Indian Institute of Cartoonists
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Abbreviation |
IIC |
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Founded |
8 June 2001 |
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Type |
Not for Profit - Registered Trust |
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Focus |
To Promote the Art of Cartooning in India |
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Location |
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Method |
Cartoon Workshop, Cartoon Library & Cartoon Gallery with every month new cartoon exhibition |
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Website |
www.cartoonistsindia.com |
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Indian Institute of Cartoonists[1][2] 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[3] 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.[4]
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.[5]
The Board of Trustees, IIC as on May 2017
Honorary Chairman | : Ashok Kheny |
Advisor | : Manjunath Nayaker |
Managing Trustee | : V. G. Narendra |
Financial Advisor | : B. G. Gujjarappa |
Member Trustees | : G. S. Naganath and G. S. Krishnan |
National Adviser Committee | : Sukumaran Potti, Unny, Shekhar Gurera, Suresh Sawant, Syam Mohan, Keshav, Venkataraghavan, Mohana Chandran and E P Peter |
Doner Members | : Family of Late Ranga, Family of Late Maya (Amarnath Kamath) and Melvin Mathew |
Indian Cartoon Gallery
Bangalore Cartoonists from various media houses at the Cartoon Exhibition (7–28 January 2017) by
Shekhar Gurera.
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 prestigious Limca Book of Records.[6]
Exhibitions held at the Indian Cartoon Gallery
Exhibitions : 2007
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
16 Aug 2007 | B. V. Ramamurthy, V. G. Narendra and B.G. Gujjarappa | T. N. Chaturvedi |
18 Oct 2007 | S.K. Nadig | V.N. Subbarao (Chairman, Karnataka Media Academy) |
Exhibitions : 2008
23 Jan 2008 | Vikas Gupta | G.R. Gopinath |
6 Feb 2008 | Ranjan Somaiah | M.N. Venkatachalaiah |
7 Mar 2008 | Ranga (Ranganath) | R.K. Misra (Winner of Lead India Contest) |
4 Apr 2008 | Shridhar Hunch | G. Narayana, Chairman, Karnataka Janapada Academy |
25 Apr 2008 | Alok Nirantar | T. Prabhakar, President, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat. |
19 May 2008 | Maya Kamath | Girish Karnad |
14 Jun 2008 | B.V. Panduranga Rao | Jagadish Shettar |
7 Jul 2008 | V. Gopal | M.S. Narasimha Murthy (Humour Writer) |
24 Jul 2008 | S.D.Padnis[7] | U. R. Ananthamurthy |
11 Aug 2008 | Group show of 12 Cartoonists | Mahesh Joshi, Sr. Director, Doordarshan, Bangalore. |
5th Sept 2008 | Prakash Shetty | S.G. Vasudev, Eminent Artist |
13 Oct 2008 | Prabhakar Rao Bail | H.S. Venkatesh Murthy (Noted Poet) |
4 Nov 2008 | Rajesh Pujar | Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar |
4th Decr 2008 | S.K. Nadig | Babu Krishnamurthy, (Editor, Karmaveera) |
22 Dec 2008 | G.Y. Hublikar | D.P. Parameshwar, Chairman, Karnataka Media Academy |
Exhibitions : 2009
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
7 Jan 2009 | David Low | Chris Gibson, Director, British Council, Chennai |
6 Feb 2009 | R. K. Laxman | Jayaramaraje Urs |
11 Mar 2009 | K.R. Swamy | Girish Kasaravalli |
6 Apr 2009 | G.S. Naganath[8] | V. Manohar |
25 Apr 2009 | Gireesh Vengara | Balan Nambiar |
