GSTM Techlab and Services Pvt. Ltd. is a for-profit for-impact company based out of Kolkata aiming to bring about creativity, innovation and discoveries in education, professional life and experiences by harnessing the power of emerging and futuristic technologies. We want to address critical needs for changes in educational content and methodology. We focus on “Education through Storytelling”.
The core idea behind forming GSTM Techlab and Services Pvt. Ltd. is our passionate desire to change the status quo in education, professional life and experiences as a whole. We are not here to discover, innovate, and create solutions built around emerging and futuristic ideas to solve critical pain points in the field of education.
What must be done?
What should be done?
Why we must do it?
How should we do it the best?
These are some of the questions which drive us for any of the domains we choose to work in. Our passionate focus is in Education through Storytelling. However, we may start asking the same questions and find solutions in other domains too.
And this is our Vision.
Disrupt
We believe that the world needs drastic changes in its approach to business and life in many spheres. Change, not for the sake of change, but because of the critical circumstances which require drastic changes. In the field of education, conservation of our natural resources, environment, social ethics, and so on. We need to change now. And why not? We have the technologies to apply. We have abilities to disrupt, discover, innovate, create and build.
At GSTM Techlab and Services, we are taking a serious note at the higher education curriculum, pedagogy, and teaching-learning outcomes. We are looking at the critical problem of disconnect between industry requirements and the learning goals of the higher education curriculum. Are we really delivering what the industry requires? Data from various sources in regards to the employability of our graduates suggest otherwise.
How do we bridge the gap? Seminars on industry-academia collaboration? There have been millions of such seminars over the last five decades and more. How much have we really progressed on this?
At GSTM Techlab and Services, we are building technologies that will disrupt the academic space – the curriculum development process, pedagogy, teaching-learning outcomes, and program performance mechanism.
Innovate
We are looking at fundamental innovations in various spheres of business and life. How do we disrupt and bring about significant changes? Changes that are critically needed and needed now. We are asking the question – are typical, conventional way of innovations, that is, incremental innovations enough to address the critical needs for changes? Incremental innovations are comfortable, those who are at the front to implement, often do not have to learn new things. Is that the way?
We are approaching innovations by utilising fundamental processes of creativity. For us, innovations should not only mean disruptions, but it should mean discovery also. Creation. Creation of new paradigms, new solutions, new products, new approaches, new processes, new business models, and so on.
We are thinking – does higher education curriculum need incremental and ceremonial changes or it needs complete revamp? Rebuild? Maybe yes. How do students learn at classroom? What can we do about to rethink and rebuild the entire teaching-learning methods?
At GSTM Techlab and Services, we are creating new ways of developing higher education curriculum, pedagogy, teaching-learning methods, and performance measurement. Why should there be semester or annual examination? Why not a continuous performance measurement mechanism?
Excel
Yes, we hear about the need to excel in everything we do. That’s a ubiquitous advice we get to hear at the hallowed corporate lobbies. Easy, right? Excel in everything, yes. If you want to excel, you can. And so on. Alright. Now, what’s the way one does that? Can excellence be brought about overnight? Is excellence only subject to one single individual? Or is it tied up to multiple factors and multiple individuals?
At GSTM Techlab and Services, we are thinking afresh about excellence to. We know we have to excel. But then what really leads to excellence? We are rethinking excellence and building culture and processes which will breed excellence. We are thinking excellence as an effortless outcome of multiple parameters and multiple dimensions. We are setting all these, the antecedents to excellence, right so that we don’t really sweat over excellence, it happens naturally.
At GSTM Techlab and Services, our stakes are too high. When we are talking about fundamental creativity, disruptive innovations, and new discoveries then we better be serious or remain another big-mouth company with a famous history of failure.
We are setting up the processes right, we are hiring the right manpower who fit, we are building products and processes which are sustainable and scalable, we are building the mindset, we are building the culture, and so on.
All to make excellence an effortless outcome. Nothing much. No celebration. Just an everyday affair.
Dr. Gunwant Singh Mongia, Founder & Director
Founder & Chairman of the Mongia Group of Industries. Dr. Mongia is one of the most respected and leading industrialists of India, based out of Jharkhand. Apart from leading the group companies, he is involved in a range of social work both as an individual and as the Chairman of Mongia Green Foundation. He is recognised as one of the leading philanthropists of the country.
Dr. Mongia is bullish on making new investments and set up ventures in the emerging and futuristic domains such education technologies, social technologies, and similar other areas. He is expanding fast with a robust determination to make very large scale impacts.
