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Welcome to Galileo's Garage! Our mission is to bring affordable, high-quality scientific instruments and educational toys to Indian schools, fostering a deeper understanding and love for science through hands-on, experiential learning. At Galileo's Garage, we believe that education should be fun, accessible, and inspiring for every student.
Join us in re-imagining the way we teach science!
The Challenge We’re Tackling
The core method of teaching science in classrooms has remained largely unchanged for the past century, with a strong reliance on the blackboard. While technology has revolutionized many aspects of our lives, its integration into classroom teaching has been minimal. Science, by nature, is an experimental field, yet the lack of hands-on, experiential learning in teaching diminishes the learning experience and limits students' scientific understanding.
Where We Stand Today
Currently, the integration of experiential learning is largely confined to laboratory work, which is only accessible to a small number of schools. The broader application of this learning approach remains limited to a few select universities, and bringing it into everyday classroom settings is still a distant dream. The main obstacle lies in the high costs associated with designing and maintaining fully-equipped laboratories to complement classroom teaching. These challenges are even more pronounced for schools in rural and remote areas, where resources are often scarce.
Our Vision for Change
We believe the solution is to break down scientific topics into practical, hands-on modules and design demonstration-driven systems for each module. These devices and systems will serve as the foundation for an engaging, experiential learning experience. As the cost of scientific equipment and instrumentation continues to drop, we can now develop highly affordable teaching tools that align with demonstration-based learning. These tools will bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and real-world applications, allowing students to integrate classroom lessons with experiments and demonstrations.
How We’re Making It Happen
Our plan begins with the launch of a pilot program that will directly engage with 10 to 50 schools in the first year. Throughout this pilot phase, we will collect valuable feedback from teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders to gauge the effectiveness of our approach. This feedback will guide ongoing innovation and refinement of the program. In the second year, we plan to expand the program to approximately 200 schools, bringing the benefits of experiential learning to a larger audience.
As we scale up, we will work towards seamlessly integrating our hands-on learning modules into the existing curriculum, ensuring that the approach is aligned with both the learning requirements of students and the high teaching standards expected in schools.
Our Team
Dr. Dhiraj Sinha
Dhiraj Sinha holds a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge University. He was a postdoctoral scholar at MIT before joining Plaksha University, where he is currently a faculty member. He has several years of teaching and research experience across countries such as the USA, Singapore, the UK, and India.
Ganesh Sreedhar
A passionate maker, Ganesh Sreedhar holds a B.Tech (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from Kerala Technological University. He brings expertise in rapid prototyping, design and analysis, and robotics, having conducted multiple workshops across schools and colleges. Before joining Plaksha, he was actively involved in hands-on projects and educational initiatives.
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