20 Jun 2009 | Subhani | M.B. Jayaram, |
8 Jul 2009 | MKMA - 2008[9] | Girish Karnad |
1 Aug 2009 | Shankar | Sharad V. Dravid & Pushpa Dravid |
5th Sept 2009 | Keshav | Justice N. Santosh Hegde |
3 Oct 2009 | Mario Miranda | Xerxes Desai |
31 Oct 2009 | K.N. Balraj | Arjun Sajnani |
19 Nov 2009 | V.R.C. Shekar | Dr. Jaimala |
2 Dec 2009 | Yathish and Yogish Shettigar | Anant Nag |
26 Dec 2009 | Janardhana Swamy | Shivamurthy Swamiji |
Exhibitions : 2010
Dr
Kalam visited the Indian Cartoon Gallery to inaugurate the exhibition of the cartoons by Shreyas Navare on January 10, 2010
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
10 Jan 2010 | Shreyas Navare | Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
15 Feb 2010 | M.R. Rajamaran | R.H. Kulkarni. |
5 Mar 2010 | Cartoons for Climate (by British Council) | Krishna Palemar (Government of Karnataka) |
20 Mar 2010 | Sringeri Brothers | Jayanth Kaikini |
10 Apr 2010 | Nirmish Thaker | Girish Karnad |
6 May 2010 | Satish Acharya | Arundhati Nag |
27 May 2010 | Sumanta Baruah | U.R. Rao |
18 Jun 2010 | MKMA-2009[10] | C.R. Simha |
10 Jul 2010 | Tadao Kagaya | Masayuki Tsuchikawa |
29 Jul 2010 | Bharat Jagatap | M.B. Patil |
14 Aug 2010 | Vijay Narain Seth (Vins) | Dilip Thakore, |
4th Sept 2010 | Jayarama Udupa | Dr. Nalluru Prasad |
27th Sept 2010 | Shyam Mohan | Dr. Radha Krishna Raju, |
18 Oct 2010 | Prabhakar Wairkar | Dr.M.S. Thimmappa, |
8 Nov 2010 | Satish Yellapur and M.C. Chethan | Mukhyamanthri Chandru |
29 Nov 2010 | Prabhakar Bhatlekar | D.K. Chowta |
18th Dec2010 | Shankar Pamarthy | Chiranjeev Singh |
Exhibitions : 2011
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
17 Jan 2011 | Golden Jubilee Exhibition | Janardhana Swamy |
16 Feb 2011 | John Chandran | V. Manohar |
26 Feb 2011 | Abu Abraham | Prof. N.S. Ramaswamy |
19 Mar 2011 | Surendra | G.M. Belagali |
16 April 2011 | Shijo Varghese | Sudhakar Rao |
30 April 2011 | B.G.Gujjarappa | B.S.Raghuram |
11 June 2011 | MKMA – 2010 | S.G.Vasudev |
9 July 2011 | Melvin Mathew | B.S. Kumar |
6 Aug 2011 | Rasheed Kappan | Sister Jean Bangalore’s Mother Teresa |
26th Nov2011 | Shekar Kambalapally | Sobha Nambisan |
17 Dec 2011 | Aswini Kumar Rath and Abani Kumar Rath | Harish J. Padmanabha |
Exhibitions : 2012
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
7 Jan 2012 | Narsim | G.K.Sathya |
30 Jan 2012 | T.F.Hadimani | Chandrashekar Kambar |
8 Feb 2012 | R. K. Laxman’s Unpublished Doodles | M.N.Venkatachalaiah, Girish Karnad |
17 Mar 2012 | Jagadish Kunte | Chiranjeev Singh |
9 April 2012 | Best of Ranga | ... |
28 April 2012 | Rebecca Taylor | M.P. Ganesh |
19 May 2012 | Shijo Varghese | Sarath |
9 June 2012 | MAYA JAAL : by Maya Kamath | Shangon Das Gupta |
30 June 2012 | World of Ramamurthy[11] | K.N. Harikumar |
21 July 2012 | Balraj K.N. | Prem Koshy |
13 Aug 2012 | Smiling Line : Mega Cartoon Exhibition | H. R. Bhardwaj |
8th Sept 2012 | Manohar Acharya | Chandranath Acharya |
1 Oct 2012 | Laugh with Phadnis | ... |
20 Oct 2012 | Cabodils of Lines : Biswajit Balasubramanian | S.G.Vasudev |
17 Nov 2012 | Kushal Bhattacharya | H.N.Suresh |
4 Dec 2012 | MAAC-2012 | Madhuri Upadhyay |
24 Dec 2012 | Shankar's Cartoons | ... |
Exhibitions : 2013
Apart from the exhibition Famous Fifteen, IIC also felicitated these 15 leading cartoonists with Lifetime Achievement Awards for the excellencey in cartooning.
