9 States ✦20+ Volunteers ✦300+ Student Innovators ✦Under Rs.100 per module ✦No electricity required ✦Peer-to-peer facilitation ✦9 States ✦20+ Volunteers ✦300+ Student Innovators ✦Under Rs.100 per module ✦No electricity required ✦Peer-to-peer facilitation ✦
Learning Is For Everyone · Est. 2023

Learning
is for
Everyone

Science escape rooms for 150 million children in Indian government schools. No lab. No electricity. Just curiosity.

Students in session Science fair Experimenting
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9
States
2K+
Students (2026)
20+
Volunteers
Rs.0
Cost to schools
Observe ✦ Hypothesise ✦ Experiment ✦ Conclude ✦ Repeat ✦ Observe ✦ Hypothesise ✦ Experiment ✦ Conclude ✦ Repeat ✦
The problem

98% curious at birth.
2% remain so at 25.

A student in Kuppam could recite the water cycle word for word. Asked what she would do if her lake was contaminated, she went silent. Not because she was not intelligent. Because she had never been asked to think.

"Science needs better context, not better teachers."

We wanted students to be stuck. To struggle. To actually feel like scientists. That led us to escape rooms: immersive scenarios, real constraints, no instructions.

What if the scenario was "your village's water is contaminated and you have twenty minutes to make it safe"? That is when Project L.I.F.E. was born.

Try it yourself

The Water Crisis module

Module 01: Water Purification
20:00
🃏 Stakes Card
Priya's village has flooded. The only water source is contaminated. Her brother is sick and the family has no money for bottled water. You have 20 minutes.
Available materials — tap to use
🌿 Cotton 🏖️ Sand 🪨 Stones 🧃 Bottle 🧶 Cloth
What goes at the bottom of the filter?
1
Observe the water
Look at the muddy water. What do you see? What particles can you identify? Write 3 observations before touching any material.
2
Form your hypothesis
Decide your layer order before you start. Which material catches the largest particles? Your reasoning matters more than being right.
3
Build your filter
Cut the bottle in half. Layer stones, then sand, then cotton. Pour the muddy water in slowly. Watch what happens at each layer.
4
Test and compare
Is the filtered water clearer? What if you reversed the order? Try it with a second bottle if you have one.
5
Name the science
You built a multi-stage filtration system -- the same principle used in municipal water treatment. You reasoned through it before ever reading the definition.
You completed the module!
You arrived at the science through doing. This is what every L.I.F.E. session feels like.
How it works

Three principles.
One methodology.

01
Context is everything
The Stakes Card grounds each experiment in something emotionally real. This single shift transforms students from exercise-solvers into problem-solvers.
02
Struggle is the method
We build in moments where students get stuck. The confusion is not a failure state. It is where learning actually happens. Facilitators ask questions, never give answers.
03
Constraints unlock creativity
Every module uses materials from any low-income household, costs under Rs.100, needs no electricity, and fits on one printed sheet.
Our reach

From Kashmir
to Gangtok.

After our fifth Bangalore session, teachers asked us to train senior students to run modules independently. That conversation became our peer-to-peer model -- and how we scaled across 9 states.

Uttar PradeshKarnatakaAndhra PradeshWest BengalRajasthanTamil NaduSikkimJ&KDelhi NCR
2K+
Students (2026)
20+
Volunteers
300+
Innovators at Luminate
Rs.100
Max cost per session
Our curriculum

One sheet.
Real science.

💧
Water Purification Crisis
Chemistry · Filtration~Rs.40
💡
The Dark Village
Physics · Circuits~Rs.60
🌱
The Dying Crop
Biology · Photosynthesis~Rs.25
🌡️
Heatwave Emergency
Physics · Heat transfer~Rs.35
🔊
The Broken Bridge
Engineering · Structures~Rs.50
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More in development
Co-design with usEmail us →
L.I.F.E. Luminate 2025

Students who build.

Co-hosted with the Agastya Foundation, our 2025 science fair had students present their own STEM solutions to local problems. Not assigned topics. Problems they identified themselves.

STEM
300+
Students presented original STEM solutions
1
Co-host: Agastya Foundation
Next edition
in development
First edition Feb 2025. Stay tuned for the next one.
Plasma ball Hospital model Luminate event
How we scale

The peer-to-peer
model.

🎓
We train the trainer
Short onboarding session with Grade 10-11 students. No science background needed.
→
🏫
They run sessions
Peer mentors facilitate modules for junior students using printed materials under Rs.100.
→
📝
Feedback sharpens modules
Every session generates feedback. Each iteration makes modules better.
→
🌱
The network grows
Each trained facilitator trains others. The methodology spreads without us.
Join the network

We are looking for
people like you.

Volunteer Facilitator
Run sessions in your city
  • Facilitate one escape room session per month (2 hrs)
  • Full onboarding call and module training provided
  • Join a network across 9 states
  • Directly credited in our annual report and socials
Got it! We will reach out within 3 days with next steps.
City Lead
Own your city's chapter
  • Build and manage a cohort of 5-10 volunteers in your city
  • Coordinate with local schools and NGOs
  • Monthly sync with the national L.I.F.E. team
  • Listed as City Lead on our website and materials
  • First access to new modules before wider rollout
Cities with open slots
Tap a city to express interest
Mumbai Hyderabad Pune Chennai Kolkata Jaipur Ahmedabad Lucknow My city →
Amazing. We will be in touch within a week to set up a call.
Other ways in

Run it. Teach it.
Build it with us.

🏫
Teachers and school coordinators
We send you a module pack. One printed sheet, under Rs.100 in materials, no lab needed.
Request a module pack →
🤝
NGOs and community orgs
We co-design modules around a challenge specific to your community. The science feels personal when the problem is real.
Co-design a module →
👀
Want to see it first?
Watch a live session before committing. Email us and we will coordinate a visit to the nearest partner school.
Arrange a visit →
📦
Print and run it today
Every module is one printable sheet. Gather materials at home or any local market. Start the clock. Do not explain anything yet.
Get the PDF →
Also from Project L.I.F.E.

Beyond the escape room.
More ways in.

iOS App
📲
Jugaadu

Scan your house.
Find the science.

Offline iOS app. On-device AI matches household objects to Arvind Gupta experiments. Discovery mode makes you predict before you know.

Explore Jugaadu →
Seeking Publisher
📖
No One Said I Can

11 letters.
11 scientists.

Illustrated non-fiction. Real letters from Indian scientists who started with nothing. For the student who thinks they are already too late.

Read about the book →

Let them struggle.
Watch them
learn.

Write to us → Get a module pack