Haridas Nareeckal
Graduated from Govt. RLV College, in 1999, with first rank in ‘Painting’ on the Merit scholarship by Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi.
After six years of working with PenBooks, a major publishing company, in 2006 Haridas customized Malayalam fonts for the famous Malayalam daily ‘Madhyamam’.
Completed the design and typography customization works for the major print and electronic media in the Malayalam language like the Asianet News, Flowers Channel, India Vision, Reporter, Mangalam News Channel, TV New, Jeevan TV, Janayugom, Janmabhumi, Veekshanam, Chandrika, Metrovaartha, Newage, Mangalam Weekly, Arogya Mangalam, Facebook Magazine, Rishimukh, SIRC Newsletter, Malayalasree, Exclusive, Kerala Market, etc.
Received the internationally acclaimed ‘BID International Quality Summit Award’ in 2014 from New York for the quality of design projects. Other awards are Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (for Cover design), Kerala Cartoon Akademi Award, Darshana Bookfair Award, Library Council Award, etc.
Published the book ‘Jalachayam’ which explains painting and watercolor in-depth. Worked as the editor and designer of the book ‘Anamayilottakam’ written by artist Ashanthan. Also serves as a lecturer at Amrita University, Edapally, and The Sacred Heart College, Thevara.
Completed 100+ national and International branding assignments