Awardee – Late Mr. Yesudasan.
Recevied Bhartiya Kala Ratna Award for Lifetime Achievement In Art Sector on 12th Feb 2023 at Hotel Park Regis Goa by the Hands of Padmshree Dr Mukesh Batra.
Late Mr Yesudasan Info – He was the Founder and Chairman of Kerala Cartoon Academy and had also served as the president and chairman of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi. Yesudasan received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indian Institute of Cartoonists in 2001. he has won the Swadeshabimani-Kesari award, the highest honour given by the Government of Kerala for media persons