Jeevan Shetty: An Accomplished Banker, Cartoonist, Caricature Artist, Multiskilled Tutor, and a Terrific Organiser!
Bengaluru: Jeevan Shetty, renowned cartoonist, started the 'Gere Bare' organisation in 2004 in a small way within the mud walls of a government school with just two students to kick-start. To mark the launch of the organisation, pamphlets were inserted in the newspapers. It wasn't encouraging in the beginning. However, as days passed, students, enthusiastic kids started coming gradually, and most of them were too young. From cartoon learning to drawing: Although Jeevan Shetty started the organisation with the intention of imparting knowledge on cartooning, it didn't materialise as the students were all kids. So, this way, the cartoon learning school got converted into a drawing school. But, as children of all age groups started coming, it was a bit different from the regular school classes. Rangoli, thread drawing... At the same time, Jeevan Shety felt that mere drawing classes alone may not be of much help to the students. So, he arranged for a five-day special ca...