Students from the third year undergraduate class of visual arts during a figure painting class in a studio at SNDT Kanyashala. Pics/BIPINu00c2u0088KOKATE

In one of the bustling streets of Khetwadi, Girgaon, near Phadke Ganpati Mandir, a heritage building that was once the house of reformist Dr Dhondo Keshav Karve has been serving as a hub for the Fine Arts department of Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University’s College of Arts. Restored in 2015 and inaugurated as the SNDT University — Jindal Centre for the Arts, the centre finished two years on August 12.