"What started as one student's question is now becoming a movement to transform learning."
Atelius Learning was originated by Atharva Abhyankar during his high school years, when he experienced something most students never do: the profound joy of learning by making.
Through engineering and studio-based courses, Atharva discovered that when learning is hands-on and project-driven, everything changes. Building things wasn't just more engaging—it made concepts stick, sparked curiosity, and revealed strengths he didn't know he had.
The Question That Changed Everything:
"Why can't ALL subjects be taught through making and building?"
Why not teach everything this way—history through documentary projects, literature through creative writing, science through real experiments? If learning-by-making worked so powerfully for technical subjects, couldn't it work for all learning?
That question led us deep into researching more about Project-Based Learning, progressive education models, and innovative schools worldwide. What began as one student's insight grew into a comprehensive vision for transforming education.
Atelius emerged from this vision: a learning environment where curiosity drives discovery, where students become mapmakers of their own journeys, where wonder leads and genius follows.
Senior student at the Princeton International School of Math and Science in Princeton, NJ.
Parent, teacher, mentor, and curator of curiosity—two decades guiding her children's education.
Entrepreneur and thought leader with three decades of technology leadership and a lifelong learner.