Sir J J Institute of Applied Art Dr D N Road Mumbai 400 001 (Applied Art)

Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art is a state government college in Mumbai that traces its origins to the Sir J. J. School of Art, founded in 1857. The institute began operations within the School of Art's premises in 1935 and grew out of the Commercial Art Section (CAS), created in 1946 to give students practical, commercially applicable art training. The CAS helped save the parent school from closure during World War II by producing successful propaganda posters for the British Bombay government. As demand for CAS-trained artists grew in Mumbai's advertising and commercial industries, the government separated the section into its own institute, with Professor V. N. Adarkar as its first principal and later dean. The institute gained independent status in 1961. Over the decades it undertook social awareness projects such as 'Know the Five-Year Plan' and 'Our Himalayas.' Today, it offers a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art from the University of Mumbai, with specializations including Illustration, Photography, Typography, and Computer Graphics. The historic campus, located opposite CSMT station, also houses the Sir J. J. School of Art, Sir J. J. College of Architecture, and the Government Institute of Printing Technology, and is notable as the birthplace of writer Rudyard Kipling.