By Tricitynewsonline Reporter
Chandigarh
30th July:- This 23 year old engineer
could have managed a decent job for himself, but instead he thought of
generating employment for others. An entrepreneur himself now, he wants to
produce more entrepreneurs by bringing about a change in the education system
of the country.
Akshay Ahuja who had come
up with a robotics training startup last year wants slum children to also get
an experience of startup culture. A unique initiative by this young
entrepreneur was launched here in collaboration with Chandigarh Metro here
today.
A workshop was organised
here today for these children to mark the occasion. Under the initiative around
70 slum children from the tricity will be imparted training in a startup
culture at the newly opened INNOV8, a co-working space here in Industrial Area
Phase I.
Slum children will be
trained on a fortnightly basis at the co-working space, which has a number of
startups working from its premises now. The participating children were brought
in a radio cab to give the feel of an entrepreneur and were even trained how to
use the mobile application to promote digital India. They were on the inaugural
day explained basics of robotics. They were also given away certificates to
acknowledge their participation in the workshop.
Trained by the Chandigarh
based RoboChamps, Tushar Sarin, a Class Eight student of a city school here,
who now aspires to teach in slums, would be a part of the training module,
which is supported by the staff of RoboChamps under the mentorship of Akshay
Ahuja, Founder of RoboChamps.
RoboChamps is a sister
concern of Robotics Education World being run by Akshay Ahuja and is engaged in
providing Robotics and Technology based education to the young minds through
schooling education in India.
Vivek Atray, Author and Mentor, while speaking on the
occasion said that it is highly important for society at large to encourage
children from underprivileged backgrounds to shine and realise their potential.
Akshay Ahuja, Director, Robotics Education World, said that while most of the well to do families can afford to
get the best education for their children, this unique initiative is sure to
bring a smile on the faces of slum children of tricity. He has always felt
education is for everyone irrespective of the social status and being a startup
himself, He felt these underprivileged kids who are otherwise deprived of
quality education must be trained. Who knows some of them turns out to be an
entrepreneur one day like him.
He added that we don’t
want this knowledge to remain with private schools and government schools, and
want to introduce this concept in slums also. We did one pilot project on one
of kids Aakash from Sector 79 slums and today he is capable to earn his
livelihood. In this campaign we will promote Skill India, Initiated by our
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
