Arvind Gupta Wiki, Biography, Age, Toys, Images

Arvind Gupta is an Indian toy inventor and expert in science. He received the civilian award “Padma Shree” on the Republic Day, 2018. He works for the people who live in the tribal district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. There he developed many useful low-cost teaching & science teaching aids, with the locally available materials. Check out below for Arvind Gupta Wiki, Biography, Age, Toys, Images and more.

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Arvind Gupta Early Life and Career

Arvind Gupta was born in India. His family and schooling details will be updated soon. He finished his graduation in IIT Kanpur and he took a year’s study leave from TELCO to work for the grassroots village science teaching programme for the children who reside in the tribal district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. In those villages, he developed some of the useful low-cost teaching/science teaching aids with the help of locally available materials. Arvind Gupta teaches about the possibilities of using ordinary things for creating the science and recycling modern junk into joyful products, especially for children.

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Arvind Gupta wrote his first book titled “Matchstick Models and other Science Experiments,” and that book was translated into 12 different languages by various Popular Science groups. He has also conducted workshops over 2000 schools, and he has won many national and international awards. In the year 1978, he has participated in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme which was held at Madhya Pradesh. In that programme, Arvind Gupta gave some ideas for developing simple toys and educational experiments by using the locally available materials and the items usually thrown as trash. He found that all these simple toys make the children fascinated and planned to make it as the hallmark of his works to popularising science. He has also written many books about his idea and uploaded many short clips on YouTube in different languages.

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Arvind Gupta Bibliography

• Wonders from toys (2015) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Reshma Barve.
• Women on Wheels (2015) – Graphic Novel, Manovikas. Illustrated by Ishita Dharap.
• Hands-On Maths (2014) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Reshma Barve.
• Fun with Leaves (2014) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Dr. Vidula Mhaiskar.
• Sci Fun (2013) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Reshma Barve.
• Toys from Trash (2013) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Reshma Barve.
• Thumbs Down (2012) – Scholastic, India. Fun with Thumbprints. Illustrated by Dr. Vidula Mhaiskar.
• Amazing Activities (2012) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Reshma Barve.
• The Story of Solar Energy (2011) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Reshma Barve.
• Science from Scrap (2010) – Scholastic, India. Illustrated by Chinmayee Samant.
• Bright Sparks (2009)- Illustrated by Dr. Karen Haydock. Published by (INSA) – Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.
• Science Skills & Thrills (2008) – Published by Kerala State Institute of Children’s Literature.
• Quick Science (2009) – Scholastic India.
• Odds & Ends (2009) – Scholastic India.
• Aha! Activities (2006) – Published by Eklavya, Bhopal (www.eklavya.in)
• Hands-On (2002) Published by Vigyan Prasar.
• String Games (2002) – Illustrated by Avinash Deshpande. Published by National Book Trust.
• Ten Little Fingers (2000) – Illustrated by Avinash Deshpande. Published by National Book Trust.
• Little Toys (1996) – Illustrated by Avinash Deshpande. Published by National Book Trust.
• Toy Treasures (1993) – Illustrated by Avinash Deshpande. Published by Eklavya (www.eklavya.in)
• Toy Joy (1992) – Published by Vigyan Prasar.
• Pumps from the Dump – (1992) Published by Vigyan Prasar.
• Leaf Zoo (1992) – Published by Vigyan Prasar.
• The Toy Bag (1991) – Illustrated by Avinash Deshpande. Published by Eklavya (www.eklavya.in)
• Tangrams (1990) Published by Balsahiti, Hyderabad.
• Little Science (1989) – Illustrated by Avinash Deshpande. Published by Eklavya (www.eklavya.in)
• Matchstick Models & other Science Experiments (1987) – Illustrated by Avinash Deshpande. Translated into 13 Indian languages. Published by Eklavya (www.eklavya.in)

Arvind Gupta Awards

• Padma Shri by Gov of India in Republic Day 2018 honours list (2018).
• Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Memorial Award by the Maharashtra Foundation (2018).
• Distinguished Math Teacher’s Award, Association of Maths Teachers of India (AMTI) (2016).
• 50 Most Talented Social Innovators Award, World CSR Day (2015).
• IBN-Lokmat Prerna Award (2014).
• The Dadhichi Award given by The Education Society, Ambarnath, Maharashtra (2012).
• Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati National Eminence Award conferred by the South Indian Education Society, Mumbai (2010).
• The TWAS (Third World Academy of Sciences) Regional Prize for Public Understanding and Popularization of Science (2010).
• The C. N. R. Rao Education Foundation Prize for Outstanding Science Teachers (2010).
• Prof. T. Navaneeth Rao Best Teacher’s Award, conferred by the A.V. Rama Rao Foundation and the IICT, Hyderabad (2010).
• One-India One-People Award, conferred by the One-India, One-People Foundation, Mumbai (2009).
• The Indira Gandhi Award for Science Popularization conferred by INSA(2008).
• Prashant Padhye Award, conferred by the Prashant Padhye Cultural Trust, Satara (2005).
• Prof. G. D. Parikh Memorial Award, conferred by the M.N. Roy Humanist Center for distinguished contributions in education (2004).
• Garware Balbhavan Award, Pune for making science learning fun for children (2003).
• The Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Kanpur in 2001
• Mary McCurdy Award, conferred by the Council of Science Education International (CESI)for the dissemination of science (2001).
• Hari Om Ashram Award, conferred by the University Grant’s Commission (1995).
• Ruchi Ram Sahni Award, for Science Popularization (1993).
• Granthali Award, for the popular book KHEL in Marathi (1992)
• National Association for the Blind Award, for designing appropriate teaching aids for pre-school visually impaired children (1991).
• The inaugural National Award for Science Popularization among Children conferred by the DST, Government of India (1988).
• Hari Bhau Mote Award, conferred by the Marathi Vigyan Parishad, for designing the Matchstick Mecanno (1988).
• Award by Eklavya for suggesting the name CHAKMAK for a children’s science magazine in Hindi (1982).

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