About
About Scienchess
Scienchess is an online academy started by Manasa Kongot who is working part-time to teach Science and/or Chess, specifically aimed to attract young minds and kids towards developing a sharp acumen for Science and Chess.
Scienchess will be engaging chess classes to anyone above age 4 and science classes for kids in 6th to 10th grade, either in batches or 1 to 1 manner.
*IMP: If you are associated or aware of NGOs providing for orphan/underprivileged children and old age homes, kindly contact. Scienchess would like to take refreshing and educating sessions to them, depending on the time schedule available.
About your coach
Manasa is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at a private institution at Bangalore and she has completed her Doctoral degree in Chemistry from Jain University, Bangalore, India. She has done her Masters in Chemistry and Bachelors in Science from Mangalore University, India. Post-completion of her studies, she continued research for 3 years as a research associate at Jain University and HPCL R and D Centre. Apart from being a distinction holder throughout her academics, she has got many laurels such as being the college topper during bachelors study, best oral and poster presenter in National and International conferences during doctoral studies and so on. Also, she has previously taught science subjects to school students as a volunteer. Have a look at her research profile here-https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5BhYM0QAAAAJ&hl=en
Manasa has also been a chess player since her high school days and has won many district and state championships in her age categories. She has the credits of being multiple times Karnataka state womens chess champion, state and national school games gold medalist. She has represented Karnataka multiple times in National age category, and womens events, and has also represented India twice in the Asian Youth Chess championships. In 2022, she attended FIDE trainer seminar after which she has got certification from World Chess Federation as a FIDE Instructor.
She has been always inclined towards teaching and education, and this led to the start of her own part-time teaching platform for chess and science, her brainchild Scienchess!
My Goals
With Scienchess, I am aiming to create an understanding in our society that it is very well possible to balance and excel in both academics and sports (science and chess in this case). Additionally, I also want to support the idea that it is possible to have a career entirely from our hobbies and sports activities which are usually just considered as extracurricular activities. Also, I aim to create a platform to educate kids and youngsters, especially from underprivileged backgrounds so that they can earn their livelihood through the knowledge they absorb.
–Manasa Kongot
