Manish Jain
Teaching Professor
Manish Jain spends most of his time investigating the science behind simple (and complex) toys and is passionate about sharing his insights and excitement with people. He is a Teaching Professor at IIT Gandhinagar, and heads CCL whose goal is to bring back the gleam in the eyes of students and children. CCL has created over 700 unique toys and activities in over 1.5 L schools, is working with about children and teachers in 13 states in India, has the largest social media presence with 6.5L subscribers and 10crore views.
Before founding CCL, Manish worked at IUCAA’s Science Centre in Pune, with Padma Shri Awardee Arvind Gupta.
Before his foray into education, he spent 19 years in the area of chip design at Synopsys (Bangalore & Mountain View California in Silicon Valley), serving as a Director of R&D. Manish has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur (1993) and has also finished a few courses at Stanford University.
