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Terms & Conditions
( Effective Date: April 1st, 2021 )

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. BY USING THIS WEBSITE AND/OR PLATFORM YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE BELOW TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY.


TECHNOPLANET LAB PRIVATE LIMITED ("Company","We" or "Us" and their connotations) operates a website www.makershala.com called as "Platform", which is engaged in providing products & services with an objective to develop skills in Users in the age group of 6-18 years.


These terms and conditions ("Terms") describes the terms on which the Company grants end-Users access to the Platform (hereinafter referred to as Services) and shall be read with the privacy policy available on www.makershala.com/legal/privacy-policy. Our Platform is primarily accessed by Users between the ages of 6-18 years who take part in a global learning network through our Projects; Parents of the Users who monitor the activities and performance of their respective User; Mentors who conduct online sessions and guide users in their projects and Schools/Institutions who manage group of Users, Parents and Mentors. The term "Users" for the purposes of these Terms shall be read as You and/or the User.


Terms of Service

By choosing to visit and/or avail any Services provided on the Platform, you agree to these Terms (as may be amended from time to time). Please read the following information carefully. If you are a parent and you provide your consent to your child’s use of the Platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms in respect to their use of the Platform. By your continued access or use of the Platform, you signify your agreement to be legally bound by the Terms set forth herein. If you do not agree to the Terms of this agreement, promptly exit this page and stop accessing the Services.


Description of Services

TECHNOPLANET LAB PRIVATE LIMITED ("Company","We" or "Us" and their connotations) operates a website www.makershala.com called as "Platform", which is engaged in providing products & services with an objective to develop skills in Users in the age group of 6-18 years.

Our Platform is primarily accessed by Users between the ages of 6-18 years to build 21st century skills, discover areas of their interest and apply concepts in the real world. Makershala provides a project based learning ecosystem through following ways:

  • DIY Projects: These are self-doing projects through which You can start your journey of learning by making.
  • Course Projects: These are guided projects which You take part in, along with fellow learners and a mentor.
  • Contests: These are open (outside the scope of a course) challenges and You can submit a project to earn recognitions.

And other programs which will be introduced in future around the same objective. However, for accessing the Services, the You will have to create a learner account and disclose ("Personal Information") including, but not limited to

  • name, e-mail address, photograph, location and other contact information
  • gender and other demographics
  • birth date and year to validate the current age of the User
  • email address and phone number of User's parent or guardian to acquire the parental approval.
The learner account is only activated once the parent account is created and the learner account is approved.


License to Use

The Company hereby grants You the limited right to access, view and use the Platform only for the purposes of accessing, viewing, posting or submitting User material, using the embedded link function, placing store orders or for accessing information, applications and Services. Company reserves the right to suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Platform. This license is limited to personal and non-commercial uses by you. Any rights not expressly granted to You herein are reserved to Company.


Intellectual Property Rights

The Company retains all rights (including copyrights, trademarks, patents, designs, logos, trade-dress, trade-secrets, know-how as well as any other intellectual property right) in relation to all information provided on or via this Platform (including but not limited to the curriculum taught, all texts, graphics, photos, illustrations, apps and logos). You shall not copy, download, publish, distribute or reproduce any of the information contained on this Platform or social media in any form without the prior written consent of the Company.


Linking

During your engagement in different projects you may establish a link to one or more site(s), provided that:

  • The link is legal and not detrimental or damaging to and/or does not take unfair advantage of our reputation or business;
  • Such linking is not for advertising or promotional purposes (unless We have expressly agreed to it);
  • The link is not from any website which promotes any political or religious views, or promotes or depicts intolerance, hatred, discrimination, violence, pornography or illegal activity;
  • The link does not falsely or misleadingly imply or suggest that We endorse, approve of or are associated with the linked website, its web pages or any of its contents; and
  • Framing of any site on any other website is not allowed and You must not provide access to the site or part of it under any other URL. The Company may withdraw your right to link to any site without notice and at any time (acting in our sole discretion).
  • Any site and/or application that contains links to other websites, web pages, resources, or mobile Services
  • Which are proprietary to third-parties, other Users, advertisers or sponsors, are provided for your information only and You access them at your own risk. The Company will not be held liable or responsible for the content or operation of third-party websites, web pages, resources or mobile Services.


