More about Mihir Pathak

Hi I am Mihir,
An Independent Educational Technologist, Blogger and FOSS enthusiast from Vadodra, India. Currently I am trying to analyze, design, develop, implement and evaluate process and tools to build 'learner centric' and 'learner driven' Personalized learning system.

About me:
I am a salesman of ideas. If I were not busy selling the idea of a better world through education I'm not sure where else I would have ended. Currently I am studying alternative education methods and doing experiments @LearnLabs.

When I'm not busy saving the world I volunteer around 6hrs a week. writing Blogs, reading articles on Startups and compose music when no one is listening.
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Time-Line:

2010

Got the first job as Content writer at local on-line magazine...

Volunteering
Vikram Sarabhai Community Science Center
Ramkrishna Mission
Art of Living

2011 -2012

Pathak Technolgies
Founder - contributed to solve problems via technology solutions.
Pathak Technologies is the web development firm.

Live Webpages pvt ltd.
Marketing Executive
Live Webpages pvt ltd. is the web development and technology solutions firm.

2012 - 2014

Multi Color Idea inc.
Part of service design and communication design team.
Multi Color Idea inc. is the brand building and creative solutions firm.

Learnapt.com (http://learnapt.com/)
Content Developer - developed lesson plans and comics for science and technology for std 6th to 8th (GSEB and CBSE).
Learnapt is an Advanced Personalized Learning System based on theory of multiple intelligence.

2014 - 2015
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Activities:
Learnlabs (http://learnlabs.in)
Learning lead and Community manager - contributing to design learner centric learning systems and helping to grow 'learning community'.
An initiative to build model schools by using integrated manner of innovative teaching learning methods, that will become a benchmark of excellence for educating underprivileged children.

Evidyalay.net (http://evidyalay.net/)
Part of 'learning team' - helping to design content strategy and learning aids.
Evidyalay is a Gujarati first on-line learning portal. designed for early childhood education via multimedia, and encourage inbuilt creativity of kids.

Prayog Ghar (http://prayogghar.wordpress.com/)
Writer, content curator, editor - writing interesting articles on sci&tech, designed for kids (age 10 to 16yr).
Prayog Ghar is a Gujarati first Sci & Technology blog.

Learn and Fun Camp
Organizer, Performer - performed various hands on activities and experiments like toys from trash to ignite creativity of kids. I have developed creative learning programs for kids age 10 to 15yr.
Learn and Fun Camp is an initiative to ignite creativity of kids via hands on activities.
completed 50 LnF camps in rural areas near by Vadodra.

Bodhi (https://github.com/Mihirism/bodhi)
Content curator - contributing to curate open source educational content.
Bodhi is an open source project to access all the useful open source educational content at the one stop.
Team- Mihir Pathak, Samyak Bhuta
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Personal Projects

Open Platform for PIL(Public-Interest Litigation) (work in progress)

This is just an idea as of now. Lets call it “Open PIL/RTI” where community can ask questions and vote on questions. Questions should be non personal and relevant to the community. If a question gets a certain points (or up votes if you like or retweets). “Open PIL/RTI” will raise an RTI on your behalf. Once it gets answered from respective department we will publish it for the community use.

Gujarati Podcaste (work in progress)
I want to start Gujarati Podcaste focused on Economy, Technology, Arts, Sustanblity and other random subjects.

Rooftop Film Festival (work in progress)
Roof-Top film Fest (RTFF) is a film festival born out of the desire to provide a platform for people to enjoy movies and share their criticism in an open environment. An intense atmosphere will be created for the screening of the films and the discussions that follow. The Roof-Top Film Fest will focus on independent films, short films, cult movies and films that changed the way we looked at cinema.

“Roof Top Film Festivals” are typically where people get together on somebody’s rooftop with a projector and a screen and watch movies which are not very popular in India or not released in multiplexes. These screenings are interspersed by independent film maker’s movies and discussions on the movies screened.

Research Project (work in progress)
Title: How to integrate alternative education methods in traditional schools.

Maker Space/Alternative learning space (work in progress)
I want design alternative learning space for underprivileged children.

A makerspace is a community operated workspace where people with common interests socialize and collaborate. These interests usually include machining, technology, art and computers. The defining quality of a makerspace is that it is open to the public and non-exclusive.

EDUMeet (work in progress)
I want to start Annual Unconference of like minded people with different background (Makers, Geeks, Artist, Educator, Teachers, Parents, Economist )
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Personal Activity:

Learn German language
I am trying to learn German language with the help of https://www.duolingo.com/

Learn music instrument
I love music... may be I will join Music Collage, Vadodra to learn Violin or any other music instrument

Join Train the trainer course
I am going to join on-line training program from 18th June 15', hosted by Aarohi Life Education, Bangalore.
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Volunteering:
Muni Seva Ashram (http://greenashram.org/)
Teaching Fellow - helping to make best environment for learning by using innovative teaching - learning methods. I contributed to develop computer lab and off-line educational content for std 6th to 8th.
Muni Seava Ashram is well known NGO working in areas like Helth care, Education, Sustainable development, Renewable energy, etc.

Make India movement (http://makeindiamovement.com/)
Volunteer - contributing to develop innovative teaching - learning methods.

MIT Media Lab - Design Innovative Workshop (http://india.media.mit.edu/)
Volunteer - performed operations during event

Maker Fest 15' (http://makerfest.com/)
Volunteer - performed operations during event

World Possible (http://worldpossible.org/)
Volunteer - contributing to enable quality education in rural India via Technology.

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Member
People's Union for Civil Liberties (http://pucl.org)

Vibrant Gujarat Linux User Group
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Media
My article on YourStory.com by Jubin Maheta
http://yourstory.com/2015/04/learnlabs-mihir-pathak/
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Education:

Mechanical Engineering

On-line Courses

Programing in Scratch
(https://www.edx.org/course/programming-scratch-harveymuddx-cs002x-0)

Child Psychology
(https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-psychology-st-margarets-episcopal-school-psych101x)

Design and Development of Educational Technology
(https://www.edx.org/course/design-development-educational-mitx-11-132x)
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Contact:
You can email me at
[email protected] | [email protected]
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On internet:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/LearningWala
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mihir.pathak1
Medium - http://medium.com/@LearningWala
GitHub - http://github.com/Mihirism
Wikipedia - https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/સભ્ય:મિહિર