Prof Niteen Patil passes away!

Mumbai, 27^th December

Design consultant and Adjunct faculty at Sir J J School of Art, Mumbai Prof Niteen Patil passed away on 25th December. He suffered a heart attack.

Prof Niteen Patil was recently appointed as Dean at School of Design & Visual Art at Apeejay Stya University, at Gurugram. He had shared this happy news on social media and was planning to join soon. His friends and well-wishers in the art circles were happily congratulating him for this achievement. However, in an unfortunate stroke of luck, he passed away on his birthday before taking up this new and exciting professional assignment.

Friends, colleagues and artist community mourns the untimely departure of Prof Niteen Patil, as they reminisce his noteworthy contributions to art education and his humble and soft spoken demeanor.