"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

Meet our CORE team

Mr. Anil Pradhan

Founder, Young Tinker Academy | He is a National Youth Awardee & a Govt. Educational Policy Maker. He is a engineer who a part of Asia's 1st student rocket and also the Mission Director of Asia's 1st U19 team who won World Rank 3 at NASA HERC 2021. He is known as the Ideasman & has created several patented products. He has been invited by the Govt of China & Govt of Egypt and several state govt of India for his exemplary work in the field of education.

Mrs. Vaishali S Pradhan

Co-Founder, Young Tinker Academy | She is listed in top 130 women transforming India by Govt of India. She has received awards from 3M & CII for her social impact. She is a engineer who has worked on designing innovative labs, teaching tools, and indigenous projects. She is working on nurturing women talents by training them & providing employment opportunities. She is the winner of Berlin Science Week 2022, Germany.

YTA, Bhubaneswar Team

Mr. Abhishek Shukla

He is the Education Manager at Young Tinker Academy. He has completed his Engineering in ECE from Amity University. His expertise includes robotics and electronics and he is responsible for the overall management of the academy right from inventory management, recruiting other mentors, training them, designing programs for students along with mentoring them to bring out the best.

Mrs. Jayasmita Patra

She is a Senior Information Officer at Young Tinker Academy. Her basic work here is to counsel students and monitor the operations of other tinker spaces. She also expertise in handling guest, visitors, students & parents.

Mr. Alok Mohanty

He is a Graphic Designer at Young Tinker Academy. He is a engineer. He has an overall experience of 6 years. His expertise is 2D, 3D animation, poster design, and product design.

Ms. Abhipsa Pattnaik

Her role is of an Information Officer at Young Tinker Academy. She take classes of the students from various tinker spaces. She is also a mentor and train the teachers of various tinker spaces.

Ms. Janhabi Behera

She is a User Experience Executive at Young Tinker Academy. She take care of the maintenance of different equipment at our academy.

Ms. Ayusa Parida

Her role is of an Information Officer at Young Tinker Academy. She has expertise in using hand tools and taking classes with students from various tinker spaces. She is also a mentor and trains the teachers of various tinker spaces.