Indian Institute of Cartoonists Abbreviation IIC Founded 8 June 2001 (2001-06-08 )  Founder K. Shankar Pillai Type Not for Profit - Registered Trust Focus Promoting the art of cartooning in India Location Method Cartoon Workshop, Cartoon Library & Cartoon Gallery with every month new cartoon exhibition Key people
Ashok Kheny  (Chairman )Website www.cartoonistsindia.org   
 
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.
 
Founders and Brief History 
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 
(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 
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  
Exhibitions : 2007 
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 
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 
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 
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 [ 9]  
Arundhati Nag 
 
27 May 2010 
Sumanta Baruah [ 10]  
U.R. Rao 
 
18 Jun 2010 
MKMA-2009[ 11]  
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 
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 
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 [ 12]  
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 
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 [ 13]  
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 
 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[ 14]  
...
  
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 
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 
Date 
Cartoonist/s 
Inaugurated by
  
2 Jan 2016 
Vakra Kirana  by Kantesh M. Badiger[ 15]  
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[ 16]  
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 [ 17]  
...
  
12 Nov 2016 
Smile with Nadig 
...
  
10 Dec 2016 
World of Raobail  
...
  
Exhibitions : 2017 
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 [ 18]  
Parvati Gurera
  
4-25 Feb 2017 
World of B. V. Ramamurthy [ 19] [ 20]  
...
  
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 [ 21]  
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)[ 22]  
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)[ 23]  
Dr Satyabhama Badhreenath, Dr Jayadev Babu
  
Exhibitions : 2018 
Liza Donnelly , Apr 7-28, 2018 
Duration Date 
Cartoonist/s 
Inaugurated by
  
6-27 Jan 2018 
Liu Quiang (Chinese Cartoonist) [ 24]  
...
  
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)[ 25]  
...
  
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[ 26]  
Cartoon Watch
  
22 Aug-1 Sep 2018 
Exhibition of Cartoons [ 27]  
Karnataka Cartoonists Association
  
8-22 Sep 2018 
Cartoons and Caricaures by Mrityunjay Chiluveru [ 28]  
...
  
6-20 Oct 2018 
Pulitzer Prize  winner, Signe Wilkinson [ 29] [ 30]  
Dr. V A Sastry
  
3-23 Nov 2018 
'Bankartoons' exhibition by H. S. Vishwanath [ 31]  
Harish J Padmanabha
  
1-15 Dec 2018 
Cartoons by H S Vishwanath [ 32]  
...
  
Exhibitions : 2019 
Duration Date 
Cartoonist/s 
Inaugurated by
  
5-25 Jan 2019 
Exhibition of caricatures by Sparsh Dhaharwal[ 33]  
...
  
5-23 Mar 2019 
PANDUTOONS by B V Panduranga Rao [ 34]  
K R Swamy
  
7-20 Apr 2019 
As It Is by Bibek Sengupta  [ 35]  
Chiranjeev Singh
  
4–18 May 2019 
Paresh Nath (Cartoonist : Khaleej Times ) [ 36]  
Ramakrishna Upadhya
  
1-22 Jun 2019 
Foreign Cartoons (MKMA 2018) [ 37]  
P D Shenoy
  
6-26 Jul 2019 
Indian Cartoons (MKMA 2018) [ 38]  
Sudhakar Rao, IAS (Retd.)
  
3-23 Aug 2019 
ECOTISM by Ashvini Menon [ 39]  
Dr A N Yellappa Reddy
  
24 Aug -20 Sep 2019 
"Safe Drive Save Life" (International Cartoons) [ 40]  
In association with Fahad Mir Foundation, Buntoon Club and Toons Mag 
  
14-28 Sep 2019 
S D Phadnis [ 41]  
...
  
12-24 Oct 2019 
Luc Descheemaeker (O-SEKOER) [ 42]  
...
  
9-24 Nov 2019 
Y S Nanjunda Swamy [ 43]  
B G Gujjarappa
  
14-28 Dec 2019 
Kutty PKS  
Cheepuru Kiran Kumar
  
Exhibitions : 2020 
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 [ 44]  
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 
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) [ 45]  
...
  
6-27 Mar 2021 
Exhibition of the Cartoons by Daryl Cagle  (US) [ 46]  
...
  
21 Aug-11 Sep 2021 
Foreign Cartoons (MKMA 2019–2020) [ 47]  
...
  
25 Sep-16 Oct 2021 
Indian Cartoons (MKMA 2019–2020)[ 48]  
...
  
23 Oct-13 Nov 2021 
Laxman@100 (Commemorates the birth centenary of the legendary Cartoonist R. K. Laxman [ 49]  ) 
...
  
20 Nov-04 Dec 2021 
Exhibition of the Cartoons by Coffee Shankar [ 50]  
...
  
11-25 Dec 2021 
Witty World by Klaus Pitter [ 51]  
...
  
