Brainstorm, Build and Bring your ideas to life
Innovation School Level 2 is designed for students who have completed Level 1 and are ready to tackle more ambitious, real-world challenges. The program focuses on deeper technical skills, stronger research methodologies, advanced prototyping, and the ability to build sophisticated solutions from concept to functional prototype. Students begin by working remotely with mentors and peers to identify meaningful problems, conduct research, and develop solution concepts. They then participate in an intensive 7-day residency where they learn advanced maker skills and build a high-fidelity prototype of their project.
Makers work in teams to:
Makers refine their concepts and begin developing a practical solution.
Students travel to Maker’s Asylum Goa for an immersive hands-on experience focused on advanced fabrication, engineering, and product development.
The Innovation School Level 2 is split into two parts
The Level 2 journey begins with a structured 9-day online learning program designed to help students identify meaningful challenges, develop strong problem statements, and prepare for an intensive build residency.
Over nine live sessions, students are introduced to real-world problem spaces and learn the fundamentals of innovation, design thinking, user-centered design, research methodologies, and solution development. Through guided exercises, case studies, expert panels, and peer discussions, students learn how to move from identifying a challenge to developing a viable solution.
Topics covered include:
Before the residency, students participate in a 2–3 week guided research and problem discovery phase. Each team is assigned a dedicated mentor who works closely with them to explore potential challenge areas, conduct research, understand users, and refine their ideas into a well-defined problem statement.
Rather than following a fixed classroom schedule, teams can book on-demand mentoring sessions throughout this period whenever they need guidance. Mentors help students conduct user interviews, analyze existing solutions, identify key insights, evaluate feasibility, and develop a meaningful solution concept.
By the end of this phase, every team is expected to have:
This research-focused mentorship ensures that students arrive at the residency with a strong understanding of the problem they are solving, allowing them to spend their time building, testing, and refining impactful solutions rather than starting from scratch.
The Advanced Residency is an intensive hands-on experience where students transform their researched ideas into functional prototypes. Building on the foundations of Innovation School Level 1, students learn advanced skills in CAD, electronics, digital fabrication, woodworking, and machining while working alongside mentors and industry experts. Through rapid prototyping, testing, and iteration, teams develop sophisticated solutions to real-world problems and present their final projects at a showcase and demo day. The residency emphasizes technical depth, collaborative problem-solving, and the complete journey from concept to working product.
