The Indian Institute of Cartoonists (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 with rotating exhibits focusing on different artists. It has organised more than one hundred exhibitions of cartoons.
Founders and Brief History
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. 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.
The Board of Trustees
(IIC as in May 2017)
Indian Cartoon Gallery
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.
Exhibitions held at the Indian Cartoon Gallery
Exhibitions : 2007
Exhibitions : 2008
Exhibitions : 2009
Exhibitions : 2010
Exhibitions : 2011
Exhibitions : 2012
Exhibitions : 2013
Exhibitions : 2014
Exhibitions : 2015
Exhibitions : 2016
Exhibitions : 2017
Exhibitions : 2018
Exhibitions : 2019
Exhibitions : 2020
Exhibitions : 2021
Exhibitions : 2022
Exhibitions : 2023
BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award
Maya Kamath Memorial Award
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.
Awardees of MKMA
References
External links
Official website
Bangalore toons in (India Today) A Gallery of Laughter! (The Hindustan Times Blog) Tickling the funny bone (Citizen Matters, Bangalore)