Mumbai, 16th January 2017:

Maker Mela 2017, an initiative of Somaiya Vidyavihar showcase innovators and makers from across India and outside India. From  France to Kutch, innovators showed their out of the box thinking to tens of thousands who flocked to the exhibition.  Decorated handmade candles  sat prettily near a  10th standard  student who shocased his idea of a glove that acts as a phone- this amazingly the yong boy from Delhi made especially for the blind.  

The Mumbaikar’s favourite Pani Puri became spicier when the Pani Puri vending team added their engineering talent,while the denim bag which could carry the entire food rations while serving also as a bedroll, made many  think of the next camping holiday

Innovations and artists go to gether – so from skilling the humble nadas to make exotic bags to bags made using banana threads, that’s right threads made from banana tree – the Maker Mela 2017 was an explosion of ideas. To add to the excitement was the sessions by eminent speakers including Mr. Sonam Wangchuk, Myshkin Ingawale, Head, Facebook Innovation Team, India, Shaina NC, Designer, Social Worker, Pravin Nikam, Social Activist, Global Shaper and Environmentalist and Sahil Vaidya, Founder and CEO, The Minimalist.

Maker Mela by Somaiya Vidyavihar is the premier event for grass root Innovations in India. It is the celebration of arts, crafts, engineering, science, the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and Do-It-With-Others (DIWO) mindset, and the Maker Movement. Maker Movement is a global social movement, where individuals who invent things informally, gets a chance to showcase, collaborate, and form communities.

With a motto of Knowledge alone liberates, Somaiya Vidyavihar undertakes various initiatives in encouraging knowledge sharing as part of its commitment to the community. It hosts various national conferences to support learning in various fields.

About Somaiya Vidyavihar: (www.somaiya.edu)

Somaiya Vidyavihar, an education trust, founded by the Padmashree Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya in 1959, to provide quality holistic education, encompasses 34 institutions, with 38,982 students and 1,400 faculties. Somaiya Vidyavihar has campuses in Mumbai, and rural areas of Maharashtra Karnataka and Gujarat.

Somaiya Vidyavihar, Mumbai has always been a place with a purpose - making a positive difference in quality of life of its students and the community. It is known as much for its Science, Technology, Engineering, Management, Social Sciences and Commerce programs, as for its programs for academic studies in various faiths and cultures of India.

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