Aditi Prasad
About
Aditi Prasad, COO and CIO of Robotix Learning Solutions, is on a mission to inspire and educate young girls and boys to learn to code and develop real-world solutions for real-world challenges. She is harnessing the power of robotics, coding, STEM and Maker Space to make school education more interactive and immersive.
She is a lawyer and has done her post-graduation in public policy. In 2014, under the aegis of Robotix, she next laid the groundwork for 'Indian Girls Code', a free, hands-on coding and robotics education programme for underprivileged girls.
The first Indian Girls Code initiative was at an all girls orphanage Annai Ashram in Trichy, Tamil Nadu India, teaching 75 girls coding and robotics.
There are seven programmes now in Tamil Nadu under her initiative 'Indian Girls Code'. Prasad traverses across the state to groom young girls in a way they can become innovators in the future.
She is associated with twelve schools at the moment. Students aged between three to twelve spare one hour every week for learning robotics.
Awards and Accomplishments
Awards and Accomplishments
The ‘Niti Aayog Govt’ of India and ‘UNESCO’ have accorded recognition to this IGC initiative.
She was invited to be the Keynote Speaker at UNESCO’s Policy Forum ‘Cracking the Code : Girls Education in STEM’ that was held in Bangkok.
Aditi Prasad was also honored by ‘Government of Singapore’ in 2017 and was ranked amongst 15 ‘Young Societal Leaders’ selected from around the world for a global leadership event.
Why Aditi Prasad ?
Aditi is promoting educational pathways that lead to better careers and opportunities for girls. She talks about making tech studies more approachable and fun and creating female game-changers in the world.
