International Manmohan Singh - Sonia Gandhi Caricature Contest Results announced
Vahid Jafari from Iran bags the first prize for sketching Manmohan Singh; B.N. Biswal from Nagpur draws the best caricature of Sonia Gandhi.
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Award winning enteries - Shri Manmohan Singh caricatures
-- Vahid Jafari from Tehran City, Iran has bagged the first prize in drawing the caricature of Manmohan Singh and B.N. Biswal from Nagpur has bagged the best caricature of Sonia Gandhi in the International Manmohan Singh- Sonia Gandhi Caricature contest organized by Indian Institue of Cartoonists (IIC).
For Manmohan Singh caricature contest, the second prize has been bagged by Salam Mohammadi from Kurdistan Province, Iran. Sandeep Adhwaryu of Outlook, New Delhi, is the third prize winner.
Satish Sringeri from Bangalore has bagged the second prize and Valentin Georgin from Bulgaria is the third winner in the Sonia Gandhi caricature contest.
R. V. Deshpande, Chairman, V. R. Deshpande Memorial Trust graced the occasion as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, he said "I am very delighted that a large number of participants from all over the globe participated in this contest. It was very difficult for the jury members to decide the winner. I thank the Indian Institute of Cartoonists in making this contest a success".
V.G. Narendra, Managing Trustee of Indian Institute of Cartoonists informed "We had received a total of 625 entries for this contest. We will be organizing the cartoon exhibition of the works of the participants from January 15 to 22, 2009 at Chitrakala Parishath".
