Lalit Kala Academy The Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art (LKA) is India's national academy of fine arts. It is an autonomous organisation, established in New Delhi in 1954 by Government of India to promote and propagate understanding of Indian art ...

Shekhar Gurera, or Chander Shekhar Gurera, is an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

editorial cartoonist An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curren ...

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complic ...

, and

graphic designer A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, ...

. He publishes regular cartoons with comments about India's political and social trends. His daily pocket cartoons appear in several English, Hindi, and regional language daily newspapers ''

Punjab Kesari Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

'', ''

Hind Samachar ''Hind Samachar'' () is a daily Urdu newspaper that is circulated in Mumbai. It was one of the three newspaper started by the Punjab Kesari Group back in 1948. Combined these three newspapers have combined circulation of 975,000 copies on weekda ...

'', ''

Jag Bani Jagbani is a Punjabi language newspaper that is circulated in the state of Punjab, India. It was started by the Punjab Kesari Group back in 1978 along with Punjab Kesari and Hind Samachar. This newspaper is printed in Jalandhar and Ludhiana ...

Nava Bharat ''Nava Bharat'' (Translation: New India) is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published through 14 editions from the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh. Founded in 1934 Navabharat has the sixth highest readership according to ...

, Central Chronicle,'' '' The Pioneer'', '' Sanmarg'' and ''

Navodaya Times ''Navodaya Times '' is a Hindi-language newspaper established in 2013 and published from Delhi. It is owned by the Punjab Kesari group (The Hindsamachar Ltd.). It is one of the four newspapers started by the group; the other three are '' Punjab ...

'' among others. He started his cartoon career in 1984 as a freelancer.

Biography

Gurera was born on 30 August 1965 in

Moga, Punjab Moga is a city in the Indian state of Punjab. It was made a part and headquarters of the Moga district (the 17th District in the state) on 24 November 1995, by the then Chief Minister Harcharan Singh Brar. Before becoming a district, Moga w ...

, India. He started his pre-university (11th) from

DAV College, Abohar DAV College, Abohar is a post graduate college in the city of Abohar, Punjab, India. It is spread over 20 acres of land on Hanumangarh Road. History DAV College, Abohar was established in 1960 under the aegis of the DAV College Managing Comm ...

, but graduated with a degree in Science from

Multani Mal Modi College Multani Mal Modi College is an Indian College. It is located in Patiala, Punjab, India. History It was established in 1967 with financial help from Gujjar Mal Modi. It is affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala, and is managed by Rai Bahadu ...

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak'' (the 'Fortunate Castle') construct ...

in 1986. After shifting to

Gurgaon Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ...

he got the degree in Applied Arts from College of Art at

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...

in 1990.

Career

During 1973 Gurera's first cartoon was published in ''Veer Pratap'', a Hindi newspaper from Punjab, as he was awarded in an on-the-spot competition. During his school days he continued his skill of cartooning and sketching as hobby only. During 1984 he professionally started contributing to

as freelancer while pursuing Science graduation at

Projects

Kargil Cartoons

In 1999, Gurera drew a series of ''Kargil Kartoons'', on-the-spot cartoons of Indian soldiers passing through the New Delhi railway station on their way to Kargil. The cartoons on the

Kargil War The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referre ...

were later exhibited at The Lalit Kala Academy,

on 25–31 July 1999, followed by the chain exhibition of cartoons at

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known a ...

Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which al ...

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

and

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

Future Lens

Since 2001, he publishes the weekly feature ''Future Lens''. This column features a celebrity from sports, films, politics or other fields and depicts them as they'd look with 30 years added to their present age. These pictures are created by painting digitally, which makes them look like actual photographs.

NPC Calendar 05 & 16

A chain of cartoons for the Calendar 2005 and 2016 of

National Productivity Council The National Productivity Council (NPC) was established in 1958 as an autonomous organization under Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India), Government of India. There are 13 regional office ...

about the different ways of productivity.

Exhibitions (Solo & collective)

8th Regional 3R Forum

In 2018, Conservation in Indian Living Demonstrated through Illustration in the booklet of ''8th Regional 3R (Reduce, Recycle, Reuse) Forum''. The event was organized with the cooperation of State

Government of Madhya Pradesh Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 52 districts. It consists of an executiv ...

and

Government of India The Government of India ( ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...

under the auspices of United Nations Regional Development Center (UNCRD) at

(April 9–12, 2018).

Awards and honors

* 1982 - Honored by the

Speaker of the Lok Sabha The speaker of the Lok Sabha (IAST: ) is the presiding officer and the highest official of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general ...

Balram Jakhar Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Early life and education Jakhar ...

while being a student of 11th. * 1989 - Honored by the PM,

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...

. * 1990 - Honored by The President,

Giani Zail Singh Giani Zail Singh (, born Jarnail Singh; 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the seventh president of India from 1982 to 1987. He was the first Sikh and the first person from a backward caste to bec ...

. * 1992 - Best Cartoonist Award during 1st Babu Jagjeevan Ram Memorial All India Art Exhibition by the PM,

P. V. Narasimha Rao Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer, statesman and politician who served as the 9th prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is known for introducing various liberal reforms to Indi ...

* 1996 - Award for Excellence in Cartooning at 20th

Matri Shree Media Award The Matri Shree Media Award is a series of awards for outstanding performance in different areas of journalism and related fields awarded in New Delhi, India. This award was established during the days of The Emergency (India) in 1975. Since ...

s * 1997 - represented India at the 3rd Asian Cartoon and Art Exhibition conducted by The

Japan Foundation The was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an Independent Administrative Institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministr ...

at Tokyo * 2011 - Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya Memorial 7th Annual Award for Journalism (Cartoonist). * 2018 - Appointed Official Cartoonist (

Brand Ambassador A brand ambassador (sometimes also called a corporate ambassador) is a person engaged by an organization or company to represent its brand in a positive light, helping to increase brand awareness and sales. The brand ambassador is meant to embo ...

for Cartoons) by the

Municipal Corporation A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally ...

Gurugram Gurgaon (pronunciation: �ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: �ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...

* 2019 - Honored with "Icon of Haryana" under Haryana Garma Awards 2019 for Editorial Cartooning.

Books and articles

* ''Suryodaya Ki Dharati Japan Se'' (1997) - a weekly series of 10 travelogue articles, published in

and

* ''Kargil Kartoons'' (1999) - during the

, with the involvement of seven other cartoonists, compiled a collection of cartoons about the Indian defense forces * ''Laugh as you Travel'' (2000) - on the occasion of completing 150 years of

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tota ...

a collection of 50 cartoons made by Kaak and Shekhar Gurera * ''

Je Suis Charlie "'" (, ) is a slogan and logo created by French art director Joachim Roncin and adopted by supporters of freedom of speech and freedom of the press after the 7 January 2015 shooting in which twelve people were killed at the offices of the Fr ...

'' cartoons (2015) - to show solidarity with the victims of the attack on French satirical paper

Charlie Hebdo ''Charlie Hebdo'' (; meaning ''Charlie Weekly'') is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. Stridently non-conformist in tone, the publication has been described as anti-racist, sceptical, secular ...

Indian cartoonists at the Press Club of India in New Delhi voice solidarity after the Charlie Hebdo attack, Jan. 9, 2015
The Hypocrisy of Democracy
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References

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