Rashmi Mantri

Rashmi Mantri is a Scotland, UK-based computer scientist, educator, and entrepreneur.Bishopbriggs education innovator presented with business achievement honour | GlasgowWorld
She is known for creating the world’s 1st, and most versatile Game-based Abacus learning software by embedding technology in the ancient method.
== Early life and education ==
Rashmi was born in Pushkar, a small town in India. Her early education was done near her hometown in the Ajmer city where she attended a Bachelor of Science degree.
She wanted to attain higher studies in the field of Computer and Information technology but at that time her family believed that girl child education was not important which resulted in stopping her education.
Later, after her marriage, she was shifted to Glasgow, Scotland where she got a chance to continue her education. She got herself enrolled at the University of West of Scotland and did Master of Science (Computer science).
She earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from the University of the West of Scotland. Her Ph.D. research was based on the Semantic Web. She received an exceptional scholarship while pursuing her Ph.D. for exceptional academic performance.
== Career ==
After completing her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of the West of Scotland, she worked as an educator, a researcher, a lecturer, a software team lead, a software course content developer, and a corporate software trainer in the UK.
Later one day, she saw that her son, Dhruv was not able to do simple mathematical calculations, so she started teaching him mathematics through the Abacus method. Although the Abacus is an ancient method of doing mathematical calculations it was not much famous in the United Kingdom|UK. Her son showed extraordinary improvements in his mathematical skills, and she made a video of her son doing mathematical calculations and posted it on social media, which went viral, and many parents started approaching her to teach the Abacus method to their children. After a year, inspired by the outstanding performances of her students in mathematics, she quit her dream university job and started teaching Abacus full-time to children. Similarly, kid's coding was not that eminent at that time and Dhruv Maheshwari, her son also inspired her to set up Glasgow's first funded coding school as well because of his love of coding.
In 2015, she founded British Youth International College (BYITC).
British Youth International College runs Abacus Maths, English language|English Language, Coding, and Cyber Security courses for students.
That's how a small-town girl who was halted from education in her early life achieved her dreams and is now spreading education across the globe, and later she was awarded at the British parliament in 2022.
== World’s 1st Abacus learning Software ==
Rashmi conceptualized and built the world's 1st Game Based Learning Abacus learning software to learn and practice the ancient Abacus method online. The software features a virtual Abacus tool, learning videos, and practice questions.
Presently she is sharing this Abacus software with the people involved in changing children's lives through education.
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