Satish Acharya ( kn, ಸತೀಶ್ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ) is an Indian

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from

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Daijiworld.com. Retrieved on 9 December 2015. In 2015, Acharya was featured on "United Sketches" as a professional cartoon from India. Acharya was also included in the list of "24 Intellectuals" by

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, in 2015.

Early life and education

Acharya is a self-taught cartoonist without any formal training in art. As a student, he earned pocket-money by contributing cartoons to Kannada publications like Taranga, Sudha and Tushara. He studied MBA in finance from

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after doing BCom from Bhandarkar’s College, Kundapura.

Career

After completing MBA, Acharya moved to

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and started in an advertising agency as an account executive, but quit to pursue cartooning. He got his first break as a political cartoonist with Mumbai-based English tabloid Midday. He started working with Midday as a staff cartoonist in 2003 and contributed to daily cartoon column for nine years. He also draws cartoons for

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rejected Acharya's cartoon showing PM Modi under China’s grip and dropped the cartoonist. Satish Acharya alleged censorship by

, but

editor Dwaipayan Bose called Acharya's allegations baseless. Acharya's cartoon on the

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was regarded as the one of the most powerful cartoons on the tragedy by the foreign media and the cartoon was published in newspapers including ''

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''.

Books

Acharya has released five cartoon books, of which are ''Mein'', ''Hum'' and ''AAP'' in English, ''Cartoonishta'' in Kannada and ''Negipuggi'' in Kundapra Kannada. His cricket-cartoon book ''Non-Striker'' was officially released on 31 January 2015 in Bengaluru. His latest cartoon book, ''‘Go Corona Go’'' was released in 2021 and became one of the first cartoon books with the pandemic as a theme.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Acharya, Satish Living people Indian cartoonists Mangaloreans Tulu people Kannada people People from Udupi district 1971 births