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Place of Birth: Kasaragod, Kerala, India
About Raobail
- Prabhakar Rao, aka Prabhakar Raobail, or Raobail (17 November 1937 – 4 April 2018), was an Indian artist and cartoonist. Raobail was born in 1937 in Kasargod.
- He studied science in Bangalore and later, studied for a diploma in Applied Arts from the JJ Institute of Applied Art in Mumbai.
- He joined the Art Department of the Life Insurance Corporation of India as an illustrator and designer, working there for over 31 years.
- He retired from here and settled down in Dharwad in 1989. Raobail has contributed cartoons and illustrations to a host of newspapers and magazines.
- He adopted his professional name 'Raobail', because he thought his original surname 'Rao' was far too common.
- Under this name, he published in publications such as the Indian Express, the Times of India, Reader’s Digest, The Illustrated Weekly of India, Eve’s Weekly, Imprint, Debonair, Blitz , Sun, Inside Outside, and the Taj Magazine, besides regional publications.
- His cartoons have featured in the Penguin Book of Indian Cartoons edited by Abu Abraham.Raobail has designed and illustrated children’s books for UNICEF, such titles as Chakramadhye, Saban, and Railgaadi.
- He has done greeting cards for CRY and Concern India.
- He also creates collage art using stamps and envelopes.He has held one-man exhibitions in India and abroad.
- A selection of his work over 25 years was shown in 2008.
- In 2009, he was selected by Indian Institute of Cartoonists for their Lifetime Achievement Award.After a heart attack he died on April 4, 2018 at the age of 80.
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