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'''Sharad Sharma''' is an [[People of India|Indian]] [[cartoonist]] based in [[New Delhi]], India. He was associated with many newspapers and magazines before he switched to [[electronic media]] and introduced political [[animation]] to Indian TV news channels. In the late 1990s, he formed the organisation [[World Comics India]] to introduce the idea of [[grassroots comics]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Meenakshi |last=Kumar |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-31/special-report/28118956_1_world-comics-comic-workshops-wci |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811032624/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-31/special-report/28118956_1_world-comics-comic-workshops-wci |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title=Some comic relief |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=31 January 2010 |accessdate=31 January 2010 }}</ref> The idea was to take this new communication medium to the masses. He took the art of cartooning and comics to the rural hinterland of [[India]] and other [[South Asian]] countries. He has extensive experience from workshops with a variety of organisations in India and internationally. His cartoon strip ''[[Developmentoon]]'' has been published in several newspapers and websites internationally. He has also published several books and manuals.

Since 2006 he has been helping small organisations working in remote areas to initiate social campaigns using grassroots comics on issues like infanticide, [[Female foeticide in India|foeticide]], [[corporal punishment]] and [[paedophilia]].

==Awards==
He received the Karmaveer Puraskaar Noble Laureates, 2009 in the "Social Communication and Campaign Strategist" sub-category.

He received the [[Real Heroes Award]] by [[CNN IBN]] & [[Reliance Industries]], 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309002417/http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/60733/comic-relief-this-cartoonist-is-animated-about-change.html IBN AWARD]</ref>

He was awarded Ashoka-Innovators for Public, Fellowship, 2005<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/3641 |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918090952/http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/3641 |archive-date=18 September 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==
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*Sydsvenskan, Malmo, Sweden https://web.archive.org/web/20100812142805/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur-och-nojen/article563119/Budskapet-ar-viktigast.html
* The Communication Initiative Network http://www.comminit.com/en/node/309556/348
*Zee News http://www.zeenews.com/news613520.html
* India Today http://networkedblogs.com/p21886497
* zeenews.com http://www.zeenews.com/news614522.html
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120303034126/http://networkedblogs.com/p21886497 Article Title]

==External links==
*[http://www.worldcomicsindia.com/about.php World Comics]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090813044109/http://www.khemkafoundation.org/awards/khemka-ashoka-fellows/profiles-of-the-fellows/sharad-sharma-world-comics-new-delhi-india Khemka Foundation]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100212193002/http://www.ashoka.org/volunteer/5652 Promote Use of Comics for Social Good with Web Design, Research, Communication Skills - Fellow Sharad Sharma], [[Ashoka: Innovators for the Public]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309002417/http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/60733/comic-relief-this-cartoonist-is-animated-about-change.html Comic Relief: This artist is animated by change], [[CNN-IBN]] ''Real Hereos''

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