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KOMPANIONS has become with traditional teaching tools like
one of the largest producers of workbooks. KLAB can be used by
YUVRAJ SHARMA
Co-founder educational AR/VR content in the students independently or guided
world by the teacher as a group activity.
For example, teachers can take
owadays, a typical millennial Super Cool Futuristic Products their class on a Virtual Field Trip
Nstudent is far more tech savvy & Solutions where students get to explore the
than most adults. In fact children wonders of the world through a VR
can read from smartphones and In 2015,after noticing a huge headset.
tablets even before they start going market for AR/VR, the co-
to school. Compared to the vast founders’ love for technology And finally, there’s KOMPASS,
ocean of content on the Internet, and decades of experience in which is a diagnostic assessment
the formal Indian education system the education space inspired architecture that tracks a student’s
just seems dull to most kids and them to start KOMPANIONS. learningcurve and provides
we can’t blame them for it. While Andin a span of three years, they remedial solutions.
children have readily embraced the have already become one of the
technologies of the future, sadly largest producers of educational The Future is Already Here
most schools are still married to AR/VR content in the world. Gurgaon based KOMPANIONS
the same old engagement tools. In fact, the company is actively has already carved a space for
“Through AR/VR, I think we’ve collaborating with some of the itself in this niche market and
finally found the perfect way to biggest names in the education is backed by renowned industry
engage young learners,” asserts industry across the globe. A few of veterans. Today the company has
Yuvraj Krishna Sharma, Co- the innovative solutions designed grown from its two co-founders to
Founder of KOMPANIONS. by KOMPANIONS includes a team of over 50 professionals.
KAMP, which is a structured
It is a proven fact that Brain Training Camp designed to It consists of members from a
“visualization is the best way encourage young learners to think variety of fields including talented
to learn and remember anything. logically and creatively. It can be developers, artists, innovators
And at Kompanions we do exactly conducted both as an after school and educationists.Financially,
that with the use of interactive 3D activity or as a summer camp. the company has grown at a
models, sounds and educational phenomenal rate of 300 % year
games,” says Gautam Arjun, SPROUT programming is on year. In the coming months,
Co-Founder of KOMPANIONS. another exciting product from KOMPANIONS also has plans to
Highlighting the impact their KOMPANIONS.Based on the launch products that will provide
company has had on the Indian teaching principles developed students a real-time learning
AR/VR space he say, “In the at MIT, this programme uses experience from across the globe.
education sector our products have interactive games and logic “We are continuously trying to
endless potential. problems to introduce children to re-visualize education. We are
the wonderful world of coding. building skills that do not come
From classroom teaching aids to Then there’s KLab, which is a with an expiry date. It is as simple
at-home self-learning tools, we 21st century advanced DIGITAL as that. As long as there is thirst
have something for every one.” Library that builds both curricular for knowledge, there will always
and extracurricular skills in all be KOMPANIONS,” concludes
In a span of three years, students by combining AR/VR Yuvraj on a positive note.
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