Shankar’s On-the-Spot Painting Competition 2024 by Children’s Book Trust will be held on November 24, 2024. It is held annually in New Delhi.
Children’s Book Trust was founded by Shankar in 1957. It came to be housed in Nehru House, inaugurated by the President of India Dr. S. Radhakrishnan on November 30, 1965. Pioneer publishers of children’s books in India, Children’s Book Trust has set for itself an ambitious target to promote the production of well written, well illustrated and well designed books for children. In furtherance of this objective, the Trust brings out books that are easy to read and easy on the eyes, including books that enable children to have a better appreciation of India’s cultural heritage.
A renowned cartoonist. An author. An Illustrator. Shankar was a man of great vision. He wove dreams for children and made them happen.
Keshav Shankar Pillai, popularly known as SHANKAR, was India’s most celebrated cartoonist before and after India’s Independence.
An offshoot of the Shankar’s International Children’s Competition was the Shankar’s On-the-Spot Painting Competition held annually in New Delhi. It was started in 1952 when doubts were expressed about the originality of the paintings received in the Shankar’s International Children’s Competition. The On-the-Spot Painting Competition was a regular event attended by the 10,000 children from the capital and its suburbs till the year 2005. Thereafter it was suspended owing to space constraints and traffic restrictions. However, the Competition has been revived again in 2022, coinciding with Children’s Day.
This year the Shankar’s On the Spot Painting Competition 2024 is scheduled to be held on Sunday November 24, 2024.
Exciting prizes for winners!
For ages 5-16 years.
Indira Gandhi Stadium, Delhi.
Interested children can participate via this link.
Email: sicc[at]childrensbooktrust[dot]org
