Akshay Chaudhari

Vigyan Ashram is training rural youth on various technologies and help them to start their enterprises . It has a program DBRT ( Diploma in Basic Rural Technology ) to train rural youth . Visit vigyanashram.com for more details . Vigyan Ashram is working with secondary schools since 1987. Through its program , ' Introduction to Basic Technology ( IBT ) ' , Vigyan ashram is promoting small makers lab with traditional tools in secondary schools . The program is getting implemented in 200+ schools . IBT is also become a part of NSQF and recognised as ' Multi skill foundation Course ( MSFC ) ' . Vigyan Ashram is also the first Fab Lab ( Fab Lab ' o ' ) established with the support of Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) , USA in 2002. Fab lab is a facility for digital fabrication . VA has established Do - It - Yourself Lab in Pune city in 2012 with the support of Govt of Maharashtra . DIY Lab is a facility for school children to carry out educational projects . ATL tinkering lab is similar to DIY Lab activities . Vigyan Ashram is also engaged in developing educational content using a DIY Lab facility . It has contributed lessons on Fab Ed- Fab Lab in the education project of Fab foundation ( https://www.scopesdf.org/ ) . Based on this expertise , VA is regularly conducting training of teachers of Atal tinkering Lab teachers in Maharashtra . Since Feb 2021 , Vigyan Ashram has provided online support to ATLs in Chhattisgarh and from Oct 2021 , VA is providing online- offline to ATLS in Andhra Pradesh in partnership with UNICEF . Vigyan Ashram is a Design Innovation Center of Savitribai Phule Pune University . We work on development of various technologies with the help of engineering and science college students .