I don't teach theory. I teach kids to make robots move.
11 years teaching robotics and STEM across Grades 5–12 — electronics, coding, mechatronics and autonomous systems, taught the only way engineering sticks: hands on a real build. Ship something that moves, break it, debug it, ship it again.
Build · Break · Debug · RepeatThe bug is the lessonIt moves or it doesn'tElectronics · Code · ControlSolder · Print · ShipEvery kid can engineerBuild · Break · Debug · RepeatThe bug is the lessonIt moves or it doesn'tElectronics · Code · ControlSolder · Print · ShipEvery kid can engineer
0x01 // the premise
You learn engineering by making things move.
I was the kid who took apart the remote-control car and could never quite put it back — until, one summer, I could. That gap between 'broken' and 'I fixed it' is the whole reason I teach. It's the most honest feedback loop a student ever gets: the robot either moves or it doesn't, and no amount of memorising changes that.
Eleven years on, I run labs where fifth-graders wire their first LED and twelfth-graders tune PID loops on autonomous rovers. The syllabus underneath is real engineering — electronics, embedded code, mechanics, control — but the surface is always a thing that moves, wins a match, or fails in a way worth debugging.
If your school wants STEM taught as building, not worksheets, I'd love to talk.
— Kabir
Drop portrait / lab photo here
◉ Bengaluru · online
0x02 // modules loaded
The stack I teach
From first solder joint to autonomous behaviour — the full build, taught hands-on.
Electronics & circuits
GPIO
Breadboard to PCB — sensors, actuators, power and safe soldering from Grade 5 up.
Coding & embedded
UART
Block coding to C/Python — logic, loops and real microcontroller firmware.
Mechatronics & CAD
NEMA
Design, 3D-print and assemble drivetrains, grippers and chassis that actually work.
Autonomous & control
PID
Line-followers to sensor-fusion rovers — feedback, control loops and decision logic.
Competition coaching
FTC
FLL, WRO and FTC teams — strategy, engineering notebooks and match-day debugging.
AI & IoT projects
MQTT
Vision, voice and connected-device capstones that put ML into students' hands.
0x03 // the method
Build. Break. Debug. Repeat.
Engineering doesn't stick from a slide; it sticks from a robot that won't turn left. My classroom runs one loop — build, break, debug, repeat — because the debugging is the learning. I don't hand students working code; I hand them a motor, a bug, and the confidence that every problem is just the next thing to solve.
Build first — a real circuit, a real chassis, hands dirty on day one.
Test it against the world; let it fail in an interesting way.
Break down the bug: sensor, signal, code or mechanism?
Debug and iterate. If they can fix their own robot, they're an engineer.
0x04 // build log
Eleven years, shipped
2018 — PRESENT
Head of Robotics & Innovation Lab
Inventure Academy, Bengaluru
Built the K-12 robotics program and makerspace from an empty room. Runs six competition teams; twenty-two national and regional podiums, and a 400% jump in STEM-elective enrolment.
2014 — 2018
STEM & Robotics Faculty
Greenwood High, Bengaluru
Grades 6–12 electronics and coding; launched the school's first FLL squad and the after-school maker club now core to the timetable.
2015 — PRESENT
Lead Mentor
FIRST Tech Challenge — regional
Volunteer mentor and judge across regional FTC events; trained rookie teams and other schools' coaches on build and control fundamentals.
0x05 // source
Study
2011 — 2013
M.Tech. Mechatronics
VIT University, Vellore First class · 9.0 CGPA
2013 — 2014
B.Ed. (Science & Tech)
Christ University, Bengaluru Distinction · 85%
2007 — 2011
B.E. Electronics
RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru First class · 82%
0x06 // verified
Credentials
Certified Robotics EducatorCarnegie Mellon Robotics Academy · 2019
FIRST Tech Challenge mentor & judgeFIRST India · since 2015
Autodesk Fusion 360 certifiedCAD for makers · 2020
Arduino & embedded systems trainerCertified · 2017
0x07 // honours
Recognition, logged
01
National STEM Educator of the Year — finalistIndia STEM Foundation
2023
01
Twenty-two competition podiums in five yearsFLL / WRO / FTC teams, Inventure
2018–
01
STEM-elective enrolment up 400%Inventure Academy robotics program
2022
01
Published — 'Build, Break, Debug'Teacher Plus, on project-based STEM
2023
0x08 // the lab
Where the robots get built
Swap these placeholders for real lab photos in the admin panel.
Autonomous rover build, Gr 11FTC match daySoldering clinic, Gr 63D-print & CAD labLine-follower race, Gr 8Makerspace open house
0x09 // notes
Things I keep writing down
JUN 2026
The bug is the lesson
Why I never hand students working code — and how debugging a stuck motor teaches more than any worksheet.
Read note →MAR 2026
Every Grade 5 can solder
The safe, scaffolded first-build sequence that gets ten-year-olds shipping real circuits in one term.
Read note →NOV 2025
Build a makerspace on a shoestring
The low-cost kit list and layout that turned an empty room into a K-12 robotics program.
Read note →
0x0A // feedback
What the team says
"
Sir never told us the answer. Our robot kept turning wrong and he just asked 'why?' until we fixed it ourselves.
AryanGrade 11 · FTC team, 2025
"
My daughter came home talking about PID loops in Grade 8. She wants to be an engineer now. That's all him.
ParentRobotics elective
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He built our entire robotics program and makerspace from nothing. Enrolment and results both exploded.
PrincipalInventure Academy
0x0B // for recruiters
The next deployment
▸ NEXT INTAKE APRIL 2027 · ONE LIVE BUILD DEMO, ANY GRADE
Current employerInventure Academy, Bengaluru
Current roleHead of Robotics & Innovation Lab
Open toRobotics/STEM lead · Makerspace director · Innovation coordinator · Competition coaching
Expected salary₹11–16 LPA
Notice period90 days
Willing to relocateYes — Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai · CBSE / IB / IGCSE schools
Principal, Inventure AcademyCurrent employer · shared on request
Regional Director, FIRST IndiaFTC mentorship · shared on request
0x0C // connect
Let's build something
Based in22, Whitefield, Bengaluru 560066, Karnataka