The possibilities of using ordinary things for doing science and recycling modern junk into joyous products appealed immensely to children.

As a student in the 1970 s in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Gupta became a socialist in belief but eschewed action-less discourse; he stated that instead he "placed more faith in small positive action than empty rhetoric."

[2] Gandhian in outlook, Arvind Gupta participated in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Programme (HSTP) in Madhya Pradesh in 1978.

While he was there he developed his idea of creating simple toys and educational experiments using locally available materials as well as items usually thrown as trash.

[3][4] Gupta draws inspiration from a number of people, including Gautama Buddha, George Washington Carver and his mother.