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Over the summer, Maker’s Asylum in Goa welcomed 77 students from five countries for its hands-on learning programme, Innovation School. Spread across five batches, the programme had 24 teams of students aged 13 to 18 from 30 schools and 15 cities, who used tools like 3D printers, robotics kits, and laser cutters to build practical solutions to real-world problems. Since moving to Goa in 2021, Maker’s Asylum has hosted 753 young people from across India and 15 other countries, helping them explore creativity, design, and innovation through fun and
practical learning.
Participants were mentored by founder and CEO Vaibhav Chhabra, chief hacker Anool Mahidharia, and director Richa Srivastava, along with experts from institutions like MIT, Cambridge, Cornell Tech, IIT Bombay, and NID Ahmedabad.
Student projects tackled a range of challenges. These included a smart cricket mat (BowlBuddy) to improve bowling, a glove that converts sign language to speech (Unmute), a plastic waste-collecting robot (EcoBot), a heart-monitoring wearable (PulseSync), an AI tennis coach (Carpe Diem), a braille-writing bot (Braille Rap), and a drone for flood relief (AeroRelief). Maker’s Asylum holds the highest number of open-source certified hardware projects in India (25+) and has reached over 100,000 students in the past 11 years. The upcoming winter batch will include scholarship students supported by Ador Welding and Peevee Textiles, selected through NGOs like Akanksha and Unifly, who will work on community-focused projects.
Applications for the Spring and Summer 2026 Innovation School are now open, with both in-person and online options. Customised programmes are also available for schools and colleges.
