Indian Institute of Cartoonists

Founded in 2001, the institute hosts the Indian Cartoon Gallery[2] with rotating exhibits focusing on different artists.

IIC was registered as a non profitable organization under Trust act in 2001 to promote the art of cartooning in India with B. V. Ramamurthy as the Chair person, V. G. Narendra as the Managing Trustee and B.G.

Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise and an ardent admirer of the cartoons) step forward as Honorary Chairman of the institute.

He dedicated the Institute 5000 square feet of premises in the heart of Bangalore to establish the Indian Cartoon Gallery, first of its kind in India.

The jury for selecting best cartoons for the awards includes Girish Karnad, S. G. Vasudev, B. G. Gujjarappa and Satish Acharya.

Bangalore Cartoonists from various media houses at the Cartoon Exhibition (7–28 January 2017) by Shekhar Gurera .
Prakash Shetty , 5 Sept 2008
Mario Miranda , 3 Oct 2009
Dr Kalam visited the Indian Cartoon Gallery to inaugurate the exhibition of the cartoons by Shreyas Navare on January 10, 2010
B. V. Ramamurthy , June 30-July 20, 2012
Apart from the exhibition Famous Fifteen , IIC also felicitated these 15 leading cartoonists with Lifetime Achievement Awards for the excellency in cartooning.
V. G. Narendra, 1 Mar 2014
Satish Acharya , 31 Jan 2015
William Hogarth , 1 July 2015
David Low , July 9–23, 2016
Shekhar Gurera , 7-28 Jan 2017
Yesudasan , Apr 8-22, 2017
Liza Donnelly , Apr 7-28, 2018
Sudhir Dar , 11-25 Jan 2020
Daryl Cagle , 6-27 Mar 2021
E. P. Unny , 04-21 Jun 2022
Maya Kamath (1951 - 2001)
Manjul Kishore , May 18, 2010