Payment and Refund

The Platform is a paid Service and all payments by Users shall be through the payment mechanism put in place by Us. Users have been given various options to choose from and proceed with the payment for the Services via payment mechanisms including but not limited to Card Payment facilities, EMI Payment, Online Bank Transfer and Wallet Payment.The payment gateway mechanisms are governed by the terms and conditions of the third-party providers and the User agrees to be bound by those terms.

Valid Credit/Debit/Cash Card/online bank transfers and other payment instruments are processed using an appropriate payment system infrastructure and the same will also be governed by the terms agreed to between the Users and the respective issuing bank and payment instrument issuing company. We shall not be liable for any unauthorized use, fraud, payment refunds, lost amount etc. in the transaction. The amount of refund payable shall only be limited to the amount paid by the User for Services which were not rendered to the User by Us.


User Content

Company offers You an opportunity to submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute or broadcast content and materials, including, without limitation, articles, commentaries, photographs, text, music, video, audio recordings, computer graphics, pictures, data, questions, comments, suggestions or personally identifiable information on the Platform.

The Company may remove content at its discretion, subject only to its express obligations in respect of peer-reviewed articles.

Users may choose to write and post reviews on the Platform. We do not encourage you to post any Personal Information while using the services and the ill effects of such revelation shall be borne by the Users.

The Content shall be removed if:

  • it is misleading in any way, and/or it gives a false impression as to its origins or approvals;
  • it is defamatory, plagiarized (including plagiarism from your own work), abusive, malicious, threatening, false, misleading, offensive, insulting, discriminatory, profane, harassing, racist, sexist, indecent,obscene, pornographic, hateful or it advocates violence;
  • it is in breach of confidentiality or another person's privacy or other rights, or of any duty owed by You;
  • it prejudices any active or pending legal proceedings of which You are aware;
  • it contains accusations of impropriety or personal criticism of our personnel, editors or reviewers;
  • it infringes any intellectual property rights proprietary to the Company or any third party;
  • it is technically harmful (including content containing, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software, harmful data or conduct and/or contains any other element which is intended to harm the Company or any third party,or to carry out or facilitate any fraudulent or dishonest transaction);
  • it advertises or promotes any product or Service or makes any requests for donations or financial support;
  • it is spam or junk content;
  • it impersonates another person or otherwise misrepresents your identity, affiliation or status;
  • it would be considered a criminal or statutory offense in any jurisdiction, or gives rise to civil liability, or is otherwise unlawful; and/or
  • it is in breach of these Terms and/or of any Additional Terms.

The Company will not be held responsible or liable for any of the User content provided by You on the Platform. You must not attempt to avoid or undermine any protections that the Company may put in place for the security and operation of any website.

You hereby explicitly consent to video/sound recordings of the sessions conducted containing footage of You conducted on the Platform as a part of the Services.


User Communication

You hereby explicitly consent to receiving communication from the company by email, telephone, WhatsApp, website, SMS, IVR or text message for the purposes of providing alerts and information about our Services which may sometimes be for marketing purposes.


Rule of Conduct

Users must comply with the laws that apply to You in the location that You access the Company's Services from. If any laws applicable to You restrict or prohibit You from using Services of the Company,You must comply with those legal restrictions or, if applicable, stop accessing and/or using the Services of the Company. You promise that all the information You provide to the Company on accessing and/or using the Services of the Company is and shall remain true, accurate and complete at all times.

Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms You agree and undertake not to:

  • Hack, attempt to hack, modify, adapt, merge, translate, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or create derivative works out of the Service or any part of them (save to the extent which expressly cannot be prohibited in accordance with the applicable mandatory law in your jurisdiction);
  • Create software which mimics any data or functionality in the Service;
  • Use or deal in the Service except as permitted by these Terms;
  • Include contact details intended to enable communication outside of the Service, in any Communication;
  • Use your access to the Service, or information gathered from it, for the sending of unsolicited bulk email;
  • Make any public, business or commercial use of the Service or any part of them;
  • Provide hypertext links, URL links, graphic links, hyperlinks or other direct connection for profit or gain to the Service without prior written permission of the Company;
  • Make the Service or any part of it available to any third party (please note this does not stop you from fairly and honestly providing links to the Platform, or showing either to other people);
  • Use or process the Service or any part of them unfairly or for any illegal or immoral purpose; or
  • Delete or obscure any copyright or other proprietary notice on the Service.
The Service may only be accessed and used via authorized servers. You must take no action to bypass authorized servers and/or use third-party software to modify any aspect of the Service for the purpose of securing an unfair advantage over other Users. You expressly consent to the Company's monitoring of your computer's random access memory for the purpose of identifying said unauthorized third-party programs.


