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NextGenInnov8 Announces Publication of Case Study on Young Innovator Aditya Pachpande, Aligned with India’s Push for STEM and Innovation Education

PUNE, India, Feb. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — NextGenInnov8, a forward-thinking organization fostering innovation among youth, is proud to announce the publication of a comprehensive case study on its young co-founder, Aditya Pachpande. The academic work, titled ‘Child Leader Standing on a Precipice: A Case Study of NextGenInnov8‘, highlights Aditya’s extraordinary journey as a young innovator, edupreneur, and changemaker.

Published in the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EEMCS), this study serves as an inspiration for educators, students, and policymakers, highlighting the role of experiential learning and leadership at an early age. The case study also aligns with India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the recently announced expansion of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) to 50,000 schools under the Union Budget 2025-26, reinforcing the importance of fostering scientific temper, problem-solving skills, and innovation-driven education.

This case study was co-authored by Saloni Sinha, Mohammad Rishad Faridi, and Surbhi Cheema, and enriched by insights from Dr. Sandeep Pachpande, Chairman of ASM Group of Institutes and Co-Founder of NextGenInnov8. This publication was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The case study explores Aditya’s achievements, ethical decision-making, and leadership framework. It provides a real-world lens to analyze child leadership in the evolving education landscape.

A Case Study that Aligns with India’s STEM and Innovation Push

The Union Budget 2025-26 announced the establishment of 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) in schools across India, aimed at equipping students with hands-on STEM learning. In addition, five national centers for teacher training in STEM and innovation will be established with global expertise.

Speaking on the relevance of Aditya’s case study in this context, Dr. Sandeep Pachpande remarked:

“The case study on Aditya is a perfect example of how young innovators can transform challenges into opportunities. With India’s push for STEM education and Atal Tinkering Labs, teachers must become enablers of innovation. This case study serves as a blueprint for educators to cultivate a problem-solving mindset in students, ensuring that these tinkering labs fulfill their mission of creating future innovators and entrepreneurs.”

The study highlights how teacher training in innovation-driven pedagogy can play a critical role in successfully implementing initiatives like ATLs. Teachers who develop an entrepreneurial and design-thinking mindset can guide students to go beyond rote learning and actively solve real-world problems, just like Aditya did.

Prof. Saloni Sinha, Member of UN Innovation Network and UNESCO-GEP, has been nurturing Whole Brain Leaders in academia during several cohorts of Academic Leadership Program for District Education Officers of Royal Govt of Bhutan. The senior educators and policy makers joining these cohorts since a year as participants have highly appreciated the innovative pedagogy of using the cartoon format of this thought-provoking case.

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, Prof. Saloni Sinha said, “Through Aditya’s case study publication, I hope to bring to the limelight many more such inspiring and successful stories from schools in India, especially of young girls—not only in STEM but also in STEAM—as there is a need to remove these gender and discipline barriers in the innovation spectrum.”

Aditya’s Journey of Innovation and Leadership

At the age of 14, Aditya Pachpande co-founded NextGenInnov8 with the vision of using technology for social impact. His notable achievement, the Suraksha Box, an ultraviolet-C (UVC) light sterilization device, was designed to protect individuals against bacteria, fungi, and viruses, including all strains of COVID-19. The innovation has achieved multiple milestones:

  • Prime Ministerial Recognition: Aditya received a personal commendation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Suraksha Box Do-it-Yourself (DIY) Sterilization Box, which was distributed widely through NGOs, government networks, and CSR arms of corporations.
  • Patent and Government Endorsements: The Suraksha Box is published under a Government of India (MC&I) patent and has been approved, recommended, and certified by CSIR-CMERI, an ICMR-approved lab under the Government of India.
  • World Book of Records Recognition: The innovation has been recognized by the World Book of Records, London, for organizing a mass online event to assemble the maximum number of DIY UVC Kits (Suraksha Boxes) to combat the spread of viruses and bacteria, involving 1011 people.
  • Corona Warrior Title: Aditya was honored as a ‘Corona Warrior’ for his critical role in ensuring the availability of affordable and effective sterilization solutions during the pandemic.

