Our Story
Let’s understand the story of DiscoverSTEM in four simple phases
1. The Origin
(How It All Began)
In 2016, when Mirza Faizan became a father, he realized that by the time his daughter grows up, nearly 50% of today’s jobs may no longer exist due to AI and automation. Traditional education wasn’t preparing children for this future.
While judging global competitions at NASA and ISEF, he saw that kids have brilliant ideas but no structured way to transform them into innovations.
This sparked DiscoverSTEM: a program built to help children develop creativity, problem solving, and innovation skills through structured tools like STAR and PIP.
2. The Challenge (What Problem We Are Solving)
Education built for the industrial era still teaches memorization and obedience skills that automation will replace first. Reports predicted massive workforce disruption, but schools weren’t changing.
Faizan noticed that children’s creativity fades in systems designed for repetition, not innovation.
DiscoverSTEM was created to solve this gap: to give children a structured path to think critically, innovate boldly, and convert their ideas into patent-worthy solutions.
3. The Discovery (What We Learned From the World)
During his years as a judge at NASA and international innovation fairs, Faizan made two discoveries that changed everything:
1. Children naturally think outside the box.
2. Without the right guidance, their ideas stay unexplored and unshaped.
These insights led to a unique curriculum combining structured thinking, problem to innovation methodology, and real world mentoring laying the foundation of DiscoverSTEM.
4. The Impact (What We Achieved & Why It Matters)
From a personal realization in 2016 to a global movement today DiscoverSTEM has transformed student innovation.
- 700+ patent filings by young students.
- 345+ granted patents across countries.
- 90+ awards at NASA and global innovation events.
- Student ideas turning into startups.
Backed by aerospace scientists, educators, and innovators, DiscoverSTEM equips children with the mindset and tools to solve real problems and shape the future.
