Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Mumbai Students Explore Learning Through Play and Strategy
The Children’s Toy Foundation held a games competition for its 44th Foundation Day.
It took place on October 2 in Mumbai.
Forty-eight students from 10 schools joined in.
They played games that tested planning, observation and maths skills.
Eleven students reached the final game.
Jiva Jadhav won the main trophy, and two other students placed second and third.
Teachers also took part in their own game.
The event showed how playing games can make learning fun and help children work together.
The Children’s Toy Foundation held an inter-school Mind & Fun Games Competition on October 2 for its 44th Foundation Day.
The event brought together 48 students from 10 schools across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai at The Free Press Journal office in Nariman Point.
Students played Chinese Checkers, I Drop and Master Maths before 11 advanced to a final round featuring Funskool’s Little Genius.
Jiva Jadhav won the Game Master Trophy, followed by Vivaan Jain and Abhishek Chaurasia; Arham Shah won the Active Fun Game.
Teachers also competed, while CTF said it operates more than 485 Toy Libraries and four Mobile Toy Vans, reaching over 40,000 children.
- Who
- The Children’s Toy Foundation organised the event with The Free Press Journal; 48 students from 10 schools participated.
- What
- An inter-school Mind & Fun Games Competition, with student and teacher games.
- When
- October 2; the event marked CTF’s 44th Foundation Day.
- Where
- The Free Press Journal office in Nariman Point, Mumbai.
- Why
- To mark CTF’s Foundation Day and encourage learning, creativity and development through play.
Learning through play
Traditional competition format
Purpose and value of games
Learning through play
CTF founder and managing trustee Devendra Desai said children deserve creativity, intellectual development and joy through play; the event highlighted play as an engaging way to learn.
Traditional competition format
The article does not report a contrary viewpoint or criticism of learning through play.
Competition format
Learning through play
Games were not announced in advance, and students received rule explanations and practice rounds before competing.
Traditional competition format
No opposing view on the format was reported; the article contrasts it with conventional competitions without describing any criticism.
- Organisers
- Children’s Toy Foundation and The Free Press Journal
- Occasion
- CTF’s 44th Foundation Day
- Student participants
- 48 students from 10 schools
- Final round
- 11 students qualified; the final featured Funskool’s Little Genius
- Game Master Trophy
- Jiva Jadhav; Vivaan Jain was runner-up and Abhishek Chaurasia placed third
- CTF reach
- More than 485 Toy Libraries and four Mobile Toy Vans, reaching more than 40,000 children
- Support
- The Sucheta Sanghvi Foundation sponsored trophies; The Free Press Journal provided the venue and lunch arrangements