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accredited, an Indian editorial cartoonist,
illustrator and graphic designer, Chander Shekhar Gurera
(full name) is well known for his one line commentary
on India's political and social trends through his daily pocket
cartoons. While
being a science student he made his debut in 1984 as
a freelancer.
Shekhar
Gurera Is popular for hitting
the funny bone with his quirky cartoons and illustrations. Whether
it is Current Affairs of present political scenario of the ruling
Govt. Party, the Union Budget & Elections or the Social issues
of Demonetization, Inflations & Poverty, Gurera's cartoons always
hit the nail on the head. He got recognition in the form of
several honors, awards, including the chance to represent India.
Gurera's daily
pocket cartoons appear in several leading English, Hindi,
Urdu and regional language daily newspapers. He
remains associated with The Hind Samachar
Ltd (Punjab Kesari, Jagbani, Hind Samachar & Navodaya
Times), NavaBharat, Central
Chronicle, Nava Jyoti, Sanmarg, Investors
India, Web18 etc.
In
past he also worked for the Times of India
group (TOI, NBT, ST, Dinman Times, Sarika, Vama, CCT
etc in 1988-89), Indian Express group
(IE, JS etc in 1989-91), Hindustan Times
Group (HT, Dainik etc in 1991-96), The
Pioneer (1991-2013) with his editorial cartoon for their
main papers and megazine sections.
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MILESTONES...
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Best Cartoon Award 1990, presented by Giani
Zail Singh, The President of India
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Best
Cartoonist Award, 1992, presented
by PVN Rao,
The Prime Minister of India, in first Babu Jagjeevan
Ram Memorial All India Art Exhibition
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Represented
India at the Third Asian Cartoon and Art Exhibition &
Canfrence held in Tokyo, 1997
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Awarded
in Saitama's Humor Photo Contest at Japan, 2002
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Honored
in Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya Memorial 7th Annual Award
for Journalism
(Cartoonist), 2011
@ Mewar Institute, Gaziabad : Click
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PROJECTS...
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Coordinated
KARGIL KARTOONS (a
collection of cartoon in a book & a series of exhibition),
in
which various leading cartoonists drawn on the spot caricatures
of the
Army Jawans who were passing through the New Delhi railway
station on their way to the Front. He
himself joined to sketch caricatures as a token of their collective
solidarity with the Indian Army, fighting in the difficult terrains
of Kashmir
and later also coordinated and participated the chain exhibition
at New Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Patna and Indore.
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CALENDAR
for National Productivity Council: 2005 & 2016
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SOLO
EXHIBITION : IIC
organised his exhibition at Indian Cartoon Gallery, Bangalore
(January7-28,2017)
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BRAND
AMBASSADOR : Municipal Corporation of Gurugram announces Shekhar
Gurera as the official cartoonist (Brand Ambassador for cartoons)
for Swachh Survekshan 2018 (January31,2018)
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Since
2000, has been hosting the humor based highly-rated
(@ Humorlinks)
non-commercialised website
ShekharGurera.com
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BOOKS
/ WRITE UPS...
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Suryodaya
Ki Dharti (Japan) Se : A weekly Series of ten
articles by the Cartoonist after returning from Japan, printed in
various daily newspapers Punjab Kesari, Jagban & Hindsamachar):
1997
: Click
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Kargil
Kartoons
: selection
of cartoons
dedicated to the Indian Defense forces
:1999
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Laugh
as you Travel : Booklet on the history of Indian
Railways: 2000
: Click
Here
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BRIEF
BIO
DATA
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Born 30
Aug.1965 at Moga, Punjab (India)
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Bachelor
of Science from Punjabi University, Patiala. 1986
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Bachelor
of Fine Arts from College of Arts, New Delhi. 1990
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Masters
in Animation from Arena Multimedia, Gurgaon. 1997
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