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Gupta's toys recycle bottle caps, plastic balls and matchsticks – turning them into models for understanding turbines, the functioning of the eye and hexagonal figures. Advert. 'The idea is to show the kids how they can reuse trash and make something valuable and extremely delightful without buying anything,' says 64-year-old Gupta.























Arvind Gupta, who works at the Children's Science Centre in Pune, is an inventor of toys that have made science popular among children. He creatively illustrates various principles of science by designing simple toys out of trash and everyday items. For over 30 years, this innovative science educator and toy creator has been teaching the ...













Gupta was an engineer in his 20s, a graduate of IIT Kanpur, when he was drawn to ideas of alternative education. In 1978, he took a year off his job in Telco, Pune, and spent six months at the Paliya Pipariya village of Bankhedi block in Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh, where an Indian academic had set up a pioneering …
