Meet Our Founder: Aanandita Uplopwar
An educator and program leader dedicated to building real-world digital and AI competencies for middle school students in India.
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Aanandita Uplopwar
Founder & Program Coordinator · SkillNest ProgramSkillNest was founded by Aanandita Uplopwar, an educator and program leader who closely worked with students, parents, and learning teams and noticed a growing gap between academic performance and real-world skills. While many children were scoring well in school, they often lacked practical digital knowledge and were spending hours on screens without learning anything meaningful.
This inspired her to create a program that helps students use technology in the right way — building confidence, creativity, and future-ready skills from an early age. The curriculum is further supported by professionals from technology, development, and digital learning backgrounds to ensure students learn relevant real-world skills.
With hands-on experience in career counselling, data tools, and digital systems, she designed this program to be practical, engaging, and truly useful — not just theory. Every module is built from real-world needs, not textbook definitions.
Our Educational Philosophy
The tenets that define our interactive and child-friendly classroom experience.
Active Creation
We shift kids from screen consumption (watching videos, playing mindless games) to creation (building code, designing graphics, structuring logic maps).
Guided Practice
Self-paced courses have a 5% completion rate. Live expert guidance in small cohorts ensures children stay focused, receive support, and finish modules.
Holistic Competence
We blend standard computer operations, Microsoft productivity tools, Scratch scripting, and modern AI prompts for complete digital literacy.