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
19 Jan 2013 | Mario’s Karnataka | Basavaraj |
16 Feb 2013 | Suresh Sawant | R. Sreedhar |
9 Mar 2013 | B.V.Satyamurty | B.R.Chavali |
6 Apr 2013 | Parjaya Sau | Paul Fernandes |
8 May 2013 | Uday Vitla | V.Manohar |
8 Jun 2013 | MKMA-2012 | Girish Karnad |
6 Jul 2013 | Between the Lines by Prashant Kulkarni | Prabhakar Raobail |
27 Jul 2013 | Rama Baana : Ramadhyani | H.N.Ananda |
17 Aug 2013 | Famous Fifteen [12] | Tadao Kagaya (Japanese Cartoonist) |
7th Sept 2013 | MAAC- 2013 | Praveen Kumar |
21 Oct 2013 | Best of R. K. Laxman | ... |
12 Oct 2013 | The Political Pickle : Shreyas Navare | Ajitha G.S. |
9 Nov 2013 | Suraj ESKAY Sriram | Athmaram N. Gangaram |
7 Dec 2013 | Music Sketches by Keshav | M.R.V.Prasad |
28 Dec 2013 | Sai Swaroop | Appajayya |
Exhibitions : 2014
V. G. Narendra, 1 Mar 2014
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
18 Jan 2014 | Hemant Morparia | Sudha Pillai, Editor, Bangalore Mirror |
8 Feb 2014 | Comics by Pran | ... |
1 Mar 2014 | V. G. Narendra [13] | ... |
22 Mar 2014 | Swinging in the 1970s : Paul Fernandes | Ponnappa Subbaiah |
12 Apr 2014 | Run up to the Election-2014 : Ranjan Somaiah | Chiranjeev Singh |
3 May 2014 | International Cartoons | Dr. R.H.Kulkarni |
24 May 2014 | Break the Taboo about Toilets and Sanitation | ... |
14 Jun 2014 | 100th Cartoon Exhibition | H.S.Balram, Director, Asianet |
13th Sept 2014 | Wild Life the Toony Way : Rohan Chakravarthy[14] | ... |
6 Oct 2014 | Remembering Vins, Pran & Bapu | ... |
27 Oct 2014 | Faces : R. K. Laxman’s Caricatures | ... |
17 Nov 2014 | Alok Nirantar | Ramachandra Guha |
6 Dec 2014 | Edua Szucs (Hungarian lady cartoonist) | Chiranjeev Singh |
27 Dec 2014 | Frederick Joss, London | S.G.Vasudev |
Exhibitions : 2015
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
31 Jan 2015 | Satish Acharya | Raobail |
22 Feb 2015 | Pickels & Lota by Goda Anirudh Raghvan | M N Venkatachaliah, N.Murali |
14 Mar 2015 | Sanket Gurudatta | M.A.Ponnappa, Chairman Karnataka Media Academy |
6 Apr 2015 | Your Autograph Please : Caricatures by Ranga | ... |
25 Apr 2015 | Smile with Melvin Mathew (India born US Cartoonist) | ... |
16 May 2015 | MKMA-2014 (Foreign Cartoons) | Prof. S Settar |
3 June 2015 | MKMA-2014 (Indian Cartoons) | Dr. H N Suresh, Director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavana |
1 July 2015 | London-250 Years Ago : William Hogarth | ... |
5 August 2015 | Pocket cartoons of Mario Miranda | ... |
5th Sept 2015 | Selected works of S.D.Phadnis | ... |
31 Oct 2015 | Cartoons Karnataka 2015 | M.Shivakumar, Editor, Aparanji |
21 Nov.2015 | Caricatures India (Selected work) | ... |
10 Dec.2015 | Funtoons : Vldimir Kazanevski, Ukraine | ... |
Exhibitions : 2016
Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
2 Jan.2016 | Vakra Kirana by Kantesh M. Badiger[15] | P. Rajendra |
23 Jan.2016 | START-UP R. K. Laxman from Koravanji | Usha Srinivas Laxman, M.Shivakumar, Beluru Ramamurthy |
13 Feb 2016 | Sukumar & Mohanachandran | Vasant Kulkarni |
5 Mar 2016 | WOMAN’S RIGHTS International Cartoon Contest by ToonsMag, Norway[16] | Aruna C.Newton |
26 Mar 2016 | REFUGEES cartoon exhibition Organisor: Kimse Yak Mu, Turkey | Chiranjeev Singh, Vedat Oruc |
24 Apr 2016 | S.V.Padmanabha | Sugata Srinivasaraju |
4 Jun 2016 | 9th Anniversary of IIC : 125th cartoon exhibition [17] | U.V.Vasantha Rao, Ritu Gairola Khanduri |
9 July 2016 | Sir David Low[18] | ... |
