Uday Shankar has a BE in Instrumentation and Control Systems from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and specialized in Robotics from the University of South Australia and followed it up with Engineering Design from the University of Hull. An innovator from the beginning, he has the distinction of winning Rs 14 lakh during his college days through prize money.
Latika Rangaraj, Co-Founder, Do It Yourself Academy (DIYA)
Latika Rangaraj has rich experience of 25+ years in the banking and financial sectors, she has played a crucial role in setting up process, implementation and streamlining technology to transform the way we deal with money. As an expert in fraud detection, she led the financial crimes division and reported directly to the Ministry of Finance in Oman.
Transforming children from being passive learners to active learners
The best way of learning is by doing. Do It Yourself Academy (DIYA) is testimony to the idiom. “We are specialists in internationally certified, industry-oriented hands-on robotics and coding education in alignment with learning outcomes proposed by NEP. We are passionate about partnering with education institutions with the vision of Making Children Future Ready, by integrating practical future-tech education as part of the curriculum to enable 21st century skill development,” says Udhay Shankar, founder of DIYA.
DIYA was founded by Udhay Shankar and Latika Rangaraj in 2013 with the vision of laying a strong foundation of 21st century skills in students through robotics and coding and a vision to reach out to 100 million+ students across 100+ countries, through a network of passionate educators.
Udhay specializes in product development, manufacturing, course plan preparation, teaching techniques and enabling teachers to deliver effectively. Latika is a highly process oriented professional focused on achieving customer Wow, by leading the operations, admin, HR, B2B partnerships, partner relations and quality delivery of promises made to the school in a timely manner.
Hands-on future-tech education is the combination of both worlds (tech skills and life skills) ensuring holistic transformation! Everyone knows that speed equals distance covered by time taken, but by finding out the rpm of a motor and calculating the circumference of wheel, the child is now able to decipher the time a robot would take to move across the classroom. “At DIYA we are passionate about adding wonder and magic to the learning curve of children,” says Latika.
As DIYA manufactures products and ensures experiential education in futuristic domains, educators from multiple domains collaborate to ensure holistic transformation. The sequential problem-based learning approach ensures that creators of tomorrow have a strong foundation.
The DIYA advantage
- DIYA’s proprietary TechXploratIon (Technology eXploration and Innovation) pedagogy and structured curriculum, ensures age specific hands-on experiential education.
- Helps children strengthen IQ, EQ and SQ, through special projects.
- Unique learning platform (LMS) enables 24×7 learning from anywhere and plays a crucial role in helping children learn the concepts effectively.
- The robotics kits manufacturedby DIYA are built on open-source tools ensuring huge support community and value-for money costing.
- Non-profit initiative The Reformer in You (TRY) creates student clubs in willing institutions that empower nearby orphanages.
DIYA : https://www.diyalabs.com
