Priyanka Chandanani: Creating Lasting Learning Experiences With Logix Engine

We recently had the privilege of interviewing Priyanka Chandanani, Founder & Managing Director at The Logix Engine. Having experimented with and researched various pedagogical approaches over the years, Priyanka noticed a significant gap in the way children were being taught – rigid systems that left little room for wonder or independent thinking. Determined to change that, she founded The Logix Engine, a STEAM-based education company in Dubai, driven by a single belief: that learning should be exciting, meaningful, and something children genuinely look forward to.

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The Beginning

BMU: Could you start by telling us about your professional journey and inspiration behind jumping into this industry?

Priyanka Chandanani: My journey into education spans nearly two decades — beginning in university classrooms where I taught graduate and post-graduate students, led research, and headed the Case Study Centre at the university.

But it was the dual lens of being both an educator and a mother that truly ignited the spark. I watched bright, curious children slowly lose their love for learning within rigid, textbook-driven systems, and I knew something had to change. That conviction led me to found The Logix Engine in 2017 — a STEAM-based education company in Dubai built on one belief: every child deserves learning that is experiential, meaningful, and exciting.

Leadership Lessons in the Journey

BMU: As a professional in this field, what are a few lessons that helped you in leading your business?

Priyanka Chandanani: The most important lesson for me has been to lead with purpose, not just process. When your team understands the ‘why’ behind what they do, that they are shaping young minds and building future leaders – they bring a level of passion that no job description can mandate. This has been the toughest part of my journey. I’ve also learned that hiring for attitude and training for skill builds a far more resilient team than the other way around. And perhaps most importantly: listen more than you speak.

Something that each member in my team has heard ever so often. Feedback is feedback, listen to it, assess, analyse, and evaluate it, and absorb what you think is a value add to your growth. Your students, parents, and team members will always tell you what needs to improve, if you create the space for them to do so.

Navigating through Uncertainties

BMU: Would you like to share what you feel is a major challenge in starting a business or career? And how did you overcome it?

Priyanka Chandanani: The hardest part of starting out is not the idea, it’s the courage to back yourself when things get tough. Challenges in business rarely announce themselves, sometimes they arrive as a global pandemic that rewrites all the rules.

The COVID years were a defining test for us. Overnight, the education landscape was flooded with low-cost, often free, digital alternatives, and parents understandably gravitated toward them. What was heartbreaking was the devaluation of quality — years of carefully crafted curriculum, trained educators, and proven pedagogy were being compared against hastily assembled online content, purely on price.

Surviving that period demanded both resilience and reinvention. We doubled down on demonstrating value rather than competing on cost, through results, through relationships, and through the trust of the parents who had seen what genuine learning transformation looked like in their children.

That experience taught me that in business, your most powerful defence is an uncompromising commitment to quality, even when — especially when the market tempts you to dilute it.

Envisioning the Future of Logix Engine

BMU: What are your plans with the services/products that you provide? Could you share a bit about it with our viewers?

Priyanka Chandanani: Logix Engine today serves students aged 6 to 18 across robotics, coding, academic enrichment, and holiday camps — and we’ve recently opened our first franchise, which is an exciting milestone.

Looking ahead, our focus is on deepening the quality and accessibility of what we offer: expanding our digital learning infrastructure, growing our franchise model across the UAE and the wider GCC, and continuing to develop curriculum that keeps pace with the rapidly changing skills landscape.

Our vision has always been to be the region’s most trusted destination for future-ready education — and every step we take is in that direction.

Embracing Technological Advancements

BMU: Nowadays, as you would see, AI is everywhere. Even businesses are adapting to it increasingly. What are your thoughts on this?

Priyanka Chandanani: AI is not the future of education — it is already the present, and educators who ignore that do their students a disservice. At Logix Engine, we’ve embraced AI thoughtfully: as a tool that can personalise learning, free up educators to do what they do best, and expose children to the technologies that will define their careers.

But I always tell parents and students — AI amplifies human intelligence, it doesn’t replace it. The critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative skills we develop in our classrooms are precisely what make a person irreplaceable in an AI-powered world. That’s why STEAM education has never been more relevant.

Message to Aspiring Professionals

BMU: What would be your advice to beginners in this field or in any field of business?”

Priyanka Chandanani: Start before you feel ready, because that moment of perfect readiness rarely comes. What matters more than a flawless plan is an unshakeable belief in the problem you are solving and the people you are solving it for. Build your network genuinely, invest in continuous learning, and don’t be afraid to pivot when the market gives you honest feedback.

Most importantly, measure your progress not just in revenue, but in impact, the lives you’ve touched, the problems you’ve solved, the team you’ve grown. That is what sustains you through the inevitable hard days, and makes the journey truly worth it.

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