A new Delhi STEM lab has opened at CM Shri School in Janakpuri, giving students access to practical, technology-based learning through a partnership between the Delhi government, the Shikhar Dhawan Foundation and Sportskeeda. Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood and former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan inaugurated the facility on Saturday.
The laboratory has been established under the Shikhar Dhawan Foundation’s STEM Shiksha initiative, with corporate social responsibility support from Sportskeeda. The inauguration was held as part of the Delhi government’s Seva Sankalp Abhiyan.
According to the information reported by Millennium Post, the facility is intended to help students learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics through experience, exploration and experimentation rather than relying only on conventional classroom instruction. The source report did not provide details about the laboratory’s equipment, student capacity, operating schedule or the number of teachers involved in its delivery.
The Janakpuri facility also represents an expansion of the foundation’s Digital Shiksha programme, which focuses on improving access to technology-enabled education in government schools. The initiative places a private foundation and a corporate CSR contributor alongside the government school system in creating new learning infrastructure.
Sood said the programme would help students move beyond conventional classroom learning and prepare for future opportunities. “STEM Labs are an important step in this direction, enabling students to move beyond textbook learning and learn through experience, exploration and experimentation,” he said.
Dhawan, chairperson of Da One Group and founder of the Shikhar Dhawan Foundation, said the initiative aimed to make technology-based education accessible to more students. He also thanked the Delhi government for supporting the STEM Shiksha programme.
The arrangement highlights the role of partnerships in expanding specialised facilities within government schools. While the inauguration establishes the presence of the new laboratory at CM Shri School, the material supplied for the report does not specify how its performance will be assessed, whether the programme will be extended to additional schools, or what long-term funding and maintenance arrangements will apply.
The next stage will involve the laboratory’s use as part of the school’s learning environment under the STEM Shiksha initiative. Further details on its operations, student participation and expansion plans were not provided in the source report.
