Jayanto Banerjee (born 1958), who signs his work Jayanto, is an Indian cartoonist and illustrator. He created the character of the singing donkey

Gardhab Das Gardhab Das created by cartoonist brothers Neelabh Banerjee and Jayanto Banerjee was a comic section run in the Indian youth magazine Target (magazine), Target. The main character Gardhab Das had a donkey face and was always depicted wearing a kur ...

with his cartoonist brother Neelabh Banerjee for the Indian children's magazine ''

Target Target may refer to: Physical items * Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports ** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports ** Aiming point, in field artillery, fi ...

''. Jayanto was born in Lucknow in 1958. He went to the

Christ Church School Christ Church School is a private coeducational prep school located in Mumbai, India. It is a Christian school, founded in 1815, under the auspices of the Bombay Education Society. It has close to 3800 students, all of whom are night scholars. ...

and had started freelancing while still a teenager, when he landed up at ''Target'' magazine. Here he worked as a cartoonist and illustrator, continuing the iconic Gardabh Das strip with Neelabh for twelve years. Later he moved to the India Today Group where he worked on design & illustration for many projects related to politics, business, technology, and especially the lifestyle magazine of the publishing house. Some of his editorial cartoons from this period appear in ''The India Today Book of Cartoons'' (Books Today, 2000). After leaving the India Today Group, he has worked at the '' Asian Age''. He is now at the ''

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

'', where his cartoon ''Tooning In'' appears regularly.

Awards and honors

* 26 Aug 2023 , BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award , By

Indian Institute of Cartoonists Indian Institute of Cartoonists 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 with rotating exhibits focusing on di ...

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Jayanto Banerjee on THE IDEA
Indian comic strip cartoonists Indian editorial cartoonists Indian comics artists Living people 1958 births {{cartoonist-stub

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