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Indian Institute of Cartoonists

Abbreviation| IIC
Founded| 8 June 2001
(24 years ago) (2001-06-08)
Founder| K. Shankar Pillai
Type| Not for Profit - Registered Trust
Focus| Promoting the art of cartooning in India
Location|

* Bengaluru, India
12°58'18.9"N 77°37'05.1"E

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

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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

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(IIC as in May 2017)

Honorary Chairman | : Ashok Kheny

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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

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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

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### Exhibitions : 2007

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Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Prakash Shetty, 5 Sept 2008 Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Mario Miranda, 3 Oct 2009 Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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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

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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

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Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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B. V. Ramamurthy, June 30-July 20, 2012 Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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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

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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

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V. G. Narendra, 1 Mar 2014 Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Satish Acharya, 31 Jan 2015 William Hogarth, 1 July 2015 Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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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

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Shekhar Gurera, 7-28 Jan 2017 Yesudasan, Apr 8-22, 2017 Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Liza Donnelly, Apr 7-28, 2018 Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Sudhir Dar, 11-25 Jan 2020 Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Daryl Cagle, 6-27 Mar 2021 Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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E. P. Unny, 04-21 Jun 2022 Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by

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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

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Date | Awarded to | .

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06 Aug 2022 | Ajit Ninan | .
26 Aug 2023 | Jayanto Banerjee | .
06 Jul 2024 | Keshav Venkataraghavan [61] | .

## Maya Kamath Memorial Award

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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

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Manjul Kishore, May 18, 2010 Award | 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Special Jury Appreciation | Best Budding Cartoonist | Best Foreign Cartoonist

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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

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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[usurped] at CartoonistsIndia.com
5. ^ Homage[usurped] 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. ^ "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.
10. ^ & (31 May 2010). "The art of science". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 July 2025. `{{cite news}}`: `|last=` has numeric name (help)
11. ^ Winners of Maya Kamath award announced DNA : 18 May 2010
12. ^ An exhibition of Cartoons by B. V. Ramamurthy Archived 29 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine MyBangalore.com : 30 June 2012
13. ^ Poster at IIC[usurped] Famous Fifteen : 17 Aug 2013
14. ^ Wildlife the Toonie Way ConservationIndia.org : 13 September 2014
15. ^ ‘VAKRA KIRANA’ by Kantesh[usurped] EventsHigh.com : 2 January 2016
16. ^ "Women's Rights- International Cartoon Exhibitions, Bangalore, Karnataka, India". Toons Mag. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
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18. ^ Doodle-Do (Listing) Bangalore Mirror, Bangalore, 31 December 2016.
19. ^ What's New 2017[dead link] BestCartoons.net : Personal Exhibition
20. ^ Events in Bengaluru Today The Hindu / 3 February 2017
21. ^ ""Freedom of Expression" International Cartoon Exhibition, Bangalore, India". Toons Mag. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
22. ^ IIC to train budding cartoonists The Hindu Bangalore : 8 June 2017
23. ^ Telugu Cartoonotsavam in city from 28 Oct Deccan Herald, Bangalore : 18 Oct 2017
24. ^ SHOW AND TELL Bangalore Mirror: 6 Jan 2018
25. ^ Solo Exhibit Of My Political Cartoons In India By Liza : 2 May 2018
26. ^ Cartoon exhibition inaugurated in Bengaluru : TOI : Jal 8, 2018
27. ^ cartooning in Bengaluru : The Hindu : Aug 20, 2018
28. ^ Exhibition of caricatures by Mrityunjay : Telangana Today : Sep 2, 2018
29. ^ 'Cartoons don’t kill people, fanatics do' : By Sowmya Rajaram, Bangalore Mirror : Oct 2, 2018
30. ^ Signe Wilkinson : The Washington Post : News Service & Syndicate
31. ^ Exhibition of caricatures by Umesh Kumar[usurped] : BestCartoons : Sep 26, 2018
32. ^ Exhibition of caricatures by Umesh Kumar : BestCartoons : Nov 21, 2018
33. ^ Medium does not matter for caricaturist Sparsh Dhaharwal : By Ranjani Govind, The Hindu : Jan 10, 2019
34. ^ Things to do today : Some Cartoons for you : Bangalore Mirror : Mar 05, 2019
35. ^ As It Is, an exhibition by cartoonist Bibek Sengupta : Indulge, Indian Express : Apr 01, 2019
36. ^ Exhibition of the works of cartoonist Paresh Nath : Indulge, Indian Express : May 03, 2019
37. ^ Maya Kamath Foreign Cartoon Exhibition, India 2018 : Gold Pencil Indonesia : May 21, 2019
38. ^ In toon with the times by Simran Ahuja : The New Indian Express : June 15, 2019
39. ^ Ecotism will draw you here by Ranjani Govind : The Hindu : August 05, 2019
40. ^ International cartoon Exhibition on road safety /India 2019 : TabrizCartoons.com : Jul 14, 2019
41. ^ Age no barfor humour By Ranjani Govind, The Hindu : Sep 13, 2019
42. ^ ‘I’m drawing about the bad world in crazy times’: Cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker by Praveen : The Hindu : Oct 14, 2019
43. ^ Indulge Report : Indian Express : Oct 31, 2019
44. ^ This cartoon show by Shaunak By Jayanthi Madhukar, Bangalore Mirror : Feb 5, 2020
45. ^ In toon with the times By Monika Monalisa, New Indian Express : Feb 9, 2021
46. ^ Check out Some Cartoons By Bangalore Mirror, India Times : Mar 12, 2021
47. ^ Exhibition of foreign cartoons : The Hindu : Aug 19, 2021
48. ^ Exhibition of international cartoons MKMA 2019-2020 By Naya Nazriya : Aug 19, 2021
49. ^ Cartoon exhibition to mark birth centenary of R.K. Laxman By The Hindu : Oct 22, 2021
50. ^ 3 Things to do By Bangalore Mirror, India Times : Nov 23, 2021
51. ^ IIC is organising an exhibition By TrendsMap : Nov 28, 2021
52. ^ Caricatured beyond repair By Rasheed Kappan, Deccan Herald : Jan 4, 2022
53. ^ 3 Things to do today, Bangalore Mirror : Mar 23, 2022
54. ^ An Exhibition of Bangla Cartoon 150, Tabriz Cartoons : Mar 23, 2022
55. ^ An exhibition in the memory of cartoonist Anirban Bora By Dipanita Nath, Indian Express : May 04, 2022
56. ^ The City and Its People: IE's chief political cartoonist EP Unny By Vandana Kalra, Indian Express : June 10, 2022
57. ^ An exhibition of Cartoons by Ajit Ninan with selected entries from MKMA 2021 Indian Participants By ITAdmin : July 21, 2022
58. ^ An exhibition of cartoons by ever-green Enver Ahmed : The Hindu / July 24, 2023
59. ^ A cartoon exhibition that underscores the importance of trees to human beings : The Hindu / October 05, 2023
60. ^ A cartoonist who never offends... : The Hindu / June 06, 2024
61. ^ IIC to honor cartoonist Keshav : The Hindu / July 03, 2024
62. ^ MKMA[usurped] information at IIC
63. ^ Homage : Maya Kamath[usurped] Homage by IIC
64. ^ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2008 Outlook : April 18, 2009
65. ^ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2009 DNA : May 18, 2010
66. ^ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2011 The Express Tribune, Pakistan: April 20, 2012

## External links

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