Austin Coutinho

Austin Coutinho is a caricaturist and sportswriter. A former fast bowler and Mumbai’s Ranji probable in the 1980s, he retired from Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. as Sr. Manager – CRM in December 2014. A graduate in science and laws,he possesses post-graduate qualifications in journalism, marketing and public relations.
Author of several books, Coutinho has contributed cartoons and sports features to some of the top publications and websites in India. He now writes a weekly column for Firstpost and a monthly column for children’s magazine, Dimdima. Besides earning renown as a former cricket and football coach, he was at the helm of Mumbai football for a while and was also a member of the state’s sports committee.
He lives in Mumbai with wife Rina and daughter Natasha, an entertainment writer with Times of India.