Gireesh Vengara
Gireesh
Vengara who draws under the nom-de-plume
of ‘ GIREESH VENGARA’ was born on 3rd November 1970, at Vengara, Kannur
as the son of Krishnan and Devaki. He is married to Savitha. He has
two children, a daughter named Abhijhna and a son named Aditya Krishna.
He is a B.A.
and holds a Diploma in Fine Arts. He runs a
Cartoon Column named ‘A trip With
Me’ and is a freelance Cartoonist in Vijaytimes English daily, Bangalore.
He was selected as the best cartoonist in Cartoon camp conducted by Kerala Cartoon Academy
and Brushman School of fine arts at Kannur. He has
received many accolades some among which are: Kerala Cartoon Academy Award in
Caricature in 1989 and 1990, Award from Kerala Press Academy Cartoon
competition in 1989, Award from 'Hasyavedi' , Award in Cartoon from Public
Relations Department in connection with Tourism Week Celebration 1989.
His permanent
address is ’Jyothiss’, P O Vengara,
Kannur-670 305
He now lives
at 11/2-5, Lakshmi Nilayam, Nandavanam B
Street, Jogupalaya, Ulsoor, Bangalore- 560 008
Contact Mobile: 9448824506
Phone (Res) 080- 25551143
E-mail : gireeshvengaraa@gmail.com
Web Page: http://www.cartoonstrokes.com
Blogs: http://gireeshvengacartoon.blogspot.com
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