Milind Sathe, art activist, passed away in the city on February 10th following a brief illness. He was 60.
The founder of Art India Foundation and Khula Aasmaan, Shri Milind Sathe continues to live in our hearts as someone who inspired many with his passion for art and fulfilled his friendships and relationships with unending love.
Milind was the founding trustee of Art India Foundation, a trust which undertakes activities and projects to promote art and spread art awareness especially among children including underprivileged and challenged children.
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Khula Aasmaan is a platform for creative expression by children and young adults. Khula Aasmaan runs art competitions and creates content in art and science in the form of videos and audios for children, parents and teachers.
Khula Aasmaan has a pan India reach and the art contest receives entries from across India. See the locations from where entries come in.
Khula Aasmaan conducts workshops for children, teachers as well as parents. Exhibitions of medal winning and shortlisted artworks are also organised at public spaces and institutions so that the sensitisation to art can happen in a significant way. Details
Read the article on Khula Aasmaan by Milind Sathe (Maharashtra Times, October 2017)
Feature on Khula Aasmaan by Ananya Barua (Hindustan Times, November 2018)
Khula Aasmaan showcased as a social innovation at National Conference on Social Innovation 2017
Milind's active interests include travel, photography, cycling, history and media.