Ajit Ninan (May 15, 1955^[1] – 8 September 2023) was an Indian political cartoonist, best known for drawing the Centrestage series of cartoons in India Today magazine and Ninan's World in the Times of India.

Ninan lived in New Delhi, where he worked for The Times of India.^[2] He died on 8 September 2023, at the age of 68.^[3]

Work

Comic strips

• Detective Moochhwala, published in Target magazine.

Cartoons

• Ajit Ninan's Funny World, published in Target magazine
• Just Like That! published daily in the Times Of India.
• Like That Only! (along with Jug Suraiya), published bi-weekly in the Times Of India.^[4]
• Centrestage, published in India Today
• Ninan's World, published in the Times of India
• Poli Tricks, a series of cartoons during the 2009 Indian general elections, published in the Times of India
• iToons: a single panel cartoon strip in The Times of India - with Sunil Agarwal

Books

• Ajit Ninan and Jug Suraiya (2007). Like That Only. Times Group Books. ISBN 978-81-89906-13-9.
• Ninan, Ajit, and Sudeep Chakravarti (eds.). The India Today Book of Cartoons. New Delhi: Books Today, 2000.

Awards and honors

• 06 Aug 2022 | BARTONS lifetime Achievement Award | By Indian Institute of Cartoonists