6 Aug 2016 | Karnataka as seen by Mario[19] | ... |
3rd Sept 2016 | Nirmish Thaker (Jnanapith Awardee) [20] | Chandrashekhar Kambara (Jnanapith Awardee) |
15 Oct 2016 | Unpublished R.K.Laxman [21][22] | ... |
12 Nov 2016 | Smile with Nadig | ... |
10 Dec 2016 | World of Raobail | ... |
Exhibitions : 2017
Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
07-28 Jan 2017 | Cartoons and Future Lens by Shekhar Gurera [23][24] | Parvati Gurera |
04-25 Feb 2017 | World of B. V. Ramamurthy[25][26] | ... |
Mar11 - Apr01, 2017 | James Vaz | Shivaram |
Apr08-22,2017 | Yesudasan | ... |
Apr29- May 20, 2017 | Freedom of Expression: International Cartoons by Toons Mag | Dr Satyabhama Badhreenath |
May27- Jun10,2017 | Smitha Bhandare Kamat | Dr Deepti Navaratna |
Jun14 - Jul15,2017 | 10th Anniversary of IIC ; MKMA-2016 (Indian and Foreign)[27] | A Kheny, G Karnad, S G Vasudev, A Kamath, Keshav |
09-30 Sep 2017 | Tuktuk's World by Shreyas Navare [28] | ... |
28 Oct- Nov18, 2017 | Telugu Cartoonotsavam by Heartoonists (Telugu Cartoonists)[29] | Dr Satyabhama Badhreenath, Dr Jayadev Babu |
Exhibitions : 2018
Duration Date | Cartoonist/s | Inaugurated by |
06-27 Jan 2018 | Liu Quiang (Chinese Cartoonist) [30] | ... |
9 Mar 2018 | My Times My View (A collection of cartoons by V G Narendra, Published in Shankar's Weekly) | Ravi Hegde (Chief Editor: Kannada Prabha) |
09-30 Mar 2018 | Late Kanneppadi Ramakrishna (Raghu) (Apr29,1925-Jul23,2000) | ... |
07-28 Apr 2018 | Liza Donnelly (American Cartoonist)[31] | ... |
05-26 May 2018 | Foreign Cartoons (MKMA-2017) | Balan Nambiar, Amarnath Kamath |
02-30 Jun 2018 | 150th Exhibition : Indian Cartoons (MKMA-2017) | Tahir Bagasrawala |
07-28 Jul 2018 | Hazards of Plastic[32] | Cartoon Watch |
22 Aug-1 Sep 2018 | Exhibition of Cartoons [33] | Karnataka Cartoonists Association |
08-22 Sep 2018 | Cartoons and Caricaures by Mrityunjay Chiluveru [34] | ... |
06-20 Oct 2018 | Pulitzer Prize winner, Signe Wilkinson [35] [36] | Dr. V A Sastry |
Maya Kamath Memorial Award
Maya Kamath (1951 - 2001)
The Maya Kamath Memorial Awards(MKMA) 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.[37][38]
Awardees of MKMA
Award | 1st Prize | 2nd Prize | 3rd Prize | Best Budding Cartoonist | Best Foreign Cartoonist
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MKMA:2008 | Sandeep Adhwaryu [39] | Ramadhyani, Shimoga | Shankar Pamarthy | Mujib Patla |
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MKMA:2009 | Manjul Kishore[40] | Mohd. Zahoor | Prashant Kulkarni | Rebecca Taylor |
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MKMA:2010 | Vivek Thakker | Shyamal Das | Satish Acharya | Margaret Samte, Siyang Borang |
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MKMA:2011 | Mohd. Zahoor[41] | K. N. Balraj | Sajith Kumar | Siddharth Achaya, Kapil Gholap |
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MKMA:2012 | Dwijith | Uday Vitla | Ramadhyani | Kapil Gholap, Ahan Tulshn | Pena Pai (Romania)
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MKMA:2013 | Tanmay Tyagi | Manoj Chopra | Alok Nirantar | Rohit Padma | Valentin Georgeiv (Bulgaria)
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MKMA:2014 | Satish Acharya | Kantesh Badiger | Rohan Chakravarthy | Leeza John | Paolo Dalponte (Italy), Behzad Ghafari (Canada)
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MKMA:2015 | Alok Nirantar | V. R. Ragesh | Gokul Gopalakrishnan | M.K.Kishan | Yaser Delfan (Iran), Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan)
