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Toronto team keen on building HQ in Hyderabad
Toronto team keen on building HQ in Hyderabad. Attollo, a four-member social entrepreneurship team composed of Rotman MBA students from University of Toronto in Canada, has arrived here for ‘field testing and to promote cognitive potential’ among one million children below six years by 2020 in Telangana State.
PROMOTION OF COGNITIVE SKILLS AMONG CHILDREN
- Believes in the concept of empowering children from underprivileged families to address the curse of poverty
- Uses picture books with QR code stickers and simple low cost electronic reader to teach kids
With more than one million children below six years living in poverty in Telangana State, Attollo’s innovation would help build children expand their cognitive skills
Hyderabad: Attollo, a four-member social entrepreneurship team composed of Rotman MBA students from University of Toronto in Canada, has arrived here for ‘field testing and to promote cognitive potential’ among one million children below six years by 2020 in Telangana State.
Team Attollo, a Hult Prize Global Finalist 2015, is keen on building their Indian headquarters in Hyderabad. It has approached the Telangana State government for support. At present, the team is collaborating with Pratham and Vikas High School in Hyderabad for ‘field testing’.
Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, Attollo co-founder Lak Chinta explained that the Hult Prize Global was co-hosted by Bill Clinton and Hult Prize Foundations. The competition amongst the six remaining global teams would be held at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference between September 26 and 30 this year. The judging panel includes Nobel laureates, world leaders and fortune 500 CEOs.
Lak Chinta said children in aged three and under in poorer areas were often underexposed to 30 million words compared to their counterparts in affluent countries. This can have an impact on their cognitive development that would last into their adulthood.
“Our product ‘Talking Stickers’ would help develop literacy and vocabulary skills in children in the age group of 0-6, so that they can build their cognitive potential. By using a combination of picture books with QR (quick response) code stickers and a simple low cost electronic reader, Team Attollo’s solution would allow parents to teach their children new words and increase vocabulary in a simple, low-cost and effective manner.
With more than one million children below six years living in poverty in Telangana State, Attollo’s innovation would help build children expand their cognitive skills,” he said. Poverty could be solved by empowering the underprivileged children of Telangana State.
It would contribute to creation of golden Telangana State in which children would play an important role, he said. “We are also looking towards developing the product locally in Hyderabad for 10 million children globally,” he added.
Lak Chinta, who was born in Hyderabad and trained as a neuroscientist, came back to contribute his mite for the development of children. If the State government collaborated with us, the Team Attollo would deliver ‘Talking Stickers’ to over one million children under the age of six years by 2020, he said.
