#02 - Richa Shrivastava Chhabra, Maker’s Asylum, India

Richa drives strategic collaborations and partnerships for Maker's Asylum. She believes that the future of learning is evolving and alternative spaces will be significant in customizing people's learning journeys. Maker’s Asylum is a community maker space focussed on fostering innovation through purpose-based learning focussed on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The space houses various labs that are co-located in order to facilitate the prototyping of ideas that are interdisciplinary in nature.

 

#Timeline:

00:20 Episode Intro04:40 The 5 in 5 Game10:10 The origin story of MakersAsylum15:30 Makerspaces in India, before and during the pandemic19:20 M19 Collective - Makers against Covid1922:00 The power of open innovation: 1  million face shields in 49 days25:00 Making open-source oxygen concentrators27:20 Building a community of innovators for future crisis response  efforts32:00 Unexpected lessons34:00 The dream ahead and ways to support MakersAsylumCrowdfunding in IndiaPaypal - donations outside India 39:20 On frugal innovation and  resourcefulness42:40 On purpose and wellbeing within a community46:30 Taking ownership during an #actiondecade

 

#Links

Website: www.actiondecade.org
Audience questions: ask.actiondecade.org
MakersAsylum Website: Instagram
MakersAsylum: Website
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