IIMA announces “Tinker Space” in the Vikram Sarabhai Library at campus

Ahmedabad: IIMA announces “Tinker Space” in the Vikram Sarabhai Library at IIM Ahmedabad. The space is dedicated to promote creative thinking and conversion of ideas into physical products. The space will be used by the IIMA community members to design and create new products through a 3D printer. The Tinker Space has a 3D scanner and a small electronics lab with basic equipment including Arduino Uno original, Raspberry Pi original, bread board, soldering gun, DC motor, SD card module, Arduino blue tooth module, IT sensor, multi-meter, LEDs, etc. The Tinker Space has been set up with the help of Fornax, a startup led by students of PGP 2015-17, Saumya Mathur and Nikhil Menon with the support of Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE).

“Vikram Sarabhai Library has provided educational resources and a congenial, educational environment to our students, faculty, and community members. Opening of the Tinker Space keeps it in the forefront of innovations as libraries the world over strive to redefine their role in today’s world of high technology, information, and connectedness. IIMA is proud of our Library. I am particularly delighted that this initiative has been realized with support from our alumni, who have graduated only recently from the Institute to pursue entrepreneurial ambition,” said, Prof. Ashish Nanda, Director, IIMA

“The IIMA Library is always exploring opportunities to enrich the academic ambience of the campus. It is probably one of the first libraries in India to take up the cause of promoting and nurturing startup culture among its user community seriously. I am glad that we have started the ‘tinker space’ in the library.” said, Dr. H. Anil Kumar, Librarian, IIMA