WE BELIEVE

IN YOUR DREAMS.

About Pixelschool

We believe in your dreams.

We believe we can help you make them come true. A creative and successful career awaits you. We have already trained hundreds of aspiring artists in last ten years. Established in 2010,Pixelschool is the best Photography and visual media training institute in Pune. We conduct courses in Photography, filmmaking, modeling and various other artistic fields. Our aim is to train our students with employable, creative and technical skills. Thus, our courses are designed with a market-oriented approach while keeping the balance between art and technology.

Vision

We want to become the best multimedia training institute in India by year 2030 while training more than 25000 individuals through our online and offline multimedia courses.

Mission

We empower the youth with an employable skill-set enabling them to become self sustained and a contributing member of the society. We strive to better ourselves consistently in order to be the flag-bearer in the field of multimedia and entertainment. Our motto is Dream, Learn, Create.

Directors

Jitesh Patil

Founder Director

He is the man with the vision of making multimedia education mainstream and affordable to masses which resulted into foundation of Pixelschool (formerly The Lightstyle Institute of Photography) in the year 2010. He started his journey in field of mass media as a commercial photographer in year 2003 from the historical city of Aurangabad. After setting up the foundation of his artistic career for a few year he decided to expand his horizon and shifted to cultural and educational hub of India, Pune in the year 2010.

In a career spanning over 18 years, he has explored various genre of photography expertly prominent being Fashion Photography, Advertising Photography and Event Photography. He has worked with various esteemed Publications such as Time of India, Femina, Sakal Media & Newspapers, Divya Marathi and many more.

He has also been a Jury and Mentor at the prestigious beauty pageant Mr. and Ms. University for consecutive eight years since year 2013. He was also the Jury and official fashion photographer at Sakal Beauty of Maharashtra 2020. He has mentored and clicked over 500 professional models till date most of which have become successful in the glamour and film industry.

Jitesh have been teaching photography at various prestigious educational institutions such as Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, Pune and MKSSS' School of Fashion Technology, Pune.

At Pixelschool, Jitesh has been serving as principal faculty since it's foundation. He has trained over 500 aspiring photographers in last 10 years. He believes than training youth with employable skillset is the biggest need of 21st century India.

www.jiteshpatil.in

Ar. Minakshi Patil

Founder Director

An architect by profession and an artist by passion, Ar. Minakshi Patil has explored many art forms since her childhood. She has won numerous awards in Painting, Writing, debate competition and many more. She is not only an artist but a national level athlete who has won a Bronze Medal in National Competition in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Later she found her true calling in architecture. She completed her B. Arch from Prestigious Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, Pune. She has designed numerous residential and commercial projects till date. Her true liking is designing bungalows.

While pursuing a successful career as an architect she also explored photography as an art form while roaming in The Himalayas. She has completed numerous adventurous treks such as Tunganath, Dayra Bugyal and Roopkund while clicking the serene beauty of the mountains.

Minakshi also has tried her hands in wildlife and nature photography in the ranges of Sahyandri and many wildlife sanctuaries across India.

since 2012, She is serving as a director at the Pixelschool. She believes in following a passion is as important as creating a successful career.

An architect by profession and an artist by passion, Ar. Minakshi Patil has explored many art forms since her childhood. She has won numerous awards in Painting, Writing, debate competition and many more. She is not only an artist but a national level athlete who has won a Bronze Medal in National Competition in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Later she found her true calling in architecture. She completed her B. Arch from Prestigious Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, Pune. She has designed numerous residential and commercial projects till date. Her true liking is designing bungalows.

While pursuing a successful career as an architect she also explored photography as an art form while roaming in The Himalayas. She has completed numerous adventurous treks such as Tunganath, Dayra Bugyal and Roopkund while clicking the serene beauty of the mountains.

