Shreyas Navare is a technology manager by profession with an MBA from IIT Bombay. His passion for drawing political cartoons began at the age of twelve. Two years later, his cartoons appeared in Thane Plus, a supplement of the Times of India. Thereafter, during his engineering days, several Marathi cartoons were published in Loksatta and Mumbai Times. Shreyas has held many cartoon exhibitions, one of which was inaugurated by the President of India in 2006. He has been contributing cartoons to HT since 2007 including an editorial cartoon column titled “Big Deal”.