# Karkhana Makerspace: Expanded Site Reference

> Karkhana Makerspace designs, builds, and activates makerspaces and innovation labs for schools, colleges, universities, communities, and organizations across India.

## Organization

- Public name: Karkhana Makerspace
- Legal entity: Sudolearn Solutions Private Limited
- Website: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/
- Email: info@karkhana.co.in
- Telephone: +91-9337195193
- Address: 1/5150 Balbir Nagar, Shahdara, Delhi 110032, India
- Primary languages: English and Hindi

## What Karkhana does

- Designs and equips makerspaces, Atal Tinkering Labs, Fab Labs, AICTE IDEA Labs, and other innovation facilities.
- Supports lab activation through curriculum, workshops, educator training, events, and ongoing program delivery.
- Runs hands-on STEAM, fabrication, electronics, coding, AI, robotics, and design-learning programs.
- Organizes Makeathons in which participants define problems, build prototypes, and present solutions.
- Provides MakerBox project kits for guided, project-based learning.

## Main website sections

- [Karkhana Makerspace](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/): Karkhana Makerspace designs, builds, and activates makerspaces and innovation labs for schools, colleges, universities, communities, and organizations across India.
- [Innovation Labs](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/): Explore makerspaces and innovation labs designed and delivered by Karkhana across India.
- [Learning Programs](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/learn/): Hands-on maker education, workshops, training, and STEAM learning programs for students and educators.
- [Build a Makerspace](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/build/): Plan, design, equip, and activate a makerspace, ATL, Fab Lab, or institutional innovation lab with Karkhana.
- [Sustain an Innovation Lab](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/sustain/): Keep a makerspace active, maintained, measurable, and supported through audits, programming, educator enablement, and lab refreshes.
- [Makeathon](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/makeathon/): Karkhana Makeathons help participants identify problems, prototype ideas, and present practical solutions.
- [MakerBox](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/makerbox/): MakerBox provides project-based STEAM kits and guided activities for hands-on learning in classrooms and maker programs.
- [About Karkhana](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/about/): Learn about Karkhana Makerspace, its approach to hands-on innovation, and the organization behind its programs.
- [Our Team](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/our-team/): Meet the Karkhana team building makerspaces, innovation programs, and practical learning experiences across India.
- [Maker Education Blog](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/): Articles on makerspaces, STEAM education, fabrication, AI, IoT, 3D printing, and hands-on innovation.
- [Contact Karkhana](https://karkhanamakerspace.com/contact/): Contact Karkhana to discuss a makerspace, innovation lab, workshop, training program, or collaboration.

## Published lab portfolio

### KISS Science, Technology & Innovation Hub

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/kiss-sti-hub/
- Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Host: Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS)
- Category: Community STI hub
- Summary: A DST-supported innovation programme applying science and technology to inclusive livelihoods, skills and entrepreneurship for tribal communities in Odisha.

### GIET AICTE IDEA Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/giet-aicte-idea-lab/
- Location: Khordha, Odisha
- Host: Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology
- Category: AICTE IDEA Lab
- Summary: A multidisciplinary learning-by-doing facility where engineering students and faculty can turn STEM knowledge into tested prototypes and new ventures.

### BRAIN Innovation Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/brain-bihar/
- Location: Bihar
- Host: BRAIN
- Category: Tinkering & innovation lab
- Summary: A student-centred tinkering environment that makes robotics, coding, electronics and model-making tangible through guided projects.

### Dehradun Makerspace

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/dehradun-makerspace/
- Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- Host: Karkhana Hub with iKSANA and QTaxon Innoversity
- Category: Open makerspace
- Summary: A collaborative prototyping space for students, creators and startups, equipped for digital fabrication, electronics and hands-on building.

### AIC GGSIPU Fab Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/aic-ggsipu-fab-lab/
- Location: Dwarka, New Delhi
- Host: Atal Incubation Centre, GGSIPU
- Category: Incubator Fab Lab
- Summary: A prototyping facility inside GGSIPU's technology-focused incubation ecosystem, supporting founders and student innovators as they develop physical products.

### Kalinga Fab Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/kalinga-fab-lab/
- Location: Jajpur, Odisha
- Host: Kalinga innovation ecosystem, Jajpur
- Category: Community Fab Lab
- Summary: A regional fabrication and learning hub helping young makers in Jajpur explore robotics, programming, drones and locally relevant product ideas.