Minakshi also has tried her hands in wildlife and nature photography in the ranges of Sahyandri and many wildlife sanctuaries across India.

since 2012, She is serving as a director at the Pixelschool. She believes in following a passion is as important as creating a successful career.

Ar. Minakshi Patil

Founder Director

Faculty

Mr. Prasad Namjoshi, Ph.D.

Writer & Filmmaker

Prasad Namjoshi is working as a writer, director and producer in TV and Film industry for last twenty years.

As a writer-director, his debut feature film is Rangaa Patangaa.

Rangaa Patangaa is the winner of ‘Sant Tukaram’ Best International Marathi Film Award for the film and Best Director award to Prasad at Pune International Film Festival 2016. It also won Best Rural Film and Best Director awards at 53rd Maharastra State Awards 2016. Prasad also awarded as Best Debut Director at Sanskruti Kala Darpan Awards 2016 and Best Director and Best Screenplay at Chitra Padarpan Awards 2017. Rangaa Patangaa is selected for 16th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival 2016, Goa Marathi Film Festival and Mumbai International Film Festival.

He has written, produced and directed more than 250 educational films, corporate films, documentaries, TV shows and short films, off which Kaanch Ke Bartan, Racelessness, Shaaradeeya and Breaking Views have been acclaimed in different short film festivals. Turing Point in Hindi and Amhi Bighadalo in Marathi are his latest TV serials as a writer, director and producer.

Prasad is a Ph.D. in Mass Media. He has completed his post-graduation in Communication Studies and PG diploma in Journalism from University of Pune. He has to his credit a Maharashtra State Government Literary Award-winning Book Short Cut, on short film making. His second book is Pandepuran- translation of Pandeymonium a book by Ad Guru Piyush Pandey.

He is Director of Abhishikta Infotainments Pvt. Ltd. a media production house and associated with Pixelschool as a visiting faculty for the subjects like television production, script writing and Film Direction.

www.abhishikta.co.in

Devendra Pore is one of the acclaimed wildlife photographers in India. He has won several awards for his spectacular images. He has a diverse experience in clicking wildlife and birds in India and the USA. getting the best possible pictures in natural habitat of the animal is his specialty. He was able to capture the beauty of different species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. At Pixelschool, He loves to guide young and aspiring photographers in understanding the way of the nature and how click beautiful photos of these wonders of nature

Devendra Pore

Wildlife Photographer

Devendra Pore

Wildlife Photographer

Devendra Pore is one of the acclaimed wildlife photographers in India. He has won several awards for his spectacular images. He has a diverse experience in clicking wildlife and birds in India and the USA. getting the best possible pictures in natural habitat of the animal is his specialty. He was able to capture the beauty of different species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. At Pixelschool, He loves to guide young and aspiring photographers in understanding the way of the nature and how click beautiful photos of these wonders of nature

Photography Competition

Pixelschool has organized the biggest photography competition of Maharashtra in association with Sakal Media Group. The theme of this competition was based on the biggest spiritual pilgrim of Maharashtra. Ashadhi Wari, where millions of pilgrim walk to Pandharpur to take blessings of Lord Vitthala. We had held exhibition displaying over 1300 beautiful Photographs clicked by hundreds of photographers acorss the state, at prestigious Balgandharva Art Gallery in Pune. This exhibition was inaugurated by renowned marathi actor Ajinkya Raut who has infamously portrayed the character of Lord Vitthala in a Television soap opera. The occasion was also graced by Mrs. Mrunalini Pawar of Sakal Media Group along with Mr Jitesh Patil, DIrector of Pixelschool.

Official Partners

Film & Glamour Events

Film Stars | Creativity | Achievements

Judging Sakal Beauty of Maharashtra pageant 2020

Publication of Sakal Tanishka Magazine with Sonalee Kulkarni and Ex-Mayor of Pune Mrs.Mukta Tilak

Working with various actors of Marathi Film Indutry.

Judging NIEM's Mr and Miss University Pune for 8 Years.