- Footpainter
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Pranav M. B
- India
Date of birth: 12.11.1998
Scholarship holder since: 01.03.2023
Pranav M. B. was born without arms on 12 November 1998 in Palakkad, Kreala.
His parents started teaching him to do small tasks with his feet at an early age.
In primary school he learned to read and write with his feet.
His love of painting began when he saw his older brother’s drawings. It was also his brother who taught him the basics of painting. Pranav participated in several painting competitions and won various prizes. Exhibitions were organised with the help of an aid organisation, and paintings were also exhibited in his college.
Pranav M. B. prefers to paint with watercolours and acrylics, but pencil drawings are also part of his repertoire.