hi there! I'm

Prasanth
Nori

A learning designer building playful, real‑world ways for kids to create their own learning.

Currently: Head of Field Projects @ Anandi School

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Educational Technology

Scratch, Wayground, Upepo, MIT — designing joyful, learner‑driven tools.

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Experiments with Play

Odd instruments, tinkering, and tiny machines that make you smile.

Come poke things →

Art Installations

Where art meets technology — interactive, curious, a little playful.

Wander in →

what I do

Educational Technology

I design learning experiences and the tools behind them — connecting classrooms to the real world, and helping millions of kids create rather than consume.

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Consume Getting curious… Create
Now

Head of Field Projects — Anandi School

Building a future‑ready IB programme anchored in a “field model” of project‑based learning — connecting classroom concepts to authentic community challenges while keeping strong academic preparation.

Research

Head of Research — Wayground (formerly Quizizz)

Led research and user‑insights across Wayground, VoyageMath and Wayground for Business — working with teachers and schools to design joyful, data‑informed tools used by millions of students worldwide.

Scratch

Outreach & Engagement — Scratch Foundation

Headed outreach across Asia‑Pacific & Africa and helped lead the Scratch Education Collaborative, supporting organizations bringing equitable, creative coding to underserved learners.

Founder

Co‑founder — Upepo

A playful, project‑based learning platform for kids ~5–12. Won the Highest Impact Prize at Harvard’s Innovative Ventures in Education and featured in Indian startup media for its social, gamified approach.

MIT

Implementation Researcher — MIT Playful Journey Lab

Explored new forms of assessment in makerspaces and project‑based environments, with research shared through large‑scale government partnerships and international conferences.

Roots

Fellow — Teach For India

Taught in a low‑income school in Hyderabad and co‑founded “Dramebaaz,” a theatre‑based life‑skills initiative later recognized in Mumbai Heroes and on TEDx stages.

Education

Ed.M. — Technology, Innovation & Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

B.E. Biotechnology — Ramaiah Institute of Technology

Stages & honors

TEDx · Harvard EdTalks · UNESCO MGIEP Tech · Scratch Conference. Rajeev Circle Fellow & Mumbai Heroes awardee.

when I'm free

Experiments with Play

I tinker at the intersection of art and technology, and play odd musical instruments. Play is a verb here — so go on, poke these little fellows.

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Odd instruments

Collecting and playing unusual instruments — the stranger the sound, the better.

Tinkering & circuits

Makey‑Makey‑style hacks where bananas become buttons and everyday objects come alive.

Theatre & improv

From “Dramebaaz” to TEDx — play and performance as a way to learn life skills.

more playful experiments coming soon — placeholders for now ✦

art × technology

Art Installations

Interactive, curious work that lives where art meets technology. These are placeholders — I'll swap in real photos and documentation soon.

your turn — drag to doodle ✏

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photo coming soon

Installation One

A short description of the piece, materials and the idea behind it.

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Installation Two

A short description of the piece, materials and the idea behind it.

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Installation Three

A short description of the piece, materials and the idea behind it.

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Installation Four

A short description of the piece, materials and the idea behind it.

say hello

Let's talk play, learning & making

I read

Biographies and science fiction — the past and the possible.

I play

Odd musical instruments — and tinker with art and technology.

I make

Playful learning tools, installations, and the occasional theatre piece.

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Hello

✉ prasanthnori@alumni.harvard.edu
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