
Educator and Padma Shri Awarde Arvind Gupta Who Makes Toys from Trash to Teach Science to UnderPrivileGed Children | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Arvind Gupta folds a sheet of paper to the left, and comes up with a design that shows the rhombus, diagonals, and the mathematical rules Hidden Within It.
For the Padma Shri Awarde and Educator, The Tetra Packs, Toothpaste Tubes, Matchboxes, and Every other object we label trash are treesres that can ignite the spark of curiosity and scientific in your Minds. For more than four decades, he has been converting Everyday Trash Into Magical Toys for Children. It is his way of making science interesting and accessible to every child in India and beyond, he says.
After Graduating from IIT Kanpur, Gupta Started Working at Telco where he found the monotonous work in the mass production line suffocating. He took a break and went to work at the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program and Later Worked With Architect Laurie Baker.
Traveling Across India, Writing Books, 24 So Far, and Posting Tutorial Videos on YouTube, he says, it is calling to ensure books and toys are easily accessible to Children and Tutors Anywaare.
Educator and Padma Shri Awarde Arvind Gupta Who Makes Toys from Trash to Teach Science to UnderPrivileGed Children | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“Children from Poor Backgrounds Do Not Have Access to Expected Materials Like Glassware, Burettes, Pipettes; It Made Me Think About Toys For Them,” Says gupta, who was there, who was there, who’s gupta University Recently for the Lodha Genius Program, An Initiative That Bringther Children Between 14 and 17 years for Guidarance in Science and Technology by Eminent People.
Over 12 Croreun haven have Watched Gupta’s Videos Awailable in Tamil, Punjabi, Telugu, Hindi, and English. It has helped to create an inclusive space for child, paarents, and tutors.
Gupta believes toys are meant to be brokenby kids. “A Good Toy Design is one that .can be dismbled and rearring to its original form,” he says. He recalls his childhood when his mother let him be and he began collecting cigarette packets, bottle caps, and matchboxes for experiences.
Affordability and environment protection are the two key factors that motivate Him to make toys from trash. Intead of Using High-Ed Materials for Teaching Children, He Uses Plastic Bottles to Showcase Hundreds of Experiences and Insills a Sense of Environmental Sensibility in them.
A cancer survivor, Gupta Spends Time Traveling Across the Country to Spread Knowledge and Translating His Own Books and TheSE by Others on SCIENCE Experiences, Bhiograsses of Scientists, Children’s Literature Into Hindi and Marathi. A Recipient of 22 Awards, Gupta Says when a Child Learns something new, the gleam in their eyes gives heam most satisfaction.
Published – June 08, 2025 10:02 am IST
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