[Assam] Invitation to Cartoon Exhibition of Sumanta Baruah.

[Manoj Das]

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On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Buljit Buragohain
<buluassam at yahoo.co.in>wrote:

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> Sumanta Baruah, hailing from Assam (Biswanath Chariali, Sonitpur)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> --- On Tue, 25/5/10, Sumanta Baruah <sumanta.baruah at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Sumanta Baruah <sumanta.baruah at gmail.com>
> Subject: Invitation to Cartoon Exhibition
> To:
> Date: Tuesday, 25 May, 2010, 11:11 AM
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> Dear
>  All,
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> 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.
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> Please
> find attached the Invitation Card for the details.
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> 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.
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> Thanks
> & Regards,
>
> Sumanta
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