Dipanjan Banerjee, Founder & Director
Brand & Media Specialist. Mr. Dipanjan Banerjee has an illustrious career in media in leading business and programming functions in premier radio channels as well as in consulting companies on branding and media strategies. He brings in cutting-edge cause marketing knowledge and his zeal for setting up impactful and responsible businesses to GSTM Techlab.
Was the Programming Head of Radio Mirchi. Credited with the Launch of BIG FM bringing back Radio Stories format once again. Was also the Programming Head of India Today Radio Channels – Meow & Oye. An entrepreneur since 2013. An avid Guitarist.
Abhijan Gangopadhyay, Vice President & Business Head
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Abhijan has completed Entrepreneurship Educators Course, organized by Wadhwani Foundation in association with Stanford Technology Ventures Program and Certificate Program in 10K Woman Entrepreneurship Program, Woman Entrepreneurship in Growth Phase, organized by Wadhwani Foundation, London Business School & Goldmann Sachs.
Abhijan has more than 27 years of experience in academics, teaching, mentoring, marketing and business development. Although he has developed and worked in education start-ups, he has been an integral part of start-up teams in varied domains. He is a passionate educator in the field of management and believes that everyone can be an entrepreneur with the right guidance and most importantly with the right mindset. He believes in the power of grey matter over grey hair.
Sunondo Chakraborty, Regional Manager- Sales
An MBA in marketing with more than 14 years of experience in areas of business development, client servicing, process development and brand integrations, Sunando Chakraborty has been part of major brands like Friends FM, the radio division of ABP Group, Radio Mirchi, Mahuaa Bangla and also Reliance Communications. Sunando has spent a major part of his career in creating sustainable relationships with his clients and has been instrumental in creating milestone events and activation campaigns in his previous workspaces. A voracious reader and a patient listener, Sunando is a brand enthusiast and has also scripted several radio commercials during his tenure with radio channels.
Raushan Kumar Jha, iOS Engineer
6+ years of experience in iOS application development and have been part of 15 projects and completed successfully within timeline of projects. He likes to play with C and Data Structure. He loves to do challenging work and always shows willingness to raise his hands. He believes that hard work with positive attitude is the way of success and he follows it. During off-hours, he loves playing cricket and watching cricket.
Dr. Sudeshna Gangopadhyay, Senior Research Officer
Ph.D. in Cancer Biology. Sudeshna had the opportunity to work with various well-acclaimed institutions across the globe. A number of publications in international journals of high repute and actively participated in various national and international symposia. She strongly believes that she has the capability and promise for undertaking the challenges and responsibilities of her position and thoroughly enjoys using the skills to contribute to the dynamic and innovative endeavor of our organization.
Dr. Shreya Ghosh, Research Officer
Ph.D. in Biotechnology, with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. She is specialized in Industrial Microbiology but it is the broad arena of “Education” that holds her interest. Shreya has experience in handling projects pertaining to Education, research and skilling, and also in education management. She is a passionate academic writer and has more than 35 research publications to her credit, including research and review articles in journals, book chapters and conference publications. She is currently editing a book for Elsevier Publications which is due for publication in 2022. Shreya has been associated with premier institutions like Presidency College, Kolkata, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, CSIR IMMT Bhubaneswar, to name a few. Challenges fuel her soul as she believes in the power of being a phoenix, who rises from their own ashes, each time and every time.
Shoukhini Sarkar, Research Associate
The Medha Samman Award winner for class 12 CBSE board examinations and topper in psychology practical in Cbse board exams and among toppers in Calcutta University and in Jadavpur University for honors graduation and masters in sociology. Shoukhini was awarded the highest marks in women studies and has been writing in a women studies journal published by Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata. She is also associated with various organizations and associations like rural sociological society and has taken part in webinars and seminars in various universities and associations. She has worked as an intern at Hope foundation and also has been a research assistant in sociology at Jadavpur University. She has been teaching students for more than 5 years as teaching is her passion. She always aimed high and try achieving the aims of life sincerely.
Himadri Ghosh, Creative Consultant
Himadri is a self-learner Visual Designer, Motion Graphic Artist, Photographer, Filmmaker & Brand Strategist. He has more than 20 years of experience in the creative & advertising industry. With his creative ideas, he knows how to communicate with people in any industry. He loves to design ad campaigns which are touches everyone’s heart and create the value of the brand.
He is also the Founder-Director of a renowned creative marketing agency called White Shadow Advertising Pvt Ltd. They are doing outstanding work globally in the advertising & marketing industry with their commitment & quality of service.