Other initiatives — Chaitra R

IGNITE — Design makeathon and hackathon festival

Lead organiser of IGNITE, the MYP/DP Design department's annual makeathon and hackathon festival. I plan the themes and categories, the budget and materials, and communication with students and parents.

Lead organiserMakeathonHackathon

Prize-winning team holding certificates and a trophy on stage, faces hidden — Prize winners with their certificates and trophy

Student wearing an arm-mounted electronics prototype with servo-driven finger attachments, face hidden — Wearable electronics prototype with servo-driven fingers

Laptop showing a student pitch slide for SHELLX, a smart umbrella, with four target audiences — Pitch deck — SHELLX smart umbrella target audiences

Team presenting their idea to a mentor at a table, student faces hidden — Teams presenting their ideas to a mentor

Working with a team on a motor and battery circuit, student faces hidden — Building and troubleshooting a motor circuit

Marking out a plywood sheet with a student before cutting, student face hidden — Marking out plywood before cutting

Student cutting plywood with a jigsaw while wearing safety glasses, faces hidden — Jigsaw cutting with safety glasses on

Students nailing together a plywood prototype, faces hidden — Assembling a plywood prototype

T-Works and the Great Innovation Challenge

Trained at T-Works, Hyderabad, then trained teachers and ran hands-on design workshops for students. Mentored students through the 2-month Great Innovation Challenge social innovation bootcamp, from identifying community problems to prototyping and presenting solutions.

Read the letter of appreciation

Teacher trainingSocial innovation2-month bootcamp

Three students giving a timed pitch beside their cardboard prototype, faces hidden — A team's timed pitch

Students demonstrating a wheeled cardboard prototype with a laptop, faces hidden — Live demo of a working prototype

Students presenting a prototype made of model houses, faces hidden — A team walks through their model

Mentoring two students during the bootcamp, student faces hidden — Mentoring teams through their design decisions

A student showing her prototype up close to parents in the audience, student faces hidden — Showing the build up close to parents

T-Hub, Hyderabad

Ran sessions for students and led student visits to the innovation hub.

Innovation hubStudent visits

T-Hub photos coming soon

MYP Design workshop, SAIBSA 2024

Facilitated an MYP Design workshop for educators at the South Asia IB Schools Association (SAIBSA) in 2024.

IB MYPEducators2024

Workshop photos coming soon

Design Lab / Makerspace and Robotics Lab

Set up the school's Design Lab / Makerspace and Robotics Lab from scratch, planning the space, equipment, and safe working routines. I lead woodworking, 3D printing, and CAD-to-prototype work there.

Lab setupSafetyWoodworking3D printing

Beyond the classroom: labs, makeathons, and innovation partnerships.

IGNITE — Design makeathon and hackathon festival

T-Works and the Great Innovation Challenge

T-Hub, Hyderabad

MYP Design workshop, SAIBSA 2024

Design Lab / Makerspace and Robotics Lab

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