Limited Liability

You are held personally liable for any violation of a third-party's rights by You. You agree to reimburse the Company for all damages resulting from the culpable non-observance of the obligations of these Terms. Users release the Company from all eligible claims that other Users or third parties may file against the Company due to a violation of their rights by content posted by the User or due to a violation of other obligations. You shall assume the costs of Company legal defense, including all court and legal fees. This condition does not apply if the Users are not responsible for the infringement.

The Company ensures that the information and the training facilitated by the tutors on the Platform is accurate but does not guarantee or warrant its accuracy, adequacy, correctness, validity, completeness, or suitability for any purpose, and accepts no responsibility with respect to the information and coaching given by the tutors on the Platform.

You agree and understand that the Company does not state or claim any warranty for the quality of lectures delivered by the tutors listed on our Platform.

The Company undertakes scrutiny of the curriculum delivered by the tutors, however, the Company does not always guarantee the quality of lessons delivered to the User. At any instance of live interactive sessions, if the tutor uses any sexual or abusive language or depicts any forced sexual acts, or pornographic images, please immediately inform the Company at the contact provided. The Company will make all efforts to take any and all necessary actions as per the applicable law. However, the Company explicitly disclaims any liability or responsibility in the event of such a circumstance.

The Company will not be held responsible for any unethical, illegal acts performed by the User on the advice of the tutor and it shall be your responsibility to avoid and report such acts Immediately.

In no event shall the Company be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or damages for loss of profits, revenue, data or data use, incurred by you or any third party, whether in an action in contract or tort, arising from your access to, or use of, the Platform or any content provided on or through the Platform.

The Company facilitates educational and informational content on an "as is" basis and is liable only to provide its Services with reasonable skill and care.

The Company's liability for any and all claims in the aggregate, arising out of or related to your use of the Platform, shall not under any circumstances exceed the amounts actually paid by You to the Company for its Services.

External Sites have not been verified or reviewed by the Company and all use and access of External Sites is made at your own risk. "External Sites" means third-party websites and online Services to which the Service links. The Company gives no other warranty in connection with the Service and to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company excludes liability for:

  • Any loss or damage of any kind howsoever arising, including any direct, indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss whether or not such arises out of any problem which the Company has been made aware of;
  • The accuracy, currency or validity of information and material contained within any communications or the Service;
  • Any interruptions to or delays in updating the Service;
  • Any incorrect or inaccurate information on the Service;
  • The infringement by any person of any copyright or other intellectual property rights of any third party;
  • Through any communication or use of the Service;
  • The availability, quality, content or nature of External Sites;
  • Any transaction involving External Sites;
  • Any amount or kind of loss or damage due to viruses or other malicious software that may infect a User's computer equipment, software, data or other property caused by persons accessing, using or downloading the Service, or any Communication (save that, where digital content supplied to You by the Company or on behalf of the Company through the Service causes damage to your digital content or devices You may be entitled to compensation or repair or replacement, in which case kindly inform the Company); and all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms and conditions which but for this notice would have an effect
The Company does not warrant that the operation of the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free. The Company will not be liable in any amount for failure to perform any obligation under this agreement if such failure is caused by the occurrence of any unforeseen contingency beyond the reasonable control of the Company including Internet outages, communications outages, fire, flood, war, or act of God.

Except as provided above there are no other warranties, conditions or other terms and conditions, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, and all such terms and conditions are hereby excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.

You agree that You are and shall remain responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and Username and for all activities that occur under your account.

You agree that in relation to your use of the Service You will not in any way conduct yourself in a manner which is unlawful, or which gives rise to civil or criminal liability or which might call the Company or the Service into disrepute.


Third-Party Permission

The Company has subscribed to various third-party Service providers and You agree and acknowledge that, while accepting these Terms, You explicitly grant permission to these Service providers to use your information and make cold calls in furtherance of our Services on the Platform, even when your mobile phone is on ‘Do Not Disturb' mode. In the event of any dispute between the third party and You, the Company shall not be held liable in any manner whatsoever.


