- @Amrapali #img-anno http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a8ef98bf959ea5ed089f78485a4751d1?convert_to_webp=true {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.12693498452012383, u'x': 0.9505154639175257, u'width': 0.03298969072164948, u'height': 0.07430340557275542}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a8ef98bf959ea5ed089f78485a4751d1?convert_to_webp=true', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/annotate?where=http://qph.is.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-a8ef98bf959ea5ed089f78485a4751d1?convert_to_webp=true', u'comment': u'"Who is Arvind Gupta? Well those who had been watching the UGC programmes on Dordarshan Network or presently watch Gyandarshan, they would have definitely watched his programmes. A Kadar clad lanky, broad headed and bearded person has been showing to the rural children how to make experiments with commonly found items. If one can remember, then recollect a person who had been using cardboard, pins, safety pins, glass of water, bottle straws etc to perform the general experiments in physics.\nGupta\'s story began in the 70s, when he was an engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology. While he was there, he volunteered to teach the children of the mess staff, who couldn\'t afford a formal education.\nUpon graduation, he went on to work at Tata Motors, where he helped to build trucks. After five years of doing so, however, he decided that it wasn\'t the career for him. In 1978, he took a one-year leave from his job, and took part in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program.\nGupta proceeded to devote his life to designing toys that demonstrate scientific principles, that children can build for themselves out of cheap or free parts. He\'s written numerous instructional books on the subject, starting with 1986\'s Matchstick Models and other Science Experiments, which has been reprinted in 12 languages.'} created: Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 08:53 AM UTC