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MKMA:2016[42] | T.K.Sujith | Prasannan Anickad | Dhananjay Ekbote | Debashish Singh | Amir Soheili (Iran), Cornel Cheorean (Romania), Saeed Sadegahi (Iran)
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MKMA:2017 | Sasi Kumar | Mruthyunjay | Ranjith M S | Ali Haidar | Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan), Jitet Kustana (Indonesia)
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References
- ↑ Official website of Indian Institute of cartoonists : CartoonistsIndia.com
- ↑ Official social media of IIC : @IIC4u
- ↑ IIC is the only organisation in India working towards promoting the art of cartooning The News Minute : 5 May 2016
- ↑ The objectives of IIC at BangaloreBest.com : 2001
- ↑ Achievements at CartoonistsIndia.com
- ↑ Homage at CartoonistsIndia.com
- ↑ Lifetime Achievement Award, by IIC IndiaArt.com : S. D. Phadnis
- ↑ 'FineToons' at IIC indiaPRwire.com : 6 April 2009
- ↑ Winners of Maya Kamath award announced The Hindu : APRIL 16, 2009
- ↑ Winners of Maya Kamath award announced DNA : 18 May 2010
- ↑ An exhibition of Cartoons by B. V. Ramamurthy MyBangalore.com : 30 June 2012
- ↑ Poster at IIC Famous Fifteen : 17 Aug. 2013
- ↑ An exhibition of Cartoons by Mr. Narendra V.G. Whatshapp Bangalore : 26 February 2014
- ↑ Wildlife the Toonie Way ConservationIndia.org : 13 September 2014
- ↑ ‘VAKRA KIRANA’ by Kantesh EventsHigh.com : 2 January 2016
- ↑ Women's Rights International Cartoon Exhibition Bangalore, India EventsHigh.com : 5 March 2016
- ↑ Awards-2015 and Cartoon Exhibition Whatshapp Bangalore : 3 June 2016
- ↑ Exhibition of selected cartoons by Sir David Low Whatshapp Bangalore : 8 July 2016
- ↑ Karnataka as seen by MARIO Whatshapp Bangalore : 1 August 2016
- ↑ Caricatures by Nirmish Whatshapp Bangalore : September 1, 2016
- ↑ Laxman’s unpublished doodles to go on display in Bengaluru The Hindu : 14 October 2016
- ↑ Unpublished R.K.Laxman Whatshapp Bangalore : 13 October 2016
- ↑ Doodle-Do (Listing) Bangalore Mirror, Bangalore, 31 December 2016.
- ↑ Exhibition of Cartoons by Shekhar Gurera Whatshapp Bangalore : 5 January 2017
- ↑ What's New 2017 BestCartoons.net : Personal Exhibition
- ↑ Events in Bengaluru Today The Hindu / 3 February 2017
- ↑ IIC to train budding cartoonists The Hindu Bangalore : 8 June 2017
- ↑ Tuktuk’s World’ Cartoons by Shreyas Navare Whatshapp Bangalore : 7 September 2017
- ↑ Telugu Cartoonotsavam in city from 28 Oct Deccan Herald, Bangalore : 18 Oct 2017
- ↑ SHOW AND TELL Bangalore Mirror: 6 Jan 2018
- ↑ Solo Exhibit Of My Political Cartoons In India By Liza : 2 May 2018
- ↑ Cartoon exhibition inaugurated in Bengaluru : TOI : Jal 8, 2018
- ↑ cartooning in Bengaluru : The Hindu : Aug 20, 2018
- ↑ Exhibition of caricatures by Mrityunjay : Telangana Today : Sep 02, 2018
- ↑ 'Cartoons don’t kill people, fanatics do' : By Sowmya Rajaram, Bangalore Mirror : Oct 02, 2018
- ↑ Signe Wilkinson : The Washington Post : News Service & Syndicate
- ↑ MKMA information at IIC
- ↑ Homage : Maya Kamath Homage by IIC
- ↑ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2008 Outlook : April 18, 2009
- ↑ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2009 DNA : May 18, 2010
- ↑ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2011 The Express Tribune, Pakistan: April 20, 2012
- ↑ Maya Kamath Memorial Awards : 2016 WhatshappBangalore : March 30, 2017