Amendments to Terms

The Company retains the right to modify these Terms: (a) in the event of any amendments made due to legal changes, (b) in the event of any amendments made due to decisions by the Supreme Court, (c) because of technical necessity, (d) in order to maintain Company operations, (e) in the event of a change in market conditions, (f) for the benefit of the User.

No amendment will take place if such amendment would substantially disrupt the contractual balance between the parties. Users will be informed of any amendments to the general Terms via the Platform or via notice by email or in writing.


Termination

Without limiting any other rights that the Company may have, the Company may remove, restrict, cancel or suspend access to and/or use of the Service and any part of it, if the Company considers (in the sole discretion of the Company) that You have breached any of these Terms.

You may also terminate your agreement with the Company by ceasing to access the Service, deleting all copies of the Service or part thereof within your control. Termination shall not affect any rights or remedies, which have accrued up to the time of termination.


Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless, our contractors, and our licensors, and respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of their use of the Services and/or the Platform, including but not limited to the violation of these Terms by the Users.


Severability

If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of these Terms (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision shall, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of these Terms shall not be affected.


Assignment

Any rights and licenses granted hereunder shall not be transferred or assigned by you but, shall be assigned by the Company. Any attempted transfer or assignment in violation hereof shall be considered as null and void.


Waiver

No waiver of any terms of this agreement shall be treated as a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term and the Company's failure to assert any right or provision under this agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.


Government Laws and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, or such similar laws of India, which are not in conflict with each other. Such shall be subjected to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Faridabad, India.


Contact

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us by email or postal mail on the following address:
Name: Technoplanet Lab Private Limited
E-mail id:
Address: 5E/1A BP, NIT, Faridabad, Haryana, India
Pin Code: 121001


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About Makershala

Makershala is a Learning by Making ecosystem for kids from age 8-16 to help them discover their interests, develop future skills and deepen conceptual understanding. Makershala follows the Project Based Learning approach as its way of teaching in which kids work on authentic, real life & personally meaningful projects.

Kids work on these projects in different educational settings, namely; self-learning; online 1:4 Peer to Peer with a mentor; or in a school. Projects are categorized in different interest segments like Robotics, Coding, Electronics, 3D Printing, Animations, Photography, Machine Learning, Astronomy and many more.

Each project is mapped with classroom concepts, 21st century skills, UN sustainable development goals and interests/careers to not only focus on holistic development of a child but help them identify their calling by giving them exposure to problems that exist in the real world.

Why Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning has the potential to solve many of the learning problems we see today beyond foundational literacy.

  • Ownership: Learners have complete ownership on what they need to know to solve a problem and come up with the best solution in the best way. It can be a concept or a software tool or a skill. Kids involved in projects are never required to be told to study.

  • Interdisciplinary: Unlike traditional learning where subjects are taught in silos and learners develop a perception of liking or disliking a subject. In project based learning, the given problem is supreme and it may require to know something from maths, science and history together.

  • Experiential learning: We generally retain 75% of what we do as opposed to only 5% of what we hear and 10% of what we read, hence PBL helps kids retain what they learn.

  • Lifelong learning: The most important gift that PBL gives to its learners is to make them lifelong learners as this is the most required skill to lead a good life, personally & professionally.

  • Skills & Knowledge balance: Project-based learning doesn’t focus too much on memorizing information, rather it equally demands practising life skills to be able to do better in projects.

How Makershala Works

  • Parents and Kids who wish to start their journey with Makershala, are suggested to pick one interest area of the child and then choose a plan.

  • Parents and Kids after enrolling in a course based on their interest are assigned a batch. Each batch has 3-4 learners and 1 mentor.

  • Each course has 6 guided projects and 1 challenge project.

  • During the project, formative assessments are conducted to evaluate learner’s knowledge & skills.

  • On completion of a project parents and kids get a learning report which indicates the skills and knowledge developed/displayed by them.

  • Kids also build their portfolio which showcases problems solved, solutions created, skills developed, knowledge acquired and technologies learnt.

  • Kids earn rewards in the form of badges, points and coins for their performance in a project, course and overall.

  • Kids are maneuvered to take up courses and projects from different learning segments to gain more clarity on their interests. This eventually helps them in picking up a career.