Mr. Rafikh Shaikh is currently working at CETE, TISS, Mumbai. He teaches courses in the area of science education and cognition. He has a Master’s degree in Microbiology and is currently pursuing a PhD in Science Education. His research interests include education technology, computer supported collaborative learning and frugal tools for science education. Rafikh has been involved in various science outreach programs and has received the Foldscope Fellowship from the Foldscope Instrument-Stanford University for his outreach work.

He is also recipient of Earth Watch fellowship and Swachhata Sarathi fellowship.