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B. V. (Bhupendra Virmani) (born 1937) is a leading Indian cartoonist (sometimes signed B. VIR), editor, and publisher of children magazines, and a prominent public figure on matters related to youth and children. He is the chief editor of Balvatika, Balabharati, Nandan, Lokpriya, and Chandamama, and the founder and former chairman of the Children's Book Trust. He is also a member of the Executive Board of UNICEF.

He was born in Lahore (in what is now Pakistan), and spent his childhood in Shimla. After partition he moved to Delhi and studied at Delhi University, where he showed an early talent for art and cartooning. After graduating, he joined the Indian Foreign Service, where he worked for seven years before turning to full-time cartooning and children's literature.

B. V.'s cartoons have been published in the leading Indian newspapers and magazines, including The Times of India, The Hindu, The Indian Express, and India Today. He has also published several books of cartoons and children's literature.

Works

* Books of cartoons:

- Hum Log

- Duniya Meri Mutthi Mein!

- Hastey Huye Log

- Meri Cartoon Kitab

- Mere Cartoon

- B.V. ke Hazar Haseen Chithre

* Children's literature:

- Bal Narendra

- Choti Kahaniyan Bade Logon Ki

- Jataka Katha

- Panchatantra

- Akbar-Birbal

- Tenali Raman

* Compilations:

- Bal Vatika, the magazine for very young children.

- Balbharati, a monthly magazine for children.

- Nandan, a bimonthly magazine for teenage girls.

- Chandamama, a monthly story magazine.

- Lokpriya is the flagship child magazine of the company, and focuses on contemporary real life content with educative value.