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Board-gaming for Leisure, Education, and Research

Board-gaming for Leisure, Education, and Research

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Poster
Poster

Bio

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Jyothi Krishnan has held various roles — programmer, bridge engineer, research mathematician, and school teacher. While doing her PhD, she discovered modern board games. Recognising their potential to contextualise mathematical concepts, she created a unique job at an alternative school in Bangalore, where she spent four years playing games with children. Now at IIT Gandhinagar, she combines her love for games and mathematics, designing and analysing games.

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