Hi, I’m Padma — an engineer by training, an educator by passion, and someone who believes every child can thrive in math with the right support.
After completing my Master’s in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IISc Bangalore, I spent 16 years at Motorola, primarily working in signal processing. During that time, I was fortunate to be granted seven US patents.
Alongside my professional career, I nurtured a deep interest in teaching children. I spent many hours tutoring informally, and my curiosity about how children learn led me to pursue a diploma in child psychology.
This unique intersection of technology, education, and psychology set me on a new mission — to build software that helps children not just solve problems, but truly understand math.
That’s how the journey of NudgeMath began.
I hit upon the idea of creating an app that would gently nudge children forward — offering just enough help at the right moment, while allowing them to solve problems step by step independently. It was about building confidence, not just getting the right answer.
We began with an app called AlgebraOnNudge, focused on helping students work through linear equations and word problems. Here are a couple of demos:
AlgebraOnNudge was well-received. But we saw a greater opportunity — to bring the same step-by-step clarity into the school setting by aligning the experience closely with what students were learning in class. That insight laid the foundation for building a full learning platform.
We set out to build NudgeMath as a complete and comprehensive solution — a tool that students can use daily across the school year, and teachers can rely on for targeted intervention, practice, and insights.
This led us to develop a robust Math Engine and an intuitive UI Engine capable of handling a wide range of topics — from long division to geometric constructions using compass and protractor, to complex multi-step word problems — all step-by-step and interactive.
We first launched the NudgeMath Grade 6 CBSE app, which was used both at home by students and in pilot programs with schools.
We have now launched a completely new version for Grades 4 and 5, aligned with the Common Core curriculum. Support for CBSE, ICSE, and IGCSE is coming soon. But this is just the beginning — we aim to support more grades and more curricula in the near future.
With feedback from teachers and students during our first iteration, we built the new NudgeMath app — ensuring it addresses what truly helps learners progress.
We're just getting started. We plan to expand to more grades, different curricula, and continuously refine NudgeMath based on feedback from teachers, students, and parents. Our mission is to make deep learning accessible to every child.
“If we can help more children experience the wonder of thinking mathematically, it will be truly transformative.”
Interested in bringing NudgeMath to your classroom or school? Let's connect and make math learning deeper and more joyful.
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