Robotics in Academics

What Robotics in Academics does

Robotics in Academics is a robotics education initiative operated by Soham Academy of Human Excellence (Soaham Academy), an Indian nonprofit headquartered in Bagh Amberpet, Hyderabad, Telangana. Founded in 2016 under the Bharat NITI Aayog initiative, the program delivers hands-on robotics training using the Arduino UNO platform to high school students (Grades 7-12) in government and private schools, structured around 21 activities covering sensors, motors, and displays, supplemented by school-based Robotics Clubs for post-training sustainability. As of the AY 2026-27 dashboard, it has reached 657 schools and 85 colleges across 5 states and 37 districts in India, training 120,280 school students and 7,580 college students, and producing 14,647 student creative projects through 1,762 workshops.

The program is offered free of charge to participating schools and is funded entirely through corporate sponsorships from 14+ partners including NTT DATA, Synchrony, AMD, L&T, RTX, Coforge, Gainsight, Schrodinger, Primavera, and Pratt & Whitney, alongside nonprofit support from United Way Hyderabad and strategic partners such as Osmania University and the National Cadet Corps (NCC). Go-to-market is community-led: trained course mentors are deployed directly to school premises, schools assign program coordinators, and Robotics Clubs are established to drive ongoing student engagement. A complementary vertical, the Soham Champs 24067 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team founded in 2023, represents the program in regional and national competitions, with the 2024-25 Judges' Choice First Runner-Up Award at the FTC Indian Championship in Pune and the 2025-26 Design Award 1st Place at FTC Regionals as notable credentials.

Robotics in Academics operates with a lean core team (6 paid employees) supported by an extended network of 10,106 trainers and volunteer mentors. Distribution channels combine direct school implementation, school-based Robotics Clubs, and event-driven competition participation. Revenue mechanics are sponsorship-dependent rather than fee-based, and financial details are not publicly disclosed; the program is positioned as a CSR-funded STEM access initiative targeting under-resourced government schools rather than a commercial education business.

Name

Robotics in Academics

Legal name

Soham Academy of Human Excellence

Website

https://ria.sohamacademy.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Robotics in Academics, run by Soham Academy of Human Excellence (Hyderabad), delivers free Arduino UNO-based robotics education and FTC competition training to students in 657 government and private schools across 5 Indian states, funded entirely through 14+ corporate sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

STEM Education Services

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Robotics After-School & Enrichment Clubs (EDAMADAA)

Keywords

• STEM education services
• Robotics training programs
• Hands-on robotics education
• School-based STEM programs
• Robotics competition mentoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Corporate Sponsorship: The program is funded through corporate sponsorships from companies like NTT DATA, Synchrony, AMD, L&T, RTX, and others. Sponsors provide financial and operational support enabling program delivery to government schools.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Robotics in Academics delivers a free, hands-on robotics training program on the Arduino UNO platform to high school students in government and private schools, featuring 21 structured activities covering sensors, motors, displays, and accessories. The program is delivered on-school-premises by assigned course mentors and is sustained post-training through school-based Robotics Clubs. An add-on FTC Competition Program prepares student teams for the international FIRST Tech Challenge, including autonomous and driver-controlled robot design, build, and programming.

Product overview

Robotics in Academics, operated by Soham Academy of Human Excellence, offers a unified educational program focused on hands-on robotics training for students in Indian government and private schools. The core offering is the Robotics in Academics Program using Arduino UNO platform, supplemented by an FTC Competition Program that prepares students for the international First Tech Challenge. The programs work together to provide structured curriculum, school-based robotics clubs, and competition readiness for students from Grades 7-12.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Soham Champs 24067: FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) robotics team founded in 2023 representing government school students from Telangana.

Products and services

• Robotics in Academics Program A hands-on robotics training program using the Arduino UNO platform for high school students in government and private schools, featuring 21 activities with sensors, motors, displays, and accessories. The program develops scientific temperament through experiential learning and is complemented by school-based Robotics Clubs established post-training. Delivered free of cost to schools via on-premises course mentors assigned by Soham Academy.
• FTC Competition Program A preparation and mentoring program for the First Tech Challenge (FTC), an internationally recognized robotics competition. Students in Grades 7-12 learn robot design, build, programming, and testing using real-world engineering tools and compete in both autonomous (pre-programmed logic and sensors) and driver-controlled modes. Government school students design, build, and program competition robots under mentor guidance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 120,280 school students trained across 657 schools
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• NCC (National Cadet Corps)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization supporting the robotics education program.
• United Way HyderabadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit partner supporting community development through education initiatives.
• Pratt & WhitneyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted customer training center sessions for FTC team outreach, providing engineering exposure to government school students.
• Osmania University - Mechanical BranchminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner providing engineering expertise and outreach venue for student robotics training.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology): Global organizer of FIRST Tech Challenge and related competitions. RIA's FTC program runs through FIRST; comparable as the ecosystem host of the competition track RIA participates in.
• Makeblock: Global STEAM education solutions provider offering hardware, software, and curriculum including mBot and mBuild kits. Comparable as a broad established robotics-education platform competing for school adoption.
• LEGO Education: Global incumbent in K-12 robotics learning platforms. Comparable as a broad, established provider of robotics-and-STEM curricula and kits for schools worldwide.
• VEX Robotics: Global competition robotics platform offering kits, curriculum, and tournaments. Comparable as a major established player in school-level robotics competition infrastructure alongside FIRST.

Emerging players

• Wonder Workshop: US-based educational robotics company (Dash, Dot, Cue) serving K-12 STEM curricula. Comparable as a focused educational-robotics provider in K-12 STEM learning.

Direct peers

• Avishkaar: India-based STEM/robotics education platform providing kits, curriculum, and training to K-12 schools. Directly comparable as another Indian STEM/robotics-in-schools operator competing for the same school-implementation partnerships.
• STEMROBO Technologies: Indian STEM/robotics education provider delivering hands-on robotics labs and curriculum to schools across India. Comparable vendor of robotics-in-school programs targeting both government and private schools.
• Tinkerly: Indian STEM/robotics ed-tech company providing AI, coding, and robotics curriculum to Indian schools. Directly comparable in school-targeted robotics learning delivery model.
• BrightCHAMPS: Global ed-tech platform offering coding, AI, and robotics courses to K-12 students. Comparable as a K-12 STEM/robotics curriculum provider with similar age-segment targeting and school partnerships.
• Atal Innovation Mission (Atal Tinkering Labs): Government-of-India NITI Aayog initiative establishing tinkering/STEM labs in schools nationwide — same government-school robotics infrastructure play and explicitly cited in RIA's founding history ('started under Bharat NITI Aayog').

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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