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Ronak is a tinkerer and maker turned innovation strategist and a systems thinker. He earned his Mechanical Engineering degree from Mumbai University and joined the largest makerspace in India, Maker’s Asylum, and helped program design and establish the first 10 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL). After his successful work, he became the youngest Innovation Lead of the Government of India’s Think Tank, NITI Aayog. As one of the 10 founding team members of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), he led the ATL program with support from countless partners, mentors, educators, industry leaders, government officials, international partners, diplomats, and students to transform it into an ecosystem of 10 thousand ATLs, nurturing over 10 million children.
Reflecting upon the conversation between Lex Fridman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi It was April 13, 2023, when I met Lex Fridman for the first time. He came to MIT Media Lab for the Imagination in Action conference to conduct a live fireside chat with Stephen Wolfram, founder of the famous Wolfram Alpha. I was lucky to get the nearest seat to Lex. For those unfamiliar, Lex Fridman is one