Namya Joshi

Student and and Minecraft Student Ambassador JAMK University of Applied Sciences Finland and Microsoft

Namya Joshi is an 18-year-old student at JAMK university of Applied Sciences Finland and the official Minecraft Student Ambassador by Microsoft.     

Inspired by her own motto #EachOneTeachTen, she has spent the last five years designing and delivering free of cost coding workshops for more than 15,000 teachers, young people, especially girls, in India and all over the world, as well as empowering other young people to run their own coding clubs.  

She raises awareness about the social issues using game-based learning with STEM to provide solutions for the problems humanity faces. She has been honoured with many prestigious awards and serves in numerous reputable organisations as a board member and advisory member.