Our Story
Why does learning lose its appeal when curiosity is part of everyday life?
We at Asudé believe that learning happens everywhere. However, while working with formal educational institutions made one thing clear: education is boxed inside classrooms, and learners struggle to connect it to real life.
This led to birth of the learning design lab at Asudé which designs the world into a Playground for Learning.
Our Story
Why does learning lose its appeal when curiosity is part of everyday life?
We at Asudé believe that learning happens everywhere. However, while working with formal educational institutions made one thing clear: education is boxed inside classrooms, and learners struggle to connect it to real life.
This led to birth of the learning design lab at Asudé which designs the world into a Playground for Learning.
The Thinking Behind the Lab
It started with a simple realisation
Working with schools across different parts of India, one thing became clear.
This was not about delivering content. It was about designing how learning happens.
3 ideas began to shape the work
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Learning needs to account for how people differ
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Play is not separate from learning. It is how people test ideas and understand choices
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Culture shapes how people make sense of what they learn
What the work showed over time
Over time, the work showed that learning happens across systems and culture, not just classrooms, and needs to be designed that way.
The People Behind the Work
Our team works across learning design, technology and experiential learning experiences, studying how people learn in different contexts.
Our Founders
Our Board of Advisors
Our Team
Aparna Shyam
Learning Design
S. Anmol
State Operations
Snehal Jadhav
District Operations - Thane
Siddhant Jagtap
District Operations - Palghar
Apurva Navathe
Research & Design
The Thinking Behind the Lab
Working with schools across different parts of India, one thing became clear.
This was not about delivering content. It was about designing how learning happens.
It started with a simple realisation
• Learning needs to account for how people differ
• Play is not separate from learning. It is how people test ideas and understand choices
• Culture shapes how people make sense of what they learn
3 ideas began to shape the work
Over time, the work showed that learning happens across systems and culture, not just classrooms, and needs to be designed that way.
What the work showed over time
Schools
Community Spaces
Museums
Collaborative Environments
Learning Appears In Many Environments
Before designing programs, the team spends time understanding how learning appears in different settings.
These experiences shape how the lab approaches each project.
The work does not begin with fixed ideas. It begins with how people experience learning.