Harun Robert
{{Short description|Indian artist and TV personality}}
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Harun Robert (born 28 December 1978), known professionally as Rob, is an Indian professional artist, YouTube and TV personality. He was the host and creative director of popular Do it yourself (DIY) TV show M.A.D., which aired on Pogo.{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14230 |title=Theme: Order in Chaos |publisher=TEDxIITBHU |accessdate=22 May 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329225428/http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14230 |archivedate=29 March 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/radio-and-tv/Itrsquos-a-M.A.D.-world/article16885305.ece |title=It's a M.A.D. world |work=The Hindu |accessdate=22 May 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522053031/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/radio-and-tv/Itrsquos-a-M.A.D.-world/article16885305.ece |archivedate=22 May 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/V9kLe9FbYoSbbmWrluFSNI/Art-in-a-MAD-world.html |title=Art in a M.A.D. world |work= Mint |date=14 October 2009 |accessdate=22 May 2017}}
He is currently active on YouTube and Instagram with his channel Mad Stuff With Rob and "artguyrob" respectively and also on Disney India's new show Imagine That. He used to outcast his talent in terms of creative do-it-yourself ideas to make the young children build an imaginative career.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Career
Rob is a trained animation filmmaker, and used to work in a studio in Mumbai designing animated content for children's channels. He is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and College of Art, Delhi.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2015-09-19/Mad-about-Art-and-Craft/176695 |title=Mad About Art And Craft |date=20 September 2015 |publisher=The Hans India |accessdate=22 May 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818064416/http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/2015-09-19/Mad-about-Art-and-Craft/176695 |archivedate=18 August 2016 }} He approached to design the production of M.A.D., which he later started hosting and directing. He hosted the show till 2014. He also hosted an interactive magic show called Magicskool for the channel from 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/pogo-launches-magicskool-news-entertainment-lj3rQagfihdsi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605132012/http://www.sify.com/news/pogo-launches-magicskool-news-entertainment-lj3rQagfihdsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 June 2017 |title=POGO launches Magicskool |website= Sify |accessdate=22 May 2017}} He then partnered with Sony Music to create a YouTube channel called MadStuffWithRob.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Sony-Music-launches-an-online-channel-for-children/articleshow/45135650.cms |title=Sony Music launches an online channel for children |work= The Times of India |accessdate=22 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/rob-is-back-this-time-with-madstuffwithrob-his-new-channel-on-youtube/article6594895.ece |title=Rob and his art mob |work=The Hindu |accessdate=22 May 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128102812/http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/rob-is-back-this-time-with-madstuffwithrob-his-new-channel-on-youtube/article6594895.ece |archivedate=28 November 2016 }} He also hosts workshops for children and is a Graffiti artist.{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/apr/25/youtube-goes-mad-1597295.html |title=Youtube goes MAD |work= The New Indian Express |access-date=22 May 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130120/ttlife1.htm |title=Painting the sky red |work=The Tribune |accessdate=22 May 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113075712/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130120/ttlife1.htm |archivedate=13 November 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Street+smart/1/11432.html |title=Street smart |work=India Today |accessdate=22 May 2017 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522053224/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Street%20smart/1/11432.html |archivedate=22 May 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/He-can-work-magic-on-canvas/article15522146.ece |title=He can work magic on canvas |work= The Hindu |accessdate=22 May 2017}}
In 2015, he also starred in a version of the music album 'DJ Waley Babu' along with Indian rapper Badshah. In 2017, he painted the Jog Flyover in Andheri, Mumbai, as a part of Viacom18's Chakachak Mumbai project, and became the brand ambassador for Windmill, India's first international festival for children. On 4 February 2018, he launched another channel "Rob in the Hood" on YouTube to feature his vlogs. In 2020, Rob collaborated with Disney India to make a new show titled Imagine That, in which he demonstrates the techniques used to make fun artistic items using the materials of daily use and provides useful tips.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
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Category:21st-century Indian painters