Edudigm, an initiative by 4 IITians is an attempt to bring about a change in the way education in general and science is particular is learnt, taught and perceived. Due to excessive pressure and demands of the various competitive exams, coupled with the mushrooming of thousands of coaching centers, the quality as well as interest levels have gone down. Our beliefs encompass the underlying spirit of success, which is "If you love and enjoy doing something, no one can ever beat you in that". The focus of our initiative is on the means, which to create an environment congenial for learning, understanding and enjoyment of science and its principles, and not on th ends where the entire focus is on getting a rank. Out of lakhs of students only a handful make it to the most coveted institutes every year leaving the majority in a state of confusion and anxiety. Hence, our focus is on the means of attaining knowledge and providing the necessary motivation, inspiration, tools, technology and support leading to superior skills and nurture of talent. A natural by-product of this would be better results, be it board exams or competitives.
Rajiv, Head, Business Development & Marketing
He is a graduate (B.Tech) from IIT Kharagpur in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering. With strong interpersonal and communication skills, Rajiv has always left a positive impact both as an individual and as a team player.He was involved with a lot of extracurricular activities and entrepreneurial activities at IIT. He successfully started the Technology Transfer Group (http://www.ttg-sric.iitkgp.ernet.in), which was the first of its kind student initiative in India and conducted IndAc'08 (www.indac.in) to successfully transfer technologies from the academia to the industry. IIT Kharagpur's first department newsletter and Dramatics Workshops were also conceptualized and initiated by him. His experiences during his internships at reputed Business schools in India, US and Europe have led to a sound understanding of business and management. Rajiv has a special interest in Chemistry and likes to use imagination and conceptual thinking instead of rote learning. Rajiv hopes to bring about a transformation in the education sector of India.
Nishant Sah, Head, Operations
He has been mentoring and teaching students for the last one year and is rated as one of the best in Physics and Maths. With a 99.98 percentile out of 3, 00,000 students who took CAT'07, he has proved his intellect at many levels. He successfully started the most participated event "WoodStock" for Kshitij'07, the largest techno-management fest in India. He was instrumental in implementing an online mess management system which was adopted by all hostels in IIT Kharagpur. He envisions an India where education is accessible to all through the use of technology for massive cost reductions and availability. His strength is that he has taught, mentored students for IIT JEE and has been involved in technology development.
Lokesh Verma, Head, Technology
He is a graduate (B.Tech) from IIT Kharagpur in Mechanical Engineering. Lokesh takes care of all our web related issues. He has designed a very innovative web platform which uses high end technology and artificial intelligence. His programming skills have been appreciated greatly by the innumerable projects he has been involved in. The long list of recommendations he has received from all his clients bear testimony to fact. He was the Head, Design Team at Kshitij'07. He worked as a summer intern at GE. He has held positions like Head, Technology Event Councellor and General Secretary Technology at his hostel at IIT Kharagpur. He views the future as one where education brings equality in the country. He believes that this cannot be achieved unless the country brings equality in education for all.
Manish Shankar, Head, Knowledge Services
He is a graduate (B.Tech) from IIT Kharagpur in Mechanical Engineering. He has been instrumental in designing the study kit and the online test series. He was an active sports person at Kharagpur. He has been involved in guiding students directly and indirectly over the web. He has been involved in IndiaIndexed, a technology startup and a couple other web portals. His humble background has been a great motivator to help spread education to the most remote places in the country.
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