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Young Tinker Foundation is proud to share that our founder, Shri Anil Pradhan, received the Youth Changemaker award at OTV’s Odisha Citizens Award 2026 – The Changemakers Edition, in Bhubaneswar.

My week in Hong Kong as a Philanthropy for Better Cities (PBC) Fellow: the Forum, Mai Po wetlands, HKUST, and our first Young Tinker workshop in Hong Kong.

ServiceNow India volunteers spent a day mentoring students at ZPHS Gachibowli, a Tinker on Wheels school in Hyderabad, helping them find problems around them and build their own solutions.

TinkerFest Sobhadra 2025 | Group Photo “Sir, humein seekhne ka mauka dene ke liye dhanyawaad. Sir, humne sapna dekha hai.”(Sir, thank you for giving us a chance to learn. Sir, we have dared to dream.) These words were spoken with wet eyes by a child who had travelled 50 kilometres on his own to attend

TinkerFest 2025 concluded on a high note in Hyderabad on 10th November 2025, marking a successful collaboration between Young Tinker Foundation and ServiceNow. The event brought together young innovators, educators, and leaders in technology to celebrate hands-on learning, creativity, and problem-solving. The festival was graced by notable leaders from ServiceNow — Supriya Saripalli, Praveen Damodaran,

By Anil Pradhan On a warm morning of July 2, 2025, I found myself on the road again — a journey that would take me deep into the tribal belts of Nagarkurnool and Adilabad in Telangana. Our mission was clear but layered with meaning: to understand the school education ecosystem in its rawest, most authentic

We’re thrilled to announce that Jagadish, a student from Young Tinker Space 1678 at Touch Orphanage, Mahbubnagar, Telangana, has emerged as a winner at the TYE Hyderabad 2025 Regional Finals as part of the student startup team “Familiar Faces”! How it started ? Jagadish’s 1st startup idea Jagadish’s journey into entrepreneurship began through the Young

We are thrilled to announce that eight rural students from Odisha, identified by the Young Tinker Foundation, with incredible support from SELF (Sachi Ecopowered Livelihood Foundation) and ISF (international Startup Foundation) have been selected to participate in the ISF Global Junicorn & AI Summit 2025, to be held on May 29–30, 2025, at Texas State University, San Marcos.

We are thrilled to share a moment of immense pride and inspiration—both our co-founders, Anil Pradhan and Vaishali Sharma, have been recognized in the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list under the Social Impact category. This recognition stands as a powerful testament to their unwavering commitment to transforming education for underserved communities across India

We are thrilled to announce that eight rural students from Odisha, nurtured by the Young Tinker Foundation, have been selected to participate in the Global Junicorn & AI Summit 2025, to be held on May 29–30, 2025, at Texas State University, San Marcos. These talented students were identified through the Foundation’s flagship initiatives: Young Tinker