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Volume 01 · 2026

A profile of

Nandan Singh.

Operator, mentor and Ed-Tech builder shaping creation-led learning across India — Co-Founder & COO at Karkhana Makerspace, Associate Director of Youth Innovation at TiE Bhubaneswar.

Based
Bhubaneswar
Role
Co-Founder · COO
Since
2018
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Building learning environments where students build first and theorise after.
Fig. 01 Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer · 2018 — Present

Chapter I · Karkhana

Building learning environments where students build first and theorise after.

Six years inside Karkhana Makerspace have taught me that institutions don't change through manifestos. They change through programs that ship, partnerships that hold, and operating cadences that compound quietly. That's the work.

The relationships that move India forward are built in person, paid back in patience.
Fig. 02 Associate Director, Youth Innovation · TiE Bhubaneswar

Chapter II · Communities

The relationships that move India forward are built in person, paid back in patience.

At TiE Bhubaneswar, the work is unglamorous: introductions, follow-throughs, candid feedback, the right room at the right time. The compounding effect of those small acts is the closest thing the ecosystem has to magic.

Practice

Four ways
we can work together.

I partner with operators, founders and institutions across India who are serious about building lasting things. Conversations begin with an email — work begins when the fit is right.

  1. 01

    Operations & strategy for Ed-Tech ventures

    Day-to-day leadership of Karkhana Makerspace — turning hands-on learning into sustainable institutional partnerships across India.

    Engage me
  2. 02

    Mentorship for founders and student innovators

    Through TiE Bhubaneswar I mentor early-stage founders and youth innovators on idea-to-traction, capital strategy and operating cadence.

    Apply for mentorship
  3. 03

    Advisory on creation-led learning programs

    Designing maker, robotics and STEM programs for schools, universities and accelerators — built to ship, measured by outcomes.

    Discuss a program
  4. 04

    Brand & ecosystem partnerships

    Speaking, panels and collaborations with brands, founders and investors building the next chapter of Indian education.

    Start a conversation

Selected work

Things I've helped
build & ship.

A snapshot of the ventures, programs and partnerships that have defined the last six years of work — and continue to.

Karkhana Makerspace
01 ⁄ 06

Karkhana Makerspace

Ed-Tech operating company 2018 — present
SOA Fab Lab

02 ⁄ 06

SOA Fab Lab

ITER · SOA University

2021
Programs at scale

03 ⁄ 06

Programs at scale

Operational excellence

2019 — 2024
TiE Bhubaneswar

04 ⁄ 06

TiE Bhubaneswar

Youth innovation · ecosystem

2020 — present
Innovation Labs

05 ⁄ 06

Innovation Labs

Hands-on learning environments

Ongoing

06 ⁄ 06

Strategic planning

Advisory engagements

Selected advisory engagements with founders building in education, manufacturing, and emerging-tech across India.

Discuss an engagement
Strategic planning
2023 — present

Field notes

Recent moments,
unfiltered.

Follow along on Instagram — talks, builds, students, and the everyday of running an Ed-Tech company.

@_singhnandan