Reflecting on this journey, Aditya Pachpande stated,

“Innovation has the power to change lives, and I believe age is no barrier to driving meaningful change. The Suraksha Box was not just an invention but a commitment to community well-being during a time of crisis. With the expansion of Atal Tinkering Labs, I hope that students across India will be encouraged to think like innovators, and educators will empower them to solve real-world problems with confidence.”

NEP 2020’s Push for Case-Based Learning and How Aditya’s Story Contributes

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisions a holistic, inquiry-driven, and discussion-based learning approach. It emphasizes case-based pedagogy to enable critical thinking, problem-solving, and real-world application of concepts.

The guidelines from NEP 2020 stress that students learn best through engaging, real-life examples, and case studies like Aditya’s serve as a powerful tool for educators to illustrate leadership, ethics, and innovation in action.

Co-author Surbhi Cheema commented on the case study’s significance in this context:

“Aditya’s story provides a strong foundation for teachers to introduce case methodology in classrooms, making learning more experiential and reflective. It aligns with NEP 2020’s goal of transforming education from rote memorization to problem-solving. By integrating such case studies into curricula, we can ensure students develop a mindset that values curiosity, resilience, and social responsibility.”

Insights from the Case Study: A Blueprint for the Future

The case study, authored by Prof. Saloni Sinha, Mohammad Rishad Faridi, and Surbhi Cheema, provides a roadmap for educators and students to analyze and nurture leadership traits using The Whole Brain Leadership Framework. Key highlights include:

  1. Leadership in Action – The study explores how young leaders navigate ethical dilemmas between social impact and commercialization.
  2. Sustainability and Innovation – It showcases the development and deployment of the Suraksha Box during the COVID-19 pandemic as a lesson in sustainable entrepreneurship.
  3. Challenges of Child Leadership – Insights into the institutional hurdles faced by young leaders, emphasizing the need for systemic recognition.
  4. Educational Value – A tool for postgraduate business education programs, offering lessons in innovation, leadership, and ethical decision-making.

Co-author Mohammad Rishad Faridi added:

“Innovation needs an ecosystem that encourages risk-taking and learning from failures. This case study is more than just Aditya’s journey; it’s a guide for schools and universities to develop future leaders. We believe that integrating this study into teacher training programs will help educators nurture student-led innovations in Atal Tinkering Labs and beyond.”

Access and Academic Impact

The case study is available through the Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EEMCS) database. Institutions with subscriptions can access it freely, and educators may use it in workshops and lectures under copyright guidelines.

The study aims to:

  • Inspire Students – Showcasing real-world leadership and innovation at a young age.
  • Empower Educators – Providing a framework to nurture young talent and make case-based teaching more effective.
  • Inform Policymakers – Advocating for the recognition and support of adolescent innovators.

About NextGenInnov8

Founded in 2019, NextGenInnov8 is dedicated to empowering young leaders through innovation-driven education. The company’s key initiatives include:

  • Innovation Clubs – Programs designed to develop critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.
  • Training Programs – Hands-on learning in entrepreneurship, design thinking, and sustainability, offered in collaboration with global institutions like Harvard Student Agencies (HSA).
  • BrainPulses Quiz Platform – A cutting-edge platform that makes learning engaging and interactive.

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Reliance Digital Launches ‘Baaptaa’, a Father’s Day Campaign Celebrating the Many Expressions of Fatherhood

MUMBAI, India, June 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Reliance Digital has launched ‘Baaptaa’, a Father’s Day campaign to celebrate the many expressions of fatherhood. Built around a simple cultural observation, while “Maa ki Mamta” has long been a part of India’s collective vocabulary, there has never been a word that captures the distinct ways fathers express love, the campaign introduces ‘Baaptaa’ as a tribute to the many shades of fatherhood.

Conceptualised as an original music-led campaign, Baaptaa celebrates fathers not as idealised figures, but as they are experienced in everyday life, protective, dependable, emotional, quirky, practical, occasionally embarrassing, and always present. Through a relatable narrative, the campaign acknowledges the countless ways fathers care for their families, often through actions rather than words.

