Meet The Team
Shardul is the head the OwnABot Academy and the sole creator of all programs/sessions hosted by OwnABot. Currently, he has over 8 years of robotics experience: 5 Years in FIRST Lego league and 3 Years in FIRST Tech Challenge. While he is only a sophmore at Mission San Jose High School, he was able to create a STEM organization and help many students explore the universe of engineering. In his free time, he likes to play Minecraft, cook delicaies for his family, and perform tricks with his chinese Yo-Yo!!!
Upendra Marathe has been teaching since 2015 and is currently a Program Manager at Nvidia. He has been teaching for the last 4 years, and has helped over 100 students learn about robotics.
He has also coached multiple FLL and FTC teams and can help others coach and create their own teams.
Shital has been in the tech industry for the last 15 years specifically in the biotech industry. She first started teaching robotics back in 2015 and has continued to help teach Lego Wedo, and Lego Mindstorms.
In the past she has had extensive teaching experience, teaching at Language schools, and tutoring others.