2009
  8. ^ Winners of Maya Kamath award announced The Hindu : April 16, 2009
  9. ^ Winners of Maya Kamath award announced DNA : 18 May 2010
  10. ^ An exhibition of Cartoons by B. V. Ramamurthy MyBangalore.com : 30 June 2012
  11. ^ Poster at IIC Famous Fifteen : 17 Aug 2013
  12. ^ Wildlife the Toonie Way ConservationIndia.org : 13 September 2014
  13. ^ ‘VAKRA KIRANA’ by Kantesh EventsHigh.com : 2 January 2016
  14. ^ "Women's Rights- International Cartoon Exhibitions, Bangalore, Karnataka, India". Toons Mag. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  15. ^ Laxman’s unpublished doodles to go on display in Bengaluru The Hindu : 14 October 2016
  16. ^ Doodle-Do (Listing) Bangalore Mirror, Bangalore, 31 December 2016.
  17. ^ What's New 2017 BestCartoons.net : Personal Exhibition
  18. ^ Events in Bengaluru Today The Hindu / 3 February 2017
  19. ^ ""Freedom of Expression" International Cartoon Exhibition, Bangalore, India". Toons Mag. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  20. ^ IIC to train budding cartoonists The Hindu Bangalore : 8 June 2017
  21. ^ Telugu Cartoonotsavam in city from 28 Oct Deccan Herald, Bangalore : 18 Oct 2017
  22. ^ SHOW AND TELL Bangalore Mirror: 6 Jan 2018
  23. ^ Solo Exhibit Of My Political Cartoons In India By Liza : 2 May 2018
  24. ^ Cartoon exhibition inaugurated in Bengaluru : TOI : Jal 8, 2018
  25. ^ cartooning in Bengaluru : The Hindu : Aug 20, 2018
  26. ^ Exhibition of caricatures by Mrityunjay : Telangana Today : Sep 2, 2018
  27. ^ 'Cartoons don’t kill people, fanatics do' : By Sowmya Rajaram, Bangalore Mirror : Oct 2, 2018
  28. ^ Signe Wilkinson : The Washington Post : News Service & Syndicate
  29. ^ Exhibition of caricatures by Umesh Kumar : BestCartoons : Sep 26, 2018
  30. ^ Exhibition of caricatures by Umesh Kumar : BestCartoons : Nov 21, 2018
  31. ^ Medium does not matter for caricaturist Sparsh Dhaharwal : By Ranjani Govind, The Hindu : Jan 10, 2019
  32. ^ Things to do today : Some Cartoons for you : Bangalore Mirror : Mar 05, 2019
  33. ^ As It Is, an exhibition by cartoonist Bibek Sengupta : Indulge, Indian Express : Apr 01, 2019
  34. ^ Exhibition of the works of cartoonist Paresh Nath : Indulge, Indian Express : May 03, 2019
  35. ^ Maya Kamath Foreign Cartoon Exhibition, India 2018 : Gold Pencil Indonesia : May 21, 2019
  36. ^ In toon with the times by Simran Ahuja : The New Indian Express : June 15, 2019
  37. ^ Ecotism will draw you here by Ranjani Govind : The Hindu : August 05, 2019
  38. ^ International cartoon Exhibition on road safety /India 2019 : TabrizCartoons.com : Jul 14, 2019
  39. ^ Age no barfor humour By Ranjani Govind, The Hindu : Sep 13, 2019
  40. ^ ‘I’m drawing about the bad world in crazy times’: Cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker by Praveen : The Hindu : Oct 14, 2019
  41. ^ Indulge Report : Indian Express : Oct 31, 2019
  42. ^ This cartoon show by Shaunak By Jayanthi Madhukar, Bangalore Mirror : Feb 5, 2020
  43. ^ In toon with the times By Monika Monalisa, New Indian Express : Feb 9, 2021
  44. ^ Check out Some Cartoons By Bangalore Mirror, India Times : Mar 12, 2021
  45. ^ Exhibition of foreign cartoons : The Hindu : Aug 19, 2021
  46. ^ Exhibition of international cartoons MKMA 2019-2020 By Naya Nazriya : Aug 19, 2021
  47. ^ Cartoon exhibition to mark birth centenary of R.K. Laxman By The Hindu : Oct 22, 2021
  48. ^ 3 Things to do By Bangalore Mirror, India Times : Nov 23, 2021
  49. ^ IIC is organising an exhibition By TrendsMap : Nov 28, 2021
  50. ^ Caricatured beyond repair By Rasheed Kappan, Deccan Herald : Jan 4, 2022
  51. ^ 3 Things to do today, Bangalore Mirror : Mar 23, 2022
  52. ^ An Exhibition of Bangla Cartoon 150, Tabriz Cartoons : Mar 23, 2022
  53. ^ An exhibition in the memory of cartoonist Anirban Bora By Dipanita Nath, Indian Express : May 04, 2022
  54. ^ The City and Its People: IE's chief political cartoonist EP Unny By Vandana Kalra, Indian Express : June 10, 2022
  55. ^ An exhibition of Cartoons by Ajit Ninan with selected entries from MKMA 2021 Indian Participants By ITAdmin : July 21, 2022
  56. ^ An exhibition of cartoons by ever-green Enver Ahmed : The Hindu / July 24, 2023
  57. ^ A cartoon exhibition that underscores the importance of trees to human beings : The Hindu / October 05, 2023
  58. ^ MKMA information at IIC
  59. ^ Homage : Maya Kamath Homage by IIC
  60. ^ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2008 Outlook : April 18, 2009
  61. ^ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2009 DNA : May 18, 2010
  62. ^ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2011 The Express Tribune, Pakistan: April 20, 2012


External links edit

  • Official website
  • Bangalore toons in (India Today)
  • A Gallery of Laughter! (The Hindustan Times Blog)
  • Tickling the funny bone (Citizen Matters, Bangalore)