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. 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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