This presentation was given by Ajith Basu at the conference “Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills in School: Moving a shared agenda forward” on 24-25 September 2019, London, UK.

1. Partnerships between
formal and informal
education
Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills in School:
Moving the Agenda Forward
24-25 September 2019 – London
Organized by:

2. Agastya’s Mission:
to spark curiosity and propagate a
creative temper in disadvantaged
children and teachers through
experiential hands-on science
education and teacher trainings via
scalable & sustainable methods.
Agastya’s Vision:
to create an India of "creators,
tinkerers, solution seekers and
leaders who are humane, anchored
and connected"
12
Million
Children
250,000
Teachers
21
States

3. Agastya works to influence key behavioral shifts in children through its programs
Agastya’s presence is crucial in furthering the development of India through the inclusion of her poor.... with
education, these children may lift humanity to unimagined heights - Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam (Former President of
India), 2012
‘Yes’ to ‘Why?’
Looking to Observing
Passive to Exploring
Textbook to Hands-on
Fear to Confidence
Being led to Leadership
Knowledge to ‘Know’ability

4. Agastya uses scalable & interactive models to impact disadvantaged communities
172 acre
Creativity
Campus,
Kuppam
100 STEM
Oriented
Science
Centers
Across 21 States
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Meghalaya
Odisha
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Make learning
 Fun!
 Useful!
 Accessible!

5. Agastya touches 1.2 million children annually through its programs
105
Lab in a Box
Programs,
70
Lab on a
Bike Programs
26, iMobile and
Lab-on-a-Tab
programs
(digital
platforms)
600 +
Operation
Vasantha –
Night
Community
Centers
10000+
Teachers
trained till date
on
‘Constructivism’
pedagogy
35000+ trained
in Young
Instructor
Leader Program
200+
Mobile
Science Lab
Programs
200+
Mobile
Science Lab
Programs

6. ABOUT REACHPROGRAMS
 Agastya’s Teacher Training
Program aims to empower
teachers to stimulate and nurture
curiosity, creativity and
confidence among students
through ‘hands-on’ creative
learning methods and to foster a
‘learn to learn’ attitude.
 The program enables teachers to
create a multiplier effect in their
own locales through focused
workshops on capacity building
and follow-up programs.
 To impart ‘Ava-Bodh’ principles
(Meta-cognition abilities)
Teacher Training Program in
Constructivism (TTPC):
• 4-day residential
Make Your Own Lab (MYOL):
• 3 – 4 day
• NCERT syllabus.
Teacher Training on Constructivism
with Make Your Own Lab (C-MYOL):
combines TTPC and MYOL,
Customized Teacher Training
Program:
requirements of stakeholders
No. of States
Total No. of Teachers Trained
2014-19
Total No. of Teachers Trained
2018-19
10,633
1,958
11
Proposed Programs
2019/20
2500 Teachers
3 month certificate
program on/off
site
Fellowship
offered
Agastya’s Teacher Training Initiative

7. Collaborations to foster relationships with the Formal Sector
Regulatory Bodies
Institutions / Universities
Donors / Foundations
• Government of India
• State Governments
• Education Departments
• Local bodies
• Design thinking – INSEAD and Stanford University
• Ecology study – Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore
• Validation & Impact assessment - IIM Bangalore
• Curriculum / Pedagogy support, Knowledge /
Resource sharing - IIT IDC, IISER, IISc and more…
• Partnerships with over 100
corporates donor and foundations
• Honeywell, Deutsche Bank,
Broadcom, Synopsis, Qualcomm,
AMD, Bank Of America and
more…
AGASTYA
SUPLEMENTING
GOVERNMENT
SCHOOL
CURRICULUM OF
INDIA THROUGH
HANDS-ON
‘STEAM’
INTERVENTIONS

8. Agastya – Reimagining Education

9. Impact till date
https://www.facebook.com/Agastya.Foundation/
https://www.instagram.com/agastya.foundation/
Info@agastya.org
• Agastya Redefining Education https://youtu.be/wQ_vsb_4-Tg
• Agastya’s Creativity Campus https://youtu.be/RehhwwviGFY
• Agastya’s Teacher Training Program https://youtu.be/BUjppJHVnPE
• Agastya’s Innovation Hub https://youtu.be/w6T4CqkhGZw
Video Links