Exhibitions : 2022 
E. P. Unny , 04-21 Jun 2022 
Duration Date 
Cartoonist/s 
Inaugurated by
  
1-21 Jan 2022 
Big Caricatures by 21 Karnataka Cartoonists [ 52]  
...
  
31 Jan -12 Feb 2022 
America in Cartoons by Shreyas Navare 
...
  
05-26 Mar 2022 
"Just Like That" by Sudheendra Koushik [ 53]  
...
  
02-23 Apr 2022 
Bangla Cartoon 150 (1872-2022) [ 54]  
...
  
07-24 May 2022 
The World of Anirban Bora (A Tribute Exhibition towards the departed soul) [ 55]  
...
  
04-21 Jun 2022 
Cartoon & Sketches by E. P. Unny [ 56]  
...
  
02-23 July 2022 
Foreign Cartoons (MKMA 2021) 
...
  
06-23 Aug 2022 
Indian Cartoons (MKMA 2021) & Cartoons by Ajit Ninan  (1955-2023) [ 57]  
...
  
03-14 Sept 2022 
Cartoons by Marco De Angelis (Italian Cartoonist) 
...
  
24 Dec. 2022 - 07 Jan. 2023 
Cartoons & Caricatures by Irfan Khan 
...
  
Exhibitions : 2023 
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)  [ 58]  
...
  
26 Aug. 2023 - 23 Sep. 2023 
Cartoons by Jayanto Banerjee  
...
  
07-21 Oct. 2023 
Cartoons by Chiluveru Mrityunjay [ 59]  
...
  
04-18 Nov. 2023 
Cartoons by Soumyadip Sinha 
...
  
11-23 Dec. 2023 
Cartoons by Silvano Mello 
...
  
Exhibitions : 2024 
Duration Date 
Cartoonist/s 
Inaugurated by
  
06-31 Jan. 2024 
CartoonistsIndia 2023 
...
  
01-15 Jun. 2024 
Dave Brown (British Cartoonist)  [ 60]  
...
  
06-20 Jul. 2024 
Keshav Venkataraghavan 
...
  
BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award 
Maya Kamath Memorial Award 
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.[ 62] [ 63]  
Awardees of MKMA 
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 [ 64]  
Ramadhyani, Shimoga 
Shankar Pamarthy  
. 
Mujib Patla 
  
MKMA:2009 
Manjul Kishore [ 65]  
Mohd. Zahoor 
Prashant Kulkarni 
. 
Rebecca Taylor 
  
MKMA:2010 
Vivek Thakker 
Shyamal Das 
Satish Acharya  
. 
Margaret Samte, Siyang Borang 
  
MKMA:2011 
Mohd. Zahoor[ 66]  
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 
^   Official website of Indian Institute of cartoonists: CartoonistsIndia.com  
 
^   IIC is the only organisation in India working towards promoting the art of cartooning  The News Minute : 5 May 2016 
 
^   The objectives of IIC  at  BangaloreBest.com : 2001 
 
^   Achievements  at  CartoonistsIndia.com 
 
^   Homage  at  CartoonistsIndia.com 
 
^   Lifetime Achievement Award, by IIC  IndiaArt.com : S. D. Phadnis 
 
^   'FineToons' at IIC  indiaPRwire.com : 6 April 2009 
 
^   Winners of Maya Kamath award announced  The Hindu :  April 16, 2009 
 
^   "India Karnataka bangalore News Photo - Actress Arundati Nag looking Satish Acharya's cartoon arts Indian cartoon Gallery MG Road, Bangalore Thursday 6th May 2010 - India Bangalore Karnataka News Photo Agency for local newspaper with Press Photo Archives" . www.pics4news.com . Retrieved 29 July  2025 . 
 
^   "The art of science" . The Hindu . 31 May 2010. ISSN  0971-751X . Retrieved 29 July  2025 . 
 
^   Winners of Maya Kamath award announced  DNA :  18 May 2010 
 
^   An exhibition of Cartoons by B. V. Ramamurthy  Archived  29 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine  MyBangalore.com : 30 June 2012 
 
^   Poster at IIC  Famous Fifteen : 17 Aug 2013 
 
^   Wildlife the Toonie Way  ConservationIndia.org : 13 September 2014 
 
^   'VAKRA KIRANA' by Kantesh  EventsHigh.com : 2 January 2016 
 
^   "Women's Rights- International Cartoon Exhibitions, Bangalore, Karnataka, India" . Toons Mag . 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July  2019 . 
 
^   Laxman's unpublished doodles to go on display in Bengaluru  The Hindu : 14 October 2016 
 
^   Doodle-Do (Listing)  Bangalore Mirror , Bangalore, 31 December 2016. 
 
^   What's New 2017  BestCartoons.net : Personal Exhibition 
 
^   Events in Bengaluru Today  The Hindu  / 3 February 2017 
 
^   " "Freedom of Expression" International Cartoon Exhibition, Bangalore, India" . Toons Mag . 29 April 2017. Retrieved 15 July  2019 . 
 
