Sanam Shakya

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Sanam Shakya is a researcher dedicated to broadening access to STEM education through innovative, project-based learning approaches. Her primary research areas center on educational robotics, inclusive pedagogy, and the design of scalable online learning competitions. Shakya’s most notable contribution is her work on the e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC), a pioneering online, project-based learning platform that guides students through a five-month robotics implementation journey. Her paper, “Building Inclusiveness in a PBL Based Online Robotics Competition: Challenges and Outcomes” (2016, 6 citations), critically examines how such competitions can be structured to foster inclusivity, ensuring that students from diverse backgrounds and resource-limited settings can participate meaningfully. By documenting the challenges and outcomes of this large-scale initiative, Shakya has provided a valuable blueprint for educators seeking to democratize hands-on engineering education. Her research highlights the transformative potential of combining online delivery with rigorous project-based learning, making complex robotics concepts accessible to a wider audience. Shakya’s work stands as a testament to the power of thoughtful competition design in cultivating the next generation of engineers and problem-solvers.