Rohan Chakravarty

Rohan Chakravarty is an Indian artist, cartoonist, illustrator and naturalist.[1][2] His "Green Humour" series was picked up by GoComics in 2013 making Rohan the first Indian cartoonist to be picked by a global comics distributor.[3] Green Humour has also been published as a book, as a series in two national newspapers,[4] and in places like Tinkle and by government departments in India such as the Department of Environment and Forest of Arunachal Pradesh.[5] He has won a number of awards for his work.[6][7][8] Rohan grew up in Nagpur where he studied to be a dentist.[9] It was here that he was introduced to the world of wildlife through a nature based outreach program conducted by Sanctuary Asia.[10] His professional cartoon work started when he was 16.[5] A trip to Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and his first tiger sighting inspired him.[11][12]

Publications

  • Green Humour for a Greying Planet, Penguin Random House, 2021
  • Naturalist Ruddy: Adventurer. Sleuth. Mongoose, Penguin Random House, 2021
  • Bird Business: Illustrated Peeks Into the Daily Lives of Indian Birds, Bombay Natural History Society, 2019
  • Making Friends with Snakes (But from a Distance), Pratham Books with Madras Crocodile Bank Trust
  • The Great Indian Nature Trail with Uncle Bikky, WWF India, 2018 with Bijal Vachharagani

References

  1. ^ Rajpal, Seema (16 December 2021). "Cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty's latest book unravels nature's mysteries and pays tribute to the classics". Edex Live. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ Menon, Rashmi (9 July 2021). "Meet the cartoonist raising wildlife issues through humour". Livemint Lounge. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ Khokhar, Reem (26 August 2020). "A Sketch In Time". Verve Magazine. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ Pinjarkar, Vijay (30 October 2017). "Earth Heroes award to two from Nagpur, region". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b Manu, Gayatri (9 October 2016). "Why This Dentist-Turned-Award-Winning-Artist Is Making Hilarious Comics about Saving the Planet". The Better India. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Indian Cartoonist wins the top youth conservation award". WWF India. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Rohan Chakravarty Young Naturalist Awards". Sanctuary Nature Foundation. 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  8. ^ Haria, Deval (2019). "Rohan Chakravarty, a Young Indian Wildlife & Environment Cartoonist winning Our Hearts with his Work". BookOfAchievers. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  9. ^ Agrawal, Aarushi (17 June 2021). "Green Humour cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty on making science accessible, need for a govt that listens". Firstpost. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. ^ Cris (19 July 2021). "Too many issues, too little time: Author Rohan Chakravarty on 'Green Humour'". The News Minute. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  11. ^ Chattopadhyay, Pallavi (7 June 2017). "Green with Humour: Delhi-based cartoonist Rohan Chakravarty hopes to bring nature closer to people through his satirical work". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  12. ^ Rayachoti, Saritha Rao (31 July 2020). "The Thin Green Line". Arts Illustrated. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

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