Mr. Shekhar Jain and Mrs. Reetu Jain wanted to expand their son's Robotics horizon after he participated in a Robotics competition. They wanted to introduce him to newer forms of Robotics with more open programming platforms. However, they couldn't find any institute that offered out-of-the-box innovation style learning to curate a young mind and take it beyond the bookish solutions. It was at that time the Jain duo planned of starting out a Robotics Institute to curate curious minds with innovative thoughts of Robotics. They started developing courses and materials to create a more open inquiring mindset and most importantly an environment which will foster creativity and innovation in their institute On My Own Technology (OMOTEC).
OMOTEC encountered a lot of challenges at the beginning as the market for Robotics education was inclined towards the United States to return gentry and it was limited to extremely expensive Lego. It was a tough time even to get qualified engineers for teaching. It was an absolute enthusiastic nature of OMOTEC that has made the institute what it is today from that position.
"Surprisingly, lots of parents expressed a keen interest in Robotics education sessions that gave us hope to take Robotics learning beyond international schools to ICSC and SSC schools. We even started imparting Robotics education to the Regional Language Schools just to initiate Robotics and Lateral Thinking in the grassroots where it is needed the most. Most of the times we have seen that creativity, innovation, and learning come from students who really want to make a difference in the society," says Reetu Jain, Chief Mentor and Founder, OMOTEC.
Integrating Disciplines of Engineering in Curriculum
Since Robotics is an interdisciplinary skill covering