^   IIC to train budding cartoonists  The Hindu  Bangalore : 8 June 2017 
 
^   Telugu Cartoonotsavam in city from 28 Oct  Deccan Herald , Bangalore : 18 Oct 2017 
 
^   SHOW AND TELL  Bangalore Mirror: 6 Jan 2018 
 
^   Solo Exhibit Of My Political Cartoons In India  By Liza : 2 May 2018 
 
^   Cartoon exhibition inaugurated in Bengaluru  : TOI  : Jal 8, 2018 
 
^   cartooning in Bengaluru  : The Hindu  : Aug 20, 2018 
 
^   Exhibition of caricatures by Mrityunjay  : Telangana Today  : Sep 2, 2018 
 
^   'Cartoons don't kill people, fanatics do'  : By Sowmya Rajaram, Bangalore Mirror  : Oct 2, 2018 
 
^   Signe Wilkinson  : The Washington Post  : News Service & Syndicate 
 
^   Exhibition of caricatures by Umesh Kumar  : BestCartoons : Sep 26, 2018 
 
^   Exhibition of caricatures by Umesh Kumar  : BestCartoons : Nov 21, 2018 
 
^   Medium does not matter for caricaturist Sparsh Dhaharwal  : By Ranjani Govind, The Hindu  : Jan 10, 2019 
 
^   Things to do today : Some Cartoons for you  : Bangalore Mirror  : Mar 05, 2019 
 
^   As It Is, an exhibition by cartoonist Bibek Sengupta  : Indulge, Indian Express  : Apr 01, 2019 
 
^   Exhibition of the works of cartoonist Paresh Nath  : Indulge, Indian Express  : May 03, 2019 
 
^   Maya Kamath Foreign Cartoon Exhibition, India 2018  : Gold Pencil Indonesia : May 21, 2019 
 
^   In toon with the times  by Simran Ahuja : The New Indian Express  : June 15, 2019 
 
^   Ecotism will draw you here  by Ranjani Govind : The Hindu  : August 05, 2019 
 
^   International cartoon Exhibition on road safety  /India 2019 : TabrizCartoons.com : Jul 14, 2019 
 
^   Age no barfor humour  By Ranjani Govind, The Hindu  : Sep 13, 2019 
 
^   'I'm drawing about the bad world in crazy times': Cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker  by Praveen : The Hindu  : Oct 14, 2019 
 
^   Indulge Report  : Indian Express  : Oct 31, 2019 
 
^   This cartoon show by Shaunak  By Jayanthi Madhukar, Bangalore Mirror  : Feb 5, 2020 
 
^   In toon with the times  By Monika Monalisa, New Indian Express  : Feb 9, 2021 
 
^   Check out Some Cartoons  By Bangalore Mirror, India Times : Mar 12, 2021 
 
^   Exhibition of foreign cartoons  : The Hindu  : Aug 19, 2021 
 
^   Exhibition of international cartoons MKMA 2019-2020  By Naya Nazriya : Aug 19, 2021 
 
^   Cartoon exhibition to mark birth centenary of R.K. Laxman  By The Hindu  : Oct 22, 2021 
 
^   3 Things to do  By Bangalore Mirror, India Times : Nov 23, 2021 
 
^   IIC is organising an exhibition  By TrendsMap : Nov 28, 2021 
 
^   Caricatured beyond repair  By Rasheed Kappan, Deccan Herald  : Jan 4, 2022 
 
^   3 Things to do today , Bangalore Mirror : Mar 23, 2022 
 
^   An Exhibition of Bangla Cartoon 150 , Tabriz Cartoons : Mar 23, 2022 
 
^   An exhibition in the memory of cartoonist Anirban Bora  By Dipanita Nath, Indian Express  : May 04, 2022 
 
^   The City and Its People: IE's chief political cartoonist EP Unny  By Vandana Kalra, Indian Express  : June 10, 2022 
 
^   An exhibition of Cartoons by Ajit Ninan with selected entries from MKMA 2021 Indian Participants  By ITAdmin : July 21, 2022 
 
^   An exhibition of cartoons by ever-green Enver Ahmed  : The Hindu  / July 24, 2023 
 
^   A cartoon exhibition that underscores the importance of trees to human beings  : The Hindu  / October 05, 2023 
 
^   A cartoonist who never offends...  : The Hindu  / June 06, 2024 
 
^   IIC to honor cartoonist Keshav  : The Hindu  / July 03, 2024 
 
^   MKMA  information at IIC 
 
^   Homage : Maya Kamath  Homage by IIC 
 
^   Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2008  Outlook : April 18, 2009 
 
^   Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2009  DNA : May 18, 2010 
 
^   Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2011  The Express Tribune, Pakistan: April 20, 2012 
 
  
 
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