Bringing science out of textbooks, into students' hands
Jigyasu — Sanskrit for "one who is curious" — is built on a simple belief: students learn science by experiencing it first-hand, proving or disproving their own beliefs and assumptions, and then making it work by applying what they've learnt.
Why Jigyasu exists
Walk into a typical science classroom in India and you'll see a textbook open, a chalkboard covered in equations, and students copying notes. The phenomena being taught — gravity, electromagnetism, optics — are nowhere in the room.
Jigyasu was founded to change that. We bring the phenomena into the classroom. Real activities, real observation: experiential science learning. Students don't just hear about Newton's laws — they push, pull, and measure them. They don't just read about refraction — they see a coin disappear in a glass of water.
Two decades of our founder teaching physics, and 100+ schools later, the belief still holds. Science learnt by doing is science remembered for life.
Engage · Observe · Explore
Every Jigyasu experiment is designed around these three. Students Engage with divergent phenomena through “magic trick” type activities, Observe textbook concepts live with demonstration models, and Explore by discussing and assimilating what they see, confirming or challenging explanations through hands-on experiments.
Engage
Spark curiosity
Students engage with divergent phenomena through “magic trick” type activities: something happens that they didn't expect, and they want to know why.
Observe
See the concept live
Students observe textbook concepts live with demonstration models, seeing the idea work instead of only reading about it.
Explore
Test it yourself
Students explore by discussing and assimilating what they see, confirming or challenging explanations through hands-on experiments.
Conventional science learning vs. Jigyasu
Built on substance, not slogans
A lot of education companies promise transformation. We've kept ours grounded — here's what backs the promise.
20+ years of teaching behind every session
Our founder, Satwik Das, has spent more than two decades teaching physics in Indian classrooms. Jigyasu's approach wasn't theorised in a conference room; it came from that experience, with real students.
IIT alumni behind every activity
Every activity is designed and tested by IIT alumni. The activities, the handouts and the teacher manuals are all built by people who understand the science deeply, not just superficially.
100+ schools, 800+ experiments
Government and private schools across India work with Jigyasu, with 90,000+ students so far. Every activity is mapped to the chapters those students already study.
Rooted in real research
Our teaching follows Active Learning, one of the most studied approaches at leading universities, and draws on Sri Aurobindo's Integral Education, approaches that have stood up to decades of scrutiny.
Led by Satwik Das, IIT Kharagpur alumnus
Satwik Das — Founder & CEO, Jigyasu
Satwik Das studied at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. After his time there, he carried with him a question that wouldn't go away — why does science feel so abstract in Indian classrooms when it's actually all around us?
That question became Jigyasu. What started as a small effort to bring hands-on science into a few schools has grown into a company serving 100+ schools across India, with an approach trusted by educators and a philosophy rooted in how children actually learn.
Satwik leads Jigyasu's pedagogical direction and remains close to the classroom — visiting schools, meeting teachers, and refining the program based on what actually works for students.
Connect on LinkedIn"We're not trying to teach more science. We're trying to teach science in a way that students remember it ten years later."
Arun Elassery
Chief Learning Officer
IIT Kharagpur. 30+ years developing and implementing learning strategies.
Lipi Das
Co-Founder
B.Tech, KIIT University. 17+ years in IT and edtech solutions.
Four values we hold across everything we do
Curiosity
The name "Jigyasu" means "one who is curious." Curiosity is where science starts — and we protect it in every student we work with.
Rigor
Hands-on doesn't mean shallow. Our experiments are precise, our teaching is structured, and every teacher and instructor we work with is trained by us.
Joy
Science should feel like discovery, not duty. We design every activity to surprise, to provoke, to delight — because joyful learning is what sticks.
Application
Real understanding shows up when students apply what they've learnt. Every session ends with students applying and explaining what they learnt, not just reciting it.
Schools across India
From government schools in rural Odisha to private school chains across India, we work with educators who care about how their students actually learn, not just how they perform on tests.
Trusted by 100+ schools across India
Dasco Education Pvt. Ltd.
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