We got the prize in Vibrant STEM Conference where MHRD minister Shri Prakash Jawadekar presented us the award. We, in turn, also gave him our geodesic ball. Later in his speech, he took the ball with him and told this is how STEM should be taught!
Vice Chancellor of Ahmedabad University Prof. Pankaj Chandra understanding the Disc Enigma” made by students. We taught a short course at Ahmedabad University on structures and mechatronics where they made working models themselves.
R. Gopalakrishnan, executive director of Tata Sons Ltd, visited the lab and was really interested in our Sine Wave Car and other MDF toys.
CTO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) visited our lab and was delighted to see the Math of ABCD made by us where all the letters are dissected with minimum cuts to fit into squares.
R. Ramanan, Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission, spent half day in the lab closely looking at all our products and was really excited to take them to the ATL labs in the country.
Director of Technical Education, Shri Supreet Gulati, IAS visited the lab and played with all the toys with a child’s zeal. We are working with DET Gujarat to teach advanced making skills (3D printing, laser cutting etc) to ITI students.