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Satish Acharya (Kannada: ಸತೀಶ್ ಆಚಾರ್ಯ) is an Indian cartoonist from Kundapura, Karnataka. In 2015, Acharya was featured on "United Sketches" as the a professional cartoonist from India.
Early life and education
Acharya is a self-taught cartoonist without any formal training in art. As a student he earned pocket-money by contributing cartoons to Kannada publications like Taranga, Sudha and Tushar.He studied MBA in finance from Mangalore University after doingBCom from Bhandarkar’s College, Kundapura.
Career
After completing MBA, Acharya moved to Mumbai and started in an advertising agency as an account executive, but quit to pursue cartooning. He got his first break as a political cartoonist with Mumbai-based English tabloid Midday. He started working with Midday as a staff cartoonist in 2003 and contributed to daily cartoon column for nine years.
Acharya's cartoon on the Charlie Hebdo Massacre was regarded as the one of the most powerful cartoons on the tragedy by the foreign media and the cartoon was published in newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, The Times and The Guardian.
Books
Acharya has written three cartoon books, Mein, Hum and AAP in English, Cartoonishta in Kannada, Negipuggi in Kundapra Kannada. His cricket-cartoon book Non-Striker which was officially released on 31 January in Bengaluru.