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At the heart of the campaign is an original music video told from a father’s perspective, capturing the different roles he plays across life’s moments and milestones. The film brings to life the humour, warmth and unspoken affection that characterise father-child relationships, while giving a name to a form of love that many recognise but few have articulated.

The campaign stems from a simple insight: while motherhood has often found expression through familiar phrases and popular references, the unique language of fatherhood has remained largely undefined. Baaptaa seeks to fill that gap by creating a term that reflects the everyday gestures, practical wisdom and quiet sacrifices that fathers make.

Father’s Day communication often leans into familiar emotional territory, but Reliance Digital’s campaign celebrates fathers in a way that feels more culturally authentic and relatable. The idea for ‘Baaptaa’ came from a simple observation — mother’s love has been immortalised in a number of heartfelt, emotional songs, there needed to be an anthem dedicated to dad’s love. And thus was born Baaptaa – a love language that is often awkward, practical, protective, humorous and deeply felt, even if rarely verbalised. It’s a celebration of fatherhood in all its wonderfully imperfect forms immortalized by a song that you won’t be able to stop humming.

Shop for the widest range of electronics at Reliance Digital and thank your father for his Baaptaa.

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Harper Collins Publishers India is Delighted to Announce the Recent Publication of ‘People We Love’ by Preeti Shenoy

NEW DELHI, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HarperCollins Publishers India is delighted to share the recent publication of People We Love by bestselling author Preeti Shenoy. At once tender and sharp, this collection of stories offers intimate, truthful and relatable portraits of the people we cherish, the ones we lose, and the people we become.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The people we love never truly leave our story…

In these tender yet piercing stories, Preeti Shenoy returns to some of her most beloved characters to reveal who they were before they appeared in her bestselling novels It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have.

Aniket, a coder, carries the weight of a longing for Trisha that he cannot bring himself to act on. Nidhi abandons her corporate life to teach pottery, only to discover that clay is far more forgiving than the people she loves. A quiz competition sparks an unlikely romance between Aman and Shruti, one that must withstand parental disapproval and class divides. And Anjali, a journalist, is so busy chasing stories that she almost misses the one unfolding in her own life.

Set against the pulse of contemporary India, People We Love explores the tug-of-war between duty and desire, family and freedom, who we are and who we dare to be. Intimate and deeply felt, these are stories about love that stays, leaves and almost slips away … love that quietly and irrevocably shapes the people we become.

Preeti Shenoy, author, says, “People We Love is a collection of three long stories, prequels to my bestsellers It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have. If you have read those books, you already know how these characters’ stories unfold. But what you don’t know yet is where it all began, the loves they carried, the choices they made, and the people they were before life shaped them into who you met on those pages. Writing these prequels felt like returning to a home I hadn’t realised I missed, and discovering rooms I had never been in before.”

Rashmi Menon, Associate Publisher – HarperCollins India, adds, “Preeti Shenoy has an extraordinary gift for finding the heartbeat of ordinary lives. People We Love is a warm, wise and deeply humane collection of short stories that reunites readers with favourite characters from her bestselling novels It’s All in the Planets and The One You Cannot Have, weaving them into fresh, deeply satisfying narratives. These characters feel like people you know, and their journeys will move, comfort and surprise you. This uplifting, thought–provoking collection reminds us why we turn to stories in the first place. We couldn’t be more excited to share it with our readers.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Preeti Shenoy is among the highest-selling authors in India. She was featured on the Forbes longlist of the most influential celebrities in India. Her books include When Love Came Calling, Wake Up Life, Is Calling, Life Is What You Make It, The Rule Breakers, A Hundred Little Flames, It’s All in the Planets, Why We Love the Way We Do, The Secret Wish List, The One You Cannot Have and many others. Her work has been translated into many Indian languages. Preeti is also a motivational speaker, an avid fitness enthusiast, and an artist specializing in portraiture and illustrated journalling. Preeti lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

