Dr. Darshana Joshi
About
Physicist | Founder & CEO VigyanShaalaDarshana is a passionate physicist, mentor and social entrepreneur, committed to recalibrating the gender balance in STEM disciplines. She is presently building India's largest digital ecosystem for affordable mentoring and coaching at scale for every Aspiring - Committed- Talented (ACT-ing) #GirlInSTEM at program Kalpana. She is keenly interested in designing low cost pedagogical tools to promote interdisciplinary thinking and problem solving among youth from the most marginalised communities. A winner of several excellence awards and scholarships including the Women Transforming India award by NIti Ayog, Government of India and United Nations Mission in India, she was also endorsed by the Royal Society as an Exceptional Talent/Promise. In her academic avatar she is an experimental physicist with 8+ years of experience in interdisciplinary research and a PhD in Physics from Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
[Day 2]
2.30 - 3.40 PM
Theme: Unlocking Potential: How Mentorship Transforms the Lives of India’s Girls and Women