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Shynu Chacko Koshy

 

Email: shynukoshy@yahoo.com 

Contact: 9167529630

 

Website

https://www.shynukoshy.com/

 

 

Professional Summary:

  • Dedicated and accomplished children's picture book author, illustrator, and multimedia professional with a proven track record in creating engaging content for children's books and educational materials. Leveraging multimedia skills for impactful visual storytelling

  • Adept at conducting art classes and workshops to foster creativity and learning in young minds.

  • Collaborative team member and joint proprietor of CHAX Creations, contributing expertise in data digitization.

 

Professional Experience:

Books Published:

  • Authored and illustrated sixteen children’s books. The first was an eBook, published by Partridge India, a Random House Company, in 2014. The other four books have been published by H & C Publishing House. I have illustrated three books by other authors and eight books for Excela Publishing House.

  • Authored and illustrated a series of eight children’s art books for Exela Publishing House for class 1 to class 8 to be used in schools.

  • Illustrated 'Spicy Chutney', which is published by H&C Publishing House.

  • Illustrated ‘Unnikuttan, Jimbu camel, and Friends Series Book 1' (Children’s Book by Remya  Geetha (Author)

  • Designer and illustrator with sillyScience for a physics textbook, contributing to educational content.

  • Illustrated ‘Area Story’ for K12 Techno Services Pvt. Ltd. (Children’s Educational Book)

  • Authored and illustrated 'Play with me?’ published by H&C Publishing House.

  • Authored 'Draw and Colour Fruits with Oil Pastels'. Published by H&C Publishing House.

  • Authored 'Draw and Colour Birds with Oil Pastels'. Published by H&C Publishing House.

  • Authored and illustrated children’s book, ‘Bye Bye Burden', which is available online as an e-book and published by Partridge India, a Penguin Random House Company. This book has received reviews by Gulzar Saab, the great Indian poet, lyricist, and film director, among other eminent personalities.

 

Edutainment through Storytelling:

  • Worked as a Visual Content Creator with Supervity (formerly Techforce.ai) combining cartooning and storytelling to educate the workforce that AI can provide digital just-in-time assistance and knowledge at work. It helps users across the world with new age digital skills while super charging their productivity.

 

Art Education and Outreach:

  • Conducted engaging and interactive art classes and workshops for children, fostering a love for creativity and self-expression.

  • Implemented innovative teaching methods to inspire imagination and critical thinking among young learners.

  • Received consistently positive feedback from parents and guardians on the positive impact of art education on children's cognitive and emotional development.

  • The student I trained for elementary and intermediate art exams scored a perfect A grade in these art examinations.

 

Graphic Designing:

  • Graphic designing for publishers like Crossword Book Stores, Creative Educational Aids, and more.

  • Graphic designing for Leadstart Publishing Pvt. Ltd.

  • Graphic designing for Wordit Content Design and Editing Services Pvt. Ltd.

  • Graphic designing for Being Shakespeare-Publishing House.

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  • Worked with Nerolac Paints for wall paint texture design.

 

Multimedia

  • Was a Faculty and Coordinator at Knowledge-Divine Information Technology (KNOW-IT). Worked as a multimedia faculty member and coordinator for the Diploma in Advanced Computer Arts (DACA) - a program conducted by C-DAC-NMRC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing—National Multimedia Resource Centre), affiliated with the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India.

  • Was a Member Content Development Staff at India International Multiversity.

  • Worked as a design consultant with Multia, a creative design agency.

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Before the Digital world

  • Worked as a Editorial cartoonist for Maharashtra Herald

  • Worked as a Editorial cartoonist for Pune Times and Indian Express

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Other interesting things

  • Manages a private YouTube Channel with over five hundred educational art videos.

  • Working on storytelling with a little bit of motion in illustrations daily.

  • I initiated manual composting for our society. We became the first biggest society with the largest number of members to implement manual composting in Mumbai.

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Educational profile:

  • M.Com (Master of Commerce) from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

 

 

Software Skills:

  • Proficient in :

  • Procreate

  • Autodesk Sketchbook

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

  • InDesign

  • Fresco

  • After Effects

  • Audacity

  • Experienced in audio and video editing.

  • Comfortable using an XP-PEN.

 

I hereby declare that the information furnished is genuine and true to the best of my knowledge.            

 
 
 
 
 
 
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