[Assam] Invitation to Cartoon Exhibition of Sumanta Baruah.

[Buljit Buragohain]

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Sumanta Baruah, hailing from Assam (Biswanath Chariali, Sonitpur) 
and now
based in Bangalore, is a cartoonist dealing mainly with topics 
related to scienceand technology, and other themes ranging 
from environment to politics andsociety in general. Of late, 
he has been utilizing this media for expressing his
concern on burning issues like global warming and climate change. 
His effort todraw science-cartoons has contributed to science
 communication among themasses.
According
 to Sumanta Baruah, science cartooning may be an effective tool for
popularizing science and technology among common people, imparting 
scienceeducation to the children, creating scientific 
awareness and inculcating scientifictemper in the society.

A science graduate with Chemistry major from Cotton College, 
Gauhati University,Sumanta mastered in Computer Application 
(MCA) from Tezpur CentralUniversity, Assam. Now he is posted 
as a lead engineer at Samsung in Bangalore.

A self-taught cartoonist Sumanta made his debut in 
the world of cartoons at anearly age of ten in 'Drishti' 
(Oct., 1989), a science bimonthly edited by Dr D CGoswami, a 
noted science communicator and writer of India. He was fascinated
and inspired by the works of renowned cartoonists like R K Laxman, 
Ajit Ninan,and others and also the cartoons published in 
Science Today, Span, etc., andgradually cartooning became an 
irresistible passion for him.

Sumanta's cartoons have been published in many 
magazines, newspapers andbooks. A few of them are:*
 Science Reporter [NISCAIR (CSIR), New Delhi]* Resonance 
(Indian Academy of Sciences, IISc, Bangalore)
* Popular science magazine and Journal of Assam Science Society*
 Several newspapers and general magazines of Assam* Comic 
strips in computer magazine of Asus Inc., United Kingdom* 
Illustrations in books, e.g., 'Science Writers' Handbook' and 'Colourful
 Chemistry'
etc.
Sumanta's cartoons have been 
exhibited in two International Cartoon Festivals:* 3rd Rhodes
 International Cartoon Exhibition, Greece (2006)* 
International Cartoon Festival, Iran (2006)
* His cartoon on climate change was nominated by the British 
Council as arunners-up for a nationwide exhibition (2009).
An
 anthology of some of his cartoons drawn during 1994-2003, titled 
'Science
Shapes Life' was published by the Assam chapter of Indian Science 
Writers'Association(New Delhi) in 2003.






--- On Tue, 25/5/10, Sumanta Baruah <sumanta.baruah at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sumanta Baruah <sumanta.baruah at gmail.com>
Subject: Invitation to Cartoon Exhibition
To: 
Date: Tuesday, 25 May, 2010, 11:11 AM

Dear
 All,


It
 gives me great pleasure to invite you to an Exhibition of my Cartoons 
to be held at Indian Cartoon Gallery, Bangalore from 27th May to 12th June.


Please 
find attached the Invitation Card for the details.


I look forward to your visit to the Exhibition as well as to the Inaugural Function on 27th May at 11-30 am which will be graced by the presence of Prof.
 U R Rao, Former Chairman of ISRO
 and Prof. P Balaram, Director of IISc, Bangalore.


Thanks 
& Regards,

Sumanta