Abhinav is a maker at heart. He has been running a sustainable livelihoods design enterprise since 2016, Freedesign, based out of rural Bangalore. His design-thinking initiatives include creating and running rural makerspaces, co-creating assistive devices with differently abled, designing water conserving farming methods and designing handicrafts products with vegetables. He has been supported by India Inclusion Foundation, Plus Trust Foundation, International Development Innovation Network, Fab Lab Network, Red Cross (Geneva).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Building communities and exploring creative spaces- cross pollinating network synergies

Interests

• entrepreneur
• trek
• making art,

Music, Movies, and Books

I love exploring new art and expanding my horizon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Built rural youth led aquaponics initiative:
https://youtu.be/MhcJqZUZlGM?si=ILFnGyE7O3kFFWQz

Learnt engineering from the visually impaired and built creative school programs with them

Countries I’ve Visited

Singapore, Spain, Uganda, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India