Abhijit Sinha

Abhijit Sinha

Creating schools without teachers

Abhijit Sinha is the Founder and CEO of Project DEFY. Project DEFY is enabling learners all around the world to take charge of their own learning and design their own lives, by creating Self-learning Spaces called Nooks for marginalised communities. Nooks are physical spaces, where people of all ages gather, question their life and surroundings and design learning journeys that matter to them. He is a Rajeev Circle Fellow and a full time participant at Kanthari Program for social change across the world. He is also the Co-founder of Education for Development.

Project DEFY is creating teacher-less learning spaces that are called Nooks. Nook comes from a hindi word ‘nukkad’ which is a village corner where the villagers come together to share their lives. Nooks are safe places where people can come in and express, experiment and explore. Abhijit is one of the most creative thinkers in education today in India. His education models are inspiring and disruptive.

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