<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, renowned sculptor and former Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi Dr Uttam Pacharne passed away following a brief illness, in Mumbai early on Tuesday. According to his family friend,  Pacharne was 67 and breathed his last at a private hospital in Goregaon West where he was admitted last Friday for complications arising out of a brain haemorrhage.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Dr. Pacharne is survived by his wife, a son Subodh who is an architect and a daughter Suruchi who is a research scientist in the United Kingdom.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Dr Pacharne's mortal remains shall be kept at his home in Raheja Complex of Malad East for public darshan from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today (Tuesday) and then taken away for the last rites.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Born on June 2, 1956, at Chakhalewadi village in Ahmednagar, Pacharne topped the Art Teacher's course Diploma in Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune, in 1976, and then did his course in Sculpture & Modelling from the prestigious Sir J. J. School of Art in Mumbai.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He bagged the National Lalit Kala Akademi Award and Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar (1985), Junior National Award in memory of the late PM Indira Gandhi (1986), medals, honours and other accolades during his career of over four decades.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was appointed Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi (2018) for a 3-year term and was the President of the Bombay Art Society and other bodies in various capacities.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Dr Pacharne's big and small sculptures adorn different locations in India and abroad, including the White Tiger Regiment at Jhansi (1980), Swami Vivekananda statue, Mumbai (1981), standing Buddha and Dr B. R. Ambedkar statue, both in Dhule (2002), Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj statue in south Mumbai, (2003), Swatantrya Jyot at Andaman & Nicobar Islands (2004), freedom fighter Govindbhai Shroff in Aurangabad (2007), among many more.</span><br />