### AIC NITF Fab Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/aic-nitf-fab-lab/
- Location: Chandaka, Odisha
- Host: AIC–Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation
- Category: Incubator Fab Lab
- Summary: A state-of-the-art digital fabrication space combining machinery, monthly workshops and prototype-development support for students and makers.

### SOA Fab Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/soa-fab-lab/
- Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Host: Siksha 'O' Anusandhan
- Category: University Fab Lab
- Summary: A campus fabrication environment that gives university innovators a practical place to build, test and communicate physical ideas.

### Silicon Makers Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/silicon-makers-lab/
- Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Host: Silicon University
- Category: University makers lab
- Summary: A student innovation facility for learning emerging technologies and constructing proof-of-concept systems with electronics, open hardware and 3D printing.

### KIIT International School Innovation Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/labs/kiit-international-school-innovation-lab/
- Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Host: KIIT International School
- Category: School STEAM lab
- Summary: A school-level STEAM environment where robotics, engineering blocks, electronics and open-ended experiments help students learn through curiosity and making.

## Published articles

### CBSE’s Global Expansion and AIC IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi, UAE

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/cbses-global-expansion-and-makerspaces-in-uae/
- Published: 2025-09-10
- Summary: Explore CBSE’s expansion in the UAE, the growth of Atal Tinkering Labs, and opportunities for hands-on STEAM learning in international schools.

### Top 10 Makerspaces in India Where Creativity Meets Innovation

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/top10-makerspaces-in-india/
- Published: 2025-08-30
- Summary: A curated overview of ten makerspaces in India that provide tools, mentorship, fabrication facilities, and communities for hands-on innovation.

### The Top 5 3D Printers Every Maker Needs

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/top-5-3d-printers-for-makers/
- Published: 2025-07-11
- Summary: A 2025 guide to five 3D printers for makers, designers, educators, and prototyping teams, selected for speed, reliability, and ease of use.

### Top 10 Must-Have Machines for Your Makerspace or Fab Lab

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/top-10-essential-machines-for-makerspaces-and-fab-labs-2025/
- Published: 2025-07-10
- Summary: A practical guide to ten essential machines for makerspaces and Fab Labs, covering fabrication, electronics, design, and prototyping.

### Top 5 Laser Cutters for Creators and Innovators

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/top-5-laser-cutters-for-creators-and-innovators/
- Published: 2025-07-08
- Summary: A 2025 guide to five laser cutters and engravers for makers, educators, designers, and small fabrication businesses.

### AI Agents: A Student’s Guide to Innovation

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/ai-agents-a-students-guide-to-innovation/
- Published: 2025-05-25
- Summary: A practical introduction to AI agents for students, covering how autonomous assistants support learning, projects, and creative problem-solving.

### Charting the Course: Navigate the latest AI Innovation Trends Shaping 2024

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/latest-ai-innovation-trends-2024/
- Published: 2024-03-06
- Summary: Ten AI trends reshaping education in 2024, from natural language generation and adaptive learning to immersive and automated teaching tools.

### Top 10 Trending IoT Projects in 2024

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/top-10-trending-iot-projects-in-2024/
- Published: 2024-01-26
- Summary: Ten practical IoT project ideas for 2024, including smart mirrors, connected systems, automation, and sensor-based applications.

### Elevating the Innovation Game with New Age Makerspaces

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/the-innovation-game/
- Published: 2023-11-09
- Summary: How makerspaces, Fab Labs, and hands-on innovation ecosystems help students and communities turn ideas into practical projects.

### Explore how EdTech is enabling the assessment of student’s skills

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/get-better-placements-with-karkhana/
- Published: 2023-11-06
- Summary: How EdTech, project portfolios, and hands-on makerspace learning can assess student skills more effectively and strengthen placement readiness.

### How Karkhana is expanding its educational impact beyond its local community!

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/karkhana-for-community/
- Published: 2023-09-28
- Summary: How Karkhana extends hands-on STEM education into rural communities through maker workshops, practical projects, and accessible innovation spaces.

### Speculating on the Future of Education Technology and Karkhana’s Role in Shaping It.

- URL: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/blog/the-future-of-education-technology-with-karkhana/
- Published: 2023-09-15
- Summary: A look at personalized, immersive, hybrid learning and Karkhana’s role in making future-focused education practical and hands-on.

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## Discovery resources

- XML sitemap: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/sitemap.xml
- Markdown sitemap: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/sitemap.md
- Concise LLM index: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/llms.txt
- Agent manifest: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/agents.json
- Agent guide: https://karkhanamakerspace.com/AGENTS.md