Felicitations and Highlights

At the age of 100, Phadnis remains an active creator, making cartoons and cover designs even today. He has received multiple lifetime achievement awards, including from the Indian Institute of Cartoonists, Bangalore; International Longevity Centre, Pune; Cartoon Watch Magazine, Raipur; Comics O Graphics, Kolkata; and Cartoonists Combine, Mumbai; Chaturang Pratishthan, Mumbai, and many more.

Highlights:

1951: First humourous cover on Huns magazine

1952: First humourous cover on a Diwali Special issue of Mohini.

1954: Receives Outstanding Editorial Art Award by Commercial Artist’s Guild (CAG), Mumbai.

1965: First exhibition of coloured originals, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.

1966: Laughing Gallery held in New Delhi. Inaugurated by former Indian President Zakir Hussein.

1970: First book of select cartoons, ‘Laughing Gallery’ published.

1987: University Grants Commission (UGC) broadcasts S D Phadnis’ programmes on National Television.

1997: Chitrahas and Laughing Gallery tours the US and the UK.

2000: Su. La. Gadre Matoshri Puraskar, Mumbai.

2000: Marmik Puraskar, Mumbai.

2000: Ravi Paranjape Foundation Award, Pune.

2001: Lifetime Achievement Award, by Indian Institute of Cartoonists, Bangalore.

2006: Invitee participant in ‘Cartoons from India’ exhibition at Frankfurt World Book Fair.

2011: Interview (with pictures) on TV channel IBN Lokmat, in ‘Great Bhet’ series.

2011: First Huns Puraskar by Huns Publications.

2011: ‘Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar’ by International Logevity Centre, India.

2012: ‘Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad Puraskar’ for the book ‘Reshatan’ written by S D Phadnis.

2014: Lifetime Achievement Award by ‘Cartoon Watch Magazine’,  Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2016: Lifetime Achievement Award by ‘Cartoonists’ Combine’, Mumbai.

2016: Special Recognition Award – Comics O Graphics, Kolkata.

2018: ‘Pulotsav’ sanman.

2021: TV interview – ‘Ranga Yei Wo’ Sahyadri vahini.

2023: First ‘Pulakit’ sanman.

2023: Felicitation by MIT school of design.

2024: Felicitation on 99th Birthday, by Vasundhara club and cartoonists’ Combine.

2024: Jeevan Gaurav puraskar by Chaturang Pratishthan.

2025: Rotary Vocational Excellence Award, District 3131

2025: Jeevan Gaurav by Nasik Kala Niketan.

2025: Felicitation by Dr D Y Patil College of Arts and Crafts.

At Marmik Puraskar, Mumbai 2001.
Cartoonists Combine Lifetime Achivement Award, Mumbai, 2016. From left Raj Thackeray, SDP, Babasheb Purandare, Charuhas Pandit, Shakuntala Phadnis.
Chaturang Pratishthan Puraskar. From left Dr. Sagar Deshpande, Sudhir Joglekar, Charuhas Pandit, SD Phadnis, Dr. Prataprao Pawar, Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Sarang Darshane.
Felicitation on the 99th Birthday, 29th July 2024, Balgandharv Rang Mandir, Pune. Chief guests – Raj Thackeray, Chandrakant Dada Patil.
Felicitation on the occasion of 90th Birthday. Chief Guest – Artist Ravi Paranjape. Pune, 28th July 2015.
Life Time Achievement Award by Cartoon Watch Magazine Raipur, Chhattisgarh, at Cartoon Festival, Pune. From left Editor Triambak Sharma, Dr. S. B. Mujumdar, SDP, Mangesh Tendulkar, Prashant Kulkarni. 28 September 2014.
Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian Institute of Cartoonists, Bengaluru. From left V. G. Narendra, S M Krishna, the then chief minister of Karnataka, SDP. 2001.
Lifetime Achievement Award to SDP by International Longevity Centre, Pune. SDP, Dr Sharacchandra Gokhale, Dr Narayana Murthy. 2011.
Lifetime Achievement Award by Cartoonists Combine, Mumbai, 16th April 2016. At home, with wife Shakuntala.
Mario Miranda, SDP, Pune 1994.
S. D. Phadnis, Smt Kamala, R. K. Laxman, Smt. Usha and Dr. Mujumdar, on the occasion of Laxman’s birthday. 24 October 2011, Pune.
S. D. Phadnis and Dr. Mohan Agashe, at Phadnis’s Laughing Gallery Cartoon Exhibition, Balgandharv Art Gallery, Pune, 2014.
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