SAMARA CHAUHAN

Samara Chauhan envisions an India where public school students access the same opportunities and resources as their private school counterparts, in an environment where mental wellbeing is promoted, and driving change through policy, advocacy, and effort is encouraged. 

This goal inspired her to launch the Learning with Equity and Access Project (LEAP), which aims to bridge the growing gap between students in public and private schools.

Her ambitions were further bolstered during an internship with NITI Aayog, where she was introduced to the concept of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs), which have been established in schools across India with the goal of cultivating 'one million neoteric innovators', or young people who are curious, creative, and imaginative, and have learned skills such as design mindset, computational thinking, and adaptive learning.

Through LEAP, under the umbrella organization PLAN Y, and in collaboration with the Government of India’s ATL Sarthi initiative, Samara and her team are working to make inclusive education more accessible by bringing public and private school students together for collaborative learning. Through education equity programs (LEAP and collaborations with ATL Sarthi), they have brought together public and private school students, enabling over 5,000 learners and teachers to collaborate across socio-economic divides.