Many of us know him as a toymaker guy surrounded by kids from Tarang aired every Sunday on Doordarshan where he used to make toys from household trash and using stationery items. Every toy he made had a science behind it. He taught us the art of learning by experimenting and making Tarang a show filled with the magic of science.
It is pretty much interesting to see this genius combination of science and art where a person breaks old mold of science making it interesting and easy to understand. His innovative method of teaching which also include teaching science through toys from trash has won him numerous awards.
Now, Arvind Gupta is well known around the world for his popular TED Talk: Turning Rubbish into Toys for learning. According to the sources, this talk was among the 10 best TED talks compiled by Sir Ken Robinson and Sugata Mitra’s 5 favorite education talks.
Via: Arvind Gupta ToysArvind Gupta came from the background where he didn’t get all the facilities like 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 but this all thanks to the efforts of her mother who sold some of her jewellery and managed to send him to the best school in town. According to him she intuitively understood that good education would be the passport to our future.
