Lakshmi Narayanan

Indian edtech pioneer democratizing STEM education for rural students

Lakshmi Narayanan revolutionized Indian education through STEM Bridge, an AI-driven platform reaching 2.1 million rural students since 2020. His 2021 initiative provided free Raspberry Pi devices to 50,000 villages, featured in TechCrunch and BBC. Narayanan's 2023 book "Code the Countryside" inspired UNESCO's Digital Inclusion Framework.

His 2024 partnership with NASA's STEM Bridge Space Program allows Indian students to collaborate on real space missions. The MIT Technology Review named him "Innovation Leader of the Year" in 2023. Current projects include underwater robotics workshops in Andaman Islands and a $50 million government-funded nationwide STEM bus fleet.