In a day, he records around three to four videos. “I am very happy about these videos because they have reached far flung village children where no other channel can be viewed. Over the last 25 years, Arvind has made over 125 programs for ‘Tarang’ which were viewed widely on Doordarshan. Initially, these videos were dubbed in seven regional languages. Chaudhari who was the Joint-Director of the NCERT, invited Arvind to make programs on science activities for Doordarshan which were broadcasted under ‘Tarang’. One of his professors from IIT Kanpur, Prof. It was during this time he discovered his true passion for making science toys from easily available materials.

Arvind did not like his job and thus took a break after two years of working. Later, I spent time with the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme (HSTP) which aimed at revitalizing science education in village schools.”Īfter IIT, Arvind joined TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company) and worked on Tata Trucks for two years. This helped me discover my interest in education. I taught the children of mess workers and students from the adjoining village of Nankari for five years during my stay at IIT. “Unlike scientists in the West, scientists here were refusing to undertake research which would eventually lead to making warheads and bombs most of them were searching for a meaningful role. It was in the early 70s when Arvind joined IIT Kanpur. Despite all the odds, Arvind topped his district in the 12 th standard. It was my most prized possession and I played with it for years – inventing many more possibilities than had been listed in the brochure,' Arvind says, recalling his childhood.

She intuitively understood that good education would be the passport to our future. ' My mother sold some of her jewelry and sent us to the best school in town. During his growing up years, there were no books to read and at times there were occasions when the electricity or phone connection would be cut off due to non-payment of bills. When I first reached out to him, he said he suffers from prostate cancer and long conversations would tire him out, but he gave us enough details to inspire our readers.Īrvind comes from a very humble background. Arvind Gupta now well known the world over, thanks to his TED-INK talk, has also won numerous awards for his innovations which include teaching science through toys from trash. We all remember the man who used to make toys from simple household trash and taught us the art of learning by experimenting. Those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s in India would remember this track from ‘Tarang’ aired every Sunday on Doordarshan.

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