ABOUT HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA

At HarperCollins Publishers India, we believe in telling the best stories and ensuring they reach the widest readership. We publish around 250 new books every year across 10 imprints, adding to a diverse catalogue of more than 3,000 titles in print and digital formats, with an array of genres and voices that ensure there is a book for every reader. Our authors have won some of the most prestigious literary awards, and we are proud to publish many acclaimed writers, alongside new and emerging voices shaping contemporary literature. We are also the publishers of The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, winner of the Booker Prize 2008, and Girl in White Cotton by Avni Doshi, shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2020, and HarperCollins India itself has been awarded “Publisher of the Year” several times. In addition, we represent some of the finest global publishers such as Harvard University Press, Lonely Planet, Oneworld, Nosy Crow, Usborne, and National Geographic Children, bringing Indian readers access to world-class books and ideas. We are also proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work for two consecutive years, a recognition of our culture, people, and values that make HarperCollins India a truly inspiring workplace. 

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Email: nandini.tripathi@harpercollins.co.in | Mobile: +91 9718928839

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Fulfilling PM Modi’s Dream of Atmanirbhar Bharat: India’s AI Writing Startup Kreativespace Incubated at IIT Kharagpur

  1. Kreativespace, an Indian AI-powered writing platform founded by Vinet Kakadea, has been incubated at IIT Kharagpur and recognized by SVNIT University, Ministry of Education under Bodhan AI Conclave also through the NVIDIA Inception Program, AWS Startup Program, and DPIIT under Startup India.
  2. The platform unifies 8 AI-powered writing tools, along with AI Humanizer and Message AI feature being the latest addition into a single ecosystem, so you can generate and refine content all in one place.
  3. The company reports more than 50,000+ signed-up users, 75,000+ anonymous users, and roughly 100,000 monthly website visitors, positioning itself as the only Indian company operating at scale in the global AI writing market.

SURAT, India, June 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kreativespace, an AI-powered writing platform, is building out its position as the only homegrown alternative in a market long dominated by international tools such as Grammarly and QuillBot. Founded by Vinet Kakadea and incubated at IIT Kharagpur, the company has aligned its growth with the broader push behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) initiative, which encourages indigenous technology development capable of competing on a global scale.

Kreativespace Incubated at IIT Kharagpur

As AI adoption accelerates across India’s education, research, and enterprise sectors, Kreativespace is among a small group of Indian startups building writing technology designed to compete directly with established international platforms.

Kreativespace’s progress has been recognized by several institutions central to India’s startup and technology ecosystem. The company has been incubated at IIT Kharagpur, selected under SSIP 2.0 through SVNIT University, and chosen by the Ministry of Education to present its work at the Bodhan AI Conclave. It has also been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program and the AWS Startup Program, and holds DPIIT recognition under the Startup India initiative.

Where many writing-tool users rely on separate subscriptions for content generation to refinement for grammar correction, paraphrasing, plagiarism checking, citation generation, and editing, Kreativespace brings these functions into a single platform as a super-app for AI writing tools. The company says its approach centers on affordability and accessibility alongside performance, aiming to make advanced AI writing assistance available to a wider range of users regardless of geography or budget.

The idea for Kreativespace took shape while founder Vinet Kakadea was studying at New York University and Marymount University in the United States, where he experienced firsthand how students, researchers, and professionals often need multiple paid subscriptions to cover writing-related tasks. That fragmented experience led him to build a super-app offering each of these capabilities together, at a more accessible price point.

Kreativespace combines 8 AI-powered writing tools with AI Humanizer and Message AI feature being the latest addition, allowing users to generate, rewrite, refine, and humanize content without moving between separate platforms. The product is available via web platform, mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play, browser extensions for Chrome, Mozilla, and Edge, and a Google Docs add-on.

Vinet Kakadea, Founder of Kreativespace, said, “Kreativespace’s vision is to digitalize the entire Indian education ecosystem to support PM Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat scheme.”

About Kreativespace

Kreativespace with the Motto of Making Writing Accessible for Everyone: Kreativespace is an AI-powered writing platform built to make AI writing tools accessible, affordable, and effective for students, researchers, educators, professionals, content creators, startups, and enterprises. Founded by Vinet Kakadea, the company is incubated at IIT Kharagpur and has been recognized by AWS Startup Program, the NVIDIA Inception Program, and DPIIT under Startup India. For more information, visit kreativespace.com.

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