About Us

Create Lab designs, develops and deploys scalable, high impact learning experiences in emerging and frontier markets to inspire children to create with technology and prepare them to become 21^st Century Leaders. Working with educators from Oxford, MIT & Singapore’s top universities, Create Lab’s popular coding, robotics and design thinking courses have been recognised as Singapore’s leading Computational Thinking enrichment programs. We collaborate with NUS Enterprise, Google, SoftBank and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore. Create Lab has been recognised as Singapore’s Best Coding School by Parents World Magazine and a Top-10 start-up by CLSA. Launched in 2015, Create Lab is now present in several regional countries.

Our Values

We are 100% student focused.

Our low student-to-teacher ratio ensures personalised learning across all our programs. This is coupled with state-of-the-art technologies and learning tools that enable a learning experience that is both engaging and fun.

We are always ready for change

We appreciate technology is fast changing with new tools, methods and processes being introduced all the time. Our Academic Advisory Board – who have over 80-years of experience from the world’s top universities – along with our team of instructors keep pace with these developments and ensure our programs are fresh, relevant and create a long-term learning impact.

We are rigorous

While our programs are designed to be self-paced and ‘student directed’ in terms of learning, clearly defined learning objectives, outcomes and deliverables ensure that students are self-sustaining when they leave our programs, giving them the confidence to continue to create on their own without the support of our facilitators.

We are a partnership

Learning is a partnership between the educators and parents. We keep an open and continuous dialog with parents on the learning progress and challenges of their children. Our programs are designed so that children will have multiple opportunities to share and reflect on their creations and projects with their parents.

We are fun

When children take ownership of their learning they become passionate and motivated; not only in school, but also for the rest of their lives. Our programs are developed with the latest teaching tools and employ gamified learning to make the learning process fun and engaging for students. Our biggest problem? Finishing our classes on time as students typically insist on staying back for more!

Our Awards

Academic Advisory Board

Prof. Ken Kahn

University of Oxford

Prof. Ken Kahn is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Oxford and has had various teaching positions at MIT, NUS and many other highly ranked global institutions. He was also a consultant to the Rand Corporation and IBM. Ken is a pioneer in Computational Thinking, artificial intelligence and technology-enhanced learning, with a particular focus on programming languages for children. Ken is currently part of the STEAM initiative to introduce 21^st Century skills to schools across the European Union

Prof. Suranga Nanayakkara

University of Auckland, Visiting Faculty MIT & SUTD

Prof. Suranga Nanayakkara is a global pioneer in design thinking and enabling technologies. He is the Head of the Augmented Human Lab at the University of Auckland and a visiting faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and SUTD, Singapore. His work has been recognised by multiple awards including the MIT Technology Review and an INK Fellowship. He is also a TEDx speaker and advises educational authorities in Singapore and Sri Lanka on 21^st Century skills

Prof. Chris Boesch

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Prof. Chris Boesch is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at NUS and is an educator on Educator in Cloud Computing, Software-as-a-Service and Big Data Analytics. He has spent over 20-year in the technology industry working for multinationals and has filed 16 patents

Founders

Thilan Wickramasinghe

Co-Founder/CEO

Thilan Wickramasinghe was an award-winning former investment banker with 15-years of experience working with multinationals such as HSBC, Credit Lyonnais (CLSA), Credit Suisse and Arthur Andersen in SE Asia. He is now Co-Founder/CEO of Create Lab – a school dedicated to empowering pre & primary school children with 21^st Century Skills – that is present in Singapore, Sri Lanka and India. He is also a start-up mentor and a speaker on digital disruption

Dhruv Vohra

Co-Founder/President

Dhruv Vohra has nearly 20-years of experience analysing technology trends and businesses. He was the award-winning former Head of Equity Research for Credit Lyonnais (CLSA), Singapore and has lived and worked in several markets including Taiwan, India and Hong Kong. He is now the Co-Founder/President of Create Lab. Dhruv is a Google Certified Educator, holds an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and a Chartered Accountant