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{{Infobox webcomic| <!-- Part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics]] --><br />
| title = Arbit Choudhury<br />
| image = [[Image:Arbit Choudhury.JPG|350px|center]]<br />
| caption = A comic strip portraying ''Arbit Choudhury<br />
| author = Shubham Choudhury and Hemantkumar Jain<br />
| url = http://arbitmba.com/<br />
| status = Every 15 days<br />
| began = 2004<br />
| ended =<br />
| genre = [[Business school]], [[Coming of age]]<br />
| ratings =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Arbit Choudhury''''' is a [[coming of age]] [[webcomic]] run in the format of a [[comic strip]] from [[India]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The plot of each strip revolves around the protagonist named "Arbit Choudhury" who is an [[MBA]] student. [[Choudhury]] is a common Indian surname while the word "Arbit" refers to the [[arbitrary]] ways of the protagonist. The strip deals with the campus life of a B-school student, replete with [[jargon]] and has Arbit Choudhury making mockery of management concepts and theories. He is characterised as a student with big dreams and bigger mouth, studying at a leading business school. Each strip is carried in a single panel and is not serialised (that is, each strip is complete in itself).<br />
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== Development ==<br />
The webcomic and its protagonist were created by Shubham Choudhury and Hemantkumar Jain in 2004, then students at [[NITIE]], [[Mumbai]]. It was initially created to serve as a mascot to the online contest MastishK' 04, which is part of ''Prerana'', the [[culfest|inter-collegiate youth festival]] of the institute. In the subsequent years, competitions were held among the students of various B-schools, to identify good ideas for the comic strip, in addition to the ideas generated by the creators themselves. The concept of a comic strip revolving around the life of a B-school student proved successful at the festival and this led to its transformation into a webcomic.<br />
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The strip is updated once every 15 days. Apart from the regular ideas, patrons can also submit ideas for ''Arbit Choudhury'' through its website and such contributions are acknowledged as contributors in the strip itself.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
''Arbit Choudhury'' was awarded with the [[Manthan Award]] for demonstrating how ICT could be used as an effective marketing tool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://manthanaward.org/section_synopsis.asp?id=108 |title=List of The Manthan Award 2007 Winners |publisher=Digital Empowerment Foundation |accessdate=2012-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117084404/http://manthanaward.org/section_synopsis.asp?id=108 |archivedate=2012-11-17 }}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://arbitmba.com/ Official website for the strip]<br />
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1267366,curpg-1.cms Bombay Times dated 18 October 2005 - when A meets B] A supplement from [[Times of India]]<br />
* [http://mastishk-nitie.blogspot.com/2004/10/making-of-arbit.html Making of Arbit Choudhury]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110521151202/http://www.onlinecomics.net/pages/details/listing.php?comicID=7937 Listing at Onlinecomics.net]<br />
* [http://managementinformatika.blogspot.com/2007/09/exclusive-interview-with-arbit.html Interview of Creators]<br />
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[[Category:2000s webcomics]]<br />
[[Category:School webcomics]]<br />
[[Category:Coming-of-age webcomics]]<br />
[[Category:Student culture in India]]<br />
[[Category:2004 webcomic debuts]]<br />
[[Category:Indian webcomics]]<br />
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