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Aavishkaar: Center for Science, Arts & Technology
Nurturing curiosity, creativity and crucial thinking in all through STEM education
Headquarters
Himachal Pradesh
Thematic area
Livelihoods
Region(s) of work
Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, The Government of NCT of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh
Company Size
15
Sub-Theme(s)
Children and Youth, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Women
Categories
Incubator, Pragati
About the Organization
Aavishkaar educates, equips and enables STEM teachers to create active thinking classroom in schools and communities. They have impacted 7,000 teachers, 300 spring teachers, and 30,000 students through 3 state governments and more than 50 grassroots organizations and communities.
Active Founder(s)
Sandhya Gupta
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Sandhya is an electrical engineer, a math & science enthusiast, and a women's education advocate. She has a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Semiconductor) from Iowa State University (Iowa, USA) with several publications and patents. She has been an academic achiever, with many awards. She also has a Masters in Public Affairs from the Humphery Institute at the University of Minnesota. She has worked in Semiconductor Technology Research for 20 years in US before moving to Himachal in 2009. She currently lives in a village near Palampur with husband Sarit, daughter Shamli and dog Belaa.Sandhya enjoys watching birds, reading books, morning walks, cooking and dreaming about watching movies.
Sarit Sharma
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Sarit is a technology enthusiast, a science teacher, a story teller and a business idea dreamer. He is an engineer by training with a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Electromagnetics) from Iowa State University (Iowa, USA) with several publications and patents. He has worked in Technology Research for 20 years in US before moving to Himachal in 2009. He currently lives in a mud house in a small village near Palampur with wife Sandhya, daughter Shamli and dog Belaa. He has been involved in mud building methods for many years. He also enjoys working with their neighborhood communities to make learning a joyful experience for all. He is also engaged in setting up libraries in near by communities.Sarit enjoys discovering new ways to teach old science, designing bamboo furniture and and picking up necessary & unnecessary arguments and arranging things everywhere.
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