Digital Meets Real
Students build virtual cities inside a video game and create physical models of their ideas. While also hitting the streets to talk to real people and research real stories
Sandbox India
2025.
2025.
Reimagining
cities,
through
play.
Re-imagining
cities,
play.
We are travelling across India to bring together students, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs & sustainability experts.
To reimagine the future of their cities, through PLAY.
Impact, Through Play
Impact, Through Play
Impact, Through Play
Digital Meets Real
Students build virtual cities inside a video game and create physical models of their ideas. While also hitting the streets to talk to real people and research real stories
Digital Meets Real
Students build virtual cities inside a video game and create physical models of their ideas. While also hitting the streets to talk to real people and research real stories
Culturally Rooted
Students draw inspiration from their city’s cultural legacy - from poetry and mythology to architecture and science fiction - using the past as a creative launchpad for the future
Culturally Rooted
Students draw inspiration from their city’s cultural legacy - from poetry and mythology to architecture and science fiction - using the past as a creative launchpad for the future
Culturally Rooted
Students draw inspiration from their city’s cultural legacy - from poetry and mythology to architecture and science fiction - using the past as a creative launchpad for the future
Future Ready
Industry relevant skills like AI tools, systems thinking, critical thinking, research methodologies, digital fabrication and a little bit of creative mischief - all blended seamlessly
Future Ready
Industry relevant skills like AI tools, systems thinking, critical thinking, research methodologies, digital fabrication and a little bit of creative mischief - all blended seamlessly
Future Ready
Industry relevant skills like AI tools, systems thinking, critical thinking, research methodologies, digital fabrication and a little bit of creative mischief - all blended seamlessly
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
This is what learning should feel like. Messy, soulful, collaborative and full of meaning.
Enakshi Majumder
Data Analytics Manager at NetNada
I witnessed students starting from raw problem ideas, digging deeper, and arriving at solutions that were sometimes delightfully crazy.
Dr. Biman Roy
Assistant Professor
We were absolutely mind blown by the work and the depth of the deliverables that the students could showcase.
Pauline Laravoire
Sustainability Director at Techno India University
Building prototypes both with our hands and on Minetest was a unique and refreshing experience. It’s not every day that learning feels like play.
Ankush Paul
B.Tech student
The facilitation of this program was truly wonderful. Their way of connecting with us, supporting our ideas, and creating such a positive environment made all the difference.
Andrea Sarkar
Student at School of Future
500+
500+
Happy children & adults
Happy children & adults
30+
30+
Worlds imagined
Worlds imagined
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Cities Impacted
Cities Impacted
Why play-based learning?
Let's face it, the world is a mess. Kids today have skills but lack imagination. Parents want to find an alternative to the "smartphone epidemic". Schools are scrambling to design a curriculum that is still relevant in the age of AI. How do we solve these problems without being boring? Answer: by introducing a little "constructive mischief". Future-ready skills through the power of PLAY.
Let's face it, the world is a mess. Kids today have skills but lack imagination. Parents want to find an alternative to the "smartphone epidemic". Schools are scrambling to design a curriculum that is still relevant in the age of AI. How do we solve these problems without being boring? Answer: by introducing a little "constructive mischief". Future-ready skills through the power of PLAY.