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Steam School 2018

Project identity

Name : PathShaala 
Philosophy behind the name : The name PathShaala blends the essence of the word path (मार्ग) and the classroom(कक्षा) to deliver the message 'Bridging the gaps' very clearly, but in a natural, flowing style. It's a name that's both distinctive and easy to say, spell and remember - making it a superb branding opportunity in the fast-growing education sector.

Team members

  1. Gunjan : Graphic Designer
  1. Samiksha : Product Designer
  1. Harsh : Product Designer
  1. Shivam : Product Designer
  1. Filareti : Educator
  1. Rahul : Electronics Engineer

Problem Statement

To bridge the gap between education and the demands of the industry, ensuring all round development/opportunities of/for the youth and their professional future.

Process and motivation

The KPMG skill development report for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry expects labour force requirement in India to grow from 477.9 million in 2011 to 502.4 million by the end of 2017 . This tremendous growth rate underlines the demand for skilled work force to fulfil. India has taken most of its growth rate in gross domestic product (GDP) from the service sector in the past ten years. The sector of manufacturing is yet to become a relevant contributor to the total GDP, with a current share of less than 15 % . In 2014, the Indian government has started an ambitious plan named “Make in India”. The objective of this plan is to make India a global hub for design and manufacturing. The electronics goods share for Asia, for example, is over 60 % and India wants to claim a major share of this market with a clear understanding that skilled labour becomes the essential resource for a sustainable development of an export-oriented nation . The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) statistics show that the enrolment of youth for technical courses in India is lower than the available capacity and less than 40% of the graduating students get jobs in industry . This clearly shows a mismatch between the industry requirements and academic skill development. When talking about qualifying work forces in the course of a sustainable development, the United Nations see education of youth as the key element to cope with the goals of the Agenda 2030 . However, a deeper look at the educational profile of the labour force in India reveals that only 55 % of the age group between 15 and 59 have a primary school background (up to five years of school) with merely two percent with vocational training degrees . A survey of the Boston Consulting Group answered by international manufacturing leaders emphasises an urgent need for a stronger focus of the Indian government on skill development to overcome the hurdles for international manufacturing companies to settle in India. A positive trend is noticeable; the work of the Indian skill development councils is showing its effect in the rapidly growing number of intakes of diploma schools and at university level . However, not only the availability of trained professionals is important but also the profile of those professionals has to include emerging topics to ensure a reliable growth of the Indian manufacturing sector. The inevitable trend of a digital penetration of conventional manufacturing processes and the proclaimed targets of energy security and climate change, calls for a much broader competency map of future engineers and technical labourers. This results in the need to address emerging topics including technical, economic and ecological problems and challenges of the different industrial stakeholders with fitting teaching and learning systems



Statistical data



Field Study ( Visit to Dharavi )

Before the visit Rohaan Goswami took one session on “Ethnographic research : the study of human culture”.

Ethnography (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos "folk, people, nation" and γράφω grapho "I write") is the systematic study of people and cultures. It is designed to explore cultural phenomena where the researcher observes society from the point of view of the subject of the study. An ethnography is a means to represent graphically and in writing the culture of a group. The word can thus be said to have a double meaning, which partly depends on whether it is used as a count noun or uncountable. The resulting field study or a case report reflects the knowledge and the system of meanings in the lives of a cultural group.
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These are few suggestions which were given by Rohaan Goswami: 
Ask why ? 
Be specific. never use "usually" in a questions.
Encourage stories.
Look for inconsistencies.
Pay attention to nonverbal cues.
Don't suggest answers to your questions.
Ask questions neutrally.
Don't ask binary questions.