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￼Deborshee Gogoi

Deborshee Gogoi is a wildlife and conservation cartoonist ￼from Assam, India. He is using cartooning to voice against human atrocities on environment and wildlife. Gogoi believes that cartoon is an effective medium that makes people laugh as well as think about all wrong happenings around them. He found that humour is an effective medium to translate his thoughts and create awareness about nature. To him, cartoons and comic strips are a way to give a voice to voiceless animals.

Born on July 15, 1982, Gogoi grew up near the Bherjan reserve forest in Tinsukia, Assam’s Eastern-most district. As a child, he cycled with his friends in the rainforests near his house. Once he tried to re-enact the role of Mowgli from The Jungle Book by swinging from a tree and ended up with multiple fractures in his right hand.

After graduating from Tinsukia College he did his Masters and M.Phil from Dibrugarh University. He then pursued his PhD from Assam University (Diphu Campus). After working in the banking sector for couple of years, he shifted to academics and presently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce, Dignoi College.

An avid birdwatcher and a wildlife photographer, he has undertaken extensive travel into the wilderness of Northeast India in search of birds. On March 05, 2016 he recorded White-browed Crake, a bird new to South Asia with one of his birding friend in the Maguri-Motapung Beel (wetland). He has also co-authored a book named 'Birds of Maguri-Motapung' that was published in the year 2018.

This self-taught artist is one of the few wildlife cartoonists from the region. His cartoons, caricatures, illustrations and comic strips are based on the species of Northeast India. In 2018, he started Wildscapes, his venture to promote environmental awareness through cartoons, illustrations and comics.This self-taught artist is one of the few wildlife cartoonists from the region. He has also set up an online website, where admirers of his work can buy items like mugs, T-shirts, posters, greeting cards and notebooks.

He illustrated 'So Long, Amur Falcon' a book published by Bombay Natural History Society on one of the greatest conservation success story about Amur Falcons in Nagaland. His cartoons have featured regularly in The Assam Tribune, and some national and international journals, magazines and e-magazines.

Presently, he is on a mission to explore the wilderness of Northeast India and showcase the same to world arena through his cartoons. His feature plan is to publish a compilation of his environmental and wildlife cartoons in a book form.

In a bid to take them to the world, he has set up an online shop, where admirers of his work can buy items like mugs, T-shirts, posters, greeting cards and notebooks.