New Delhi: An illustration cover designed by Odia artist Shyam Sundar Acharya,35, called ‘Service to the Nation’ has been selected as the cover of the Railway Ministry’s booklet of achievements.
Acharya’s painting shows Mahatma Gandhi disembarking from a train and people greeting him.
The booklet highlights the government’s plans to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. Acharya is working as a peon at the East Coast Railway (ECoR) headquarters in Bhubaneswar.
The talented railway employee is a graduate in art and crafts from the Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar. He was first noticed by a Delhi-based ministry official when he won top honours at an inter-railway painting competition recently.
Acharya was felicitated at a press conference chaired by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in Delhi Tuesday and his painting was the cynosure of all eyes. The cover was the centre of attention at Railway Minister Piyush Goyal’s press conference Tuesday. The booklet highlights the government’s commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary. “I have been working as a peon for 10 years and this is my moment!” said Acharya, who was felicitated by the minister in New Delhi Tuesday.
The artist said the final painting that made it to the 10×10 inch cover was his third entry, as two sample sketches drawn by him were rejected.
“In the first one I sent, Gandhiji and the crowd were looking at the camera, so it was not selected. In the second one, Gandhiji’s face was not clear, but I got it right in the third attempt. It was all done and approved in one night because we were working with a tight deadline,” Acharya said.
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