Manthan Art School in Mumbai, Pune and Ratnagiri

About Manthan?

Director’s Word

I am honored to introduce you to Manthan – The School of Creative
Advertising and Art and its signifcant contribution to the advertising world.

Manthan was established in 2003, where students from art background or even non-art are trained to fulfll their creative dreams of becoming advertising professionals. Here, students learn how to conceptualize unconventional ideas and work with variety of design applications to produce designs that can be used for branding and advertising.

We host exhibition each year where students of all levels, beginning to advance, display their projects and campaigns. Now with 4 branches across Maharashtra, we have been training students for more than 22 years with new and advanced technologies.

Manthan is also updating its curriculum from time to time align with industry demands, incorporating new topics. This ensures students are well-prepared to excel in the advertising feld in all vertical. We are collaborating with advertising professionals that allows us to tailor our training to the latest industry trends and practices. We strive to give students the tools they need to succeed in this field.

Thank you!

Shashikant Gawali
Director, Manthan

Manthan Art School

All the courses at Manthan have been created keeping in mind the creative industry needs, interests, efforts, financial situation, limitation of time and students especially who are not from any art background or who are come from small city.

Today there are endless job opportunities in Advertising and communication design, commercial Film, Graphic Design, Printing, and Digital advertising in every city and town.

Manthan’s curriculum structure and teaching methodology involve an exchange of thoughts between the teacher and the students. In the modern era of constantly updated software and automation,

Manthan the school of advertising and art offers a unique New Age Creative courses like Diploma in communication design, diploma in applied art, Graphic design course in Mumbai , Pune, Ratnagiri and Satara that maintains the characteristics of the existing Art curriculum and also teaches techniques to use the software in a smart way that saves time and effort.

We do not have an exam pattern. The true assessment is on the basis of mastery by students in Logo Design, Branding, Illustrations and Ad Campaigns. To build strong job-ready skill sets and networking, we take extra efforts for our students by organizing Agency Mentoring and Alumni Meet. The latest trends in Advertising industry, Illustration, UI/UX, Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and Experiential Design reflect in the powerful and impactful portfolios of our students, in comparison to other art students. All those who are nearer and cheaper are not necessarily good. Instead of falling in the trap of marketing gimmicks, always evaluate an institute based on quality and prior history.

It is the instructor who molds the students… not the infrastructure.

Applied Art Institute / Visual & Communication Design/ Commercial Art

Applied Art Institute in Mumbai, Pune, Ratnagiri and Satara– This is a full-fledged course designed for students who have either appeared for or have cleared class 10th/12th. Our syllabus promotes a fundamental understanding of creativity through the study of culture, literature, history, anthropology, and
philosophy to think outside the box and taught beyond the confines of the four walls. Manthan’s curriculum structure and teaching methodology involve an exchange of thoughts between the teachers and the students. In the modern era of constantly updated software and automation, Manthan offers a unique New Age Advertising course that maintains the characteristics of the existing Art curriculum and also teaches techniques to use the software in a smart way that saves time and effort.

This course ensures that sufficient practice in drawing, painting, idea generation, visualization, illustration, typography, photography and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Creative Portfolio & Visualization

There is a huge gap in job vacancies and number of students who take up art courses like foundation, painting, Art Teacher Diploma (ATD), Fine Arts, Applied Art and Visual and Communication Design. Due to lack of correct guidance before stepping into the advertising world, can lead to major fallback in one’s career. As the advertising industry is very adaptable to changes, we as
students has to be updated with the ongoing and growing trends of the ad world. Advertising agencies require candidates with 360 degree portfolio and here creativity, ideation and idea oriented portfolio is preferred the most.

Here at MANTHAN we not only focus on the design aspects but also pay equal attention to idea generation and visualization.

Government Diploma Course in
Applied Art

This course is facilitated by Government of Maharashtra under Maharashtra State Board of Skills, Vocational Education and Training. The course duration is of 2 years. This course is designed for students after 10th/12th who are aspiring to pursue their career in applied art/ advertising industry. Diploma in applied art course is focused on overall building and portfolio development, which includes theory as well as practical subjects. Practical subjects are Graphic Design, Drawing and Painting and Digital Photography; Theory subjects are
English Communication, Computer Application and Psychology.

Certification of Diploma in applied art course has multiple benefits including job opportunities in private as well as Government posts in India and also abroad.

Creative Visualization Improvement Program

This course provides a golden opportunity for those who have interest and talent in art but could not pursue Applied Art Institute or Fine Art due to pressure of completing degree/diploma. Similarly, this course also caters the needs of working professionals who have done DTP/Graphics course but do not have that creative spark to progress in Ad world. For those with right creativity maturity, it is possible to regain missed opportunity through this one year course. As per student’s requirement, we also provide software training separately. Through hardwork and dedication, you can create an impactful portfolio and get your dream job in a reputed Ad Agency.