Born: 16th March 1940,  at village Pura, Distt. Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India
Father: Lt. Sh. Shobhanath Shukla (Freedom Fighter)
First cartoon appeared in national Hindi Daily 'Dainik Jagran' on 6th July 1967.For the last 50 years since then, there is not a single day of absence from the prestigious cartooning in the national arena
Regularly appeared as a freelance cartoonist for :- Periodicals : Dinman, Shankar's weekly, Current, Blitz, Organizer, New Wave, Prajaniti, Pratipaksha, Aaspass, Hindi Express, Ravivar, Itwari Patrika, Dharamyug, Saptahik Hindustan, India Post, Sampadak, Himal and many more. Acredited with PIB as cartoonist since 1985
Nationl Dailies : Dainik Jagran, Aaj, Navjeevan, Dainik Tribune, Rajasthan Patrika, Amar Ujala, Danik Bhaskar, Swatantra Mat, Seema Sandesh etc.
Worked as editorial cartoonist :-
JANSATTA (Indian Express Publication) since 1983 to 1985. Blasted cartoons in Hindi journalism for two years, generating unprecedented impact in entire Indian Journalism.
NAVBHARAT TIMES (Times of India group) since July 1985 to Jan. 1999. The Protagonist like ’BUDHAU ‘ ‘along with other characters like ‘ BHAUJI ‘, ‘JAMADARIN ‘, MAULANA’ etc. got popularity to become a legend
Presently Working for the Globly popular Hindi news portal www.prabhasakshi.com and cartoon websites www.kaakdrishti.com., www.kaaktoons.com. and portal with one-stop access to India, www.ekindia.com.
My daily cartoons are being regularly displayed on web sites, facebook, twitter, instagram and regularly reproduced in numerous regional News Papers. There is a big follwing through on-line Media.
Published cartoon oriented fortnightly tabloid Kaaktoons India for some time in 2004.
felicitation: Public honour several times in New Delhi and other parts of India like Gwalior, Jabalpur, Indore, Alwar, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Haridwar, Dehradun, Saharanpur, Muradabad, Shri Ganganagar etc., in strong presence of intellectuals, journalists and massively attended by enthusiastic admirers.
Elected as first president of Cartoonists Club of India.
Honoured by HINDI ACADEMY DELHI by awarding with "Kaka Hathrasi SAMMAN 2002-2003.
Honoured by Kerala Lalith Kala Academy and Kerala Cartoon Academy during cartoon camp 2009, Ernakulam (Kochi).
Felicitated with 'LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2009' by Indian Institute of Cartoonists, Bangalore.
Felicitated with 'LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2011' by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at Cartoon Festival, New Delhi, under the auspices of 'Cartoon Watch Magazine'
PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA on the occasion of Golden Jubilee after completion of 50 years conferred outstanding achievement award to veterans in the field of journalism on 16th November 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi . Eminent Cartoonist ' KAAK ' was honoured for his life time of outstanding contribution to the world of Cartooning / Journalism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated acknowledging the achievement .
I am speaker of Loksabha (Parliament) merely with five hundred members, while 'KAAK' is speaker of Loksabha with members in millions :
--Balram Jakhad
(Speaker of Lok Sabha, 16 Dec. 1986, Public Honour in Haridwar)
Like Charlie Brown, ultimtely the appeal of Kak's persona, lies in his ability to laugh and feel ashamed at human folly--Mrinal Pandey
(Editor-in-chief Dainik Hindustan, Hindustan Times Publications)
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