Add on Gyan Educational Services
ADD-on-GYAN Educational Services (AOGES) is a educational services based in Manipal, Mangalore, India. ADD-on-GYAN has created Gyan Lab which is a kinesthetic lab facility that encourages and allows school kids (Grades 3-9) to learn practical concepts in Science, Social Science, Electronics, Robotics, Mathematics and Pre-vocational Learning (day to day activities and utilities), in a hands-on manner using practical experiments, activities and model-making. The facility is usually setup within a school free of cost and students attend it by paying an annual fee.
History
ADD-on-GYAN Educational Services started as a student project from Manipal University Technology Business Incubator (MUTBI) in 2010. It was set up by two Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) students Priyadeep Sinha and Abhash Kumar as a student project on 24 December 2010.
Awards
Gyan Lab, represented by Priyadeep Sinha (CEO) and Sonali Gupta (Vice President) finished second in the Dell Education Challenge (Austin, Texas) â a global competition to improve education, both in and out of the classroom and awarded a cash prize of $5,000.