His paintings, including the one depicting the entire biodiversity in a tiger, have found a prominent place in the last three editions of ‘Silent Conversation: From Margins to the Centre’, an annual tribal-arts exhibition organised in Delhi by Sankala Foundation in partnership with institutions like the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
“One of those paintings was acquired by the ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, while another painting was lapped up by Reliance Foundation. It was at one of the editions of the annual exhibition of tribal arts, which saw me get an opportunity to be among the 40 artists (mostly tribals) who dined with President Droupadi Murmu for the memorable breakfast at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. It is perhaps the most important moment of my life so far.” Rohit said.
He has also created posters for major campaigns of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and painted T-shirts for the state forest department for marking major days related to forests, the environment and wildlife species.
His creations have also been prominently used in books by the National Book Trust of India as well as NCERT.
“It will not be an exaggeration if 90% of the creations (paintings and cartoons) marking the National Forest Martyrs Day are found to have been fashioned by Rohit Shukla. He is a treasure for the MP Forest Department,” said Rohit’s mentor, IFS officer Rajnish Kumar Singh, currently posted as DFO-Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve.
Rohit, who has over the years largely used watercolours to fashion paintings, has now taken a plunge into acrylic colour paintings, and three of those paintings, including an urban tiger overseeing Bhopal from a hilltop, a painting showing a mother cheetah and five cubs at Kuno National Park and the one depicting a snow leopard, are awaiting display at the exhibition on the sidelines of the First International Big Cat Alliance Summit slated for Delhi in the coming months.
It is worth noting that his creative and forest conservation efforts have also fetched him the state government’s Van Prani Sanrakshan Puraskar in 2019 and 2025.
HIS WORKS A BIG DRAW AT EXHIBITIONS
His paintings, including the one depicting the entire biodiversity in a tiger, have found a prominent place in the last three editions of Silent Conversation: From Margins to the Centre, an annual tribal-arts exhibition organised in Delhi by Sankala Foundation in partnership with institutions like the National Tiger Conservation Authority
