Arjun Sharda, a 12-year-old tech entrepreneur, said that the nonprofit TLEEM began as a small club, collaborating with teachers and students, gaining support from the assistant principal, and aiming to expand while focusing on technology. Sharda was a guest on a recent episode of the Texas Talks Podcast.

“It was just a small club,” said Sharda on a recent edition of the Texas Talks Podcast. "We collaborated with a few teachers and students, like my friends. We got to speak and do activities. We had some members of the club."

“Teachers were really supportive, especially our assistant principal at that time, who was very supportive of our stuff," said Sharda. “They even let us speak in front of all of seventh grade at that time, which was a major thing for us because we were just a small club. It was a club that we were trying to get more people. We were doing stuff like technology.”

Sharda is a 12-year-old tech entrepreneur known for his prowess as a full-stack developer, author, and founder of TLEEM, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing education in technology, leadership, entrepreneurship, engineering, and mathematics. His projects include Searchor, a Python library for web development, and Passeo, a Python encryption tool, among others. Through TLEEM, Sharda aims to empower individuals worldwide with similar passions and drive positive change in the fields of technology and leadership.

Texas Talks podcast is hosted by Brad Swail. The weekly show is focused on public policy in the state of Texas, with insights from the people and organizations that influence it.

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