CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Date: 11^th Feb 2023.

Subject: REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL VISIT.

Place: Akshaya Patra, ISKCON- Kanakapura Road. No. of Students: 75

Introduction about AkshayaPatra

AkshayaPatra is a non-profit organization that aims to counter classroom hunger and aid in the education of children. AkshayaPatra provides nutritious meals to underprivileged people across the nation. The organization started in 2000 and currently feeds 1.9 million children every day across India. Objective

• To provide the students with an insight to the internal working of an organization,
• To provide the students about the various technological opportunities available to
• To make students understand the importance of management and coordination while cooperating with the leading
• To make students understand how to be a better citizen by contributing to

About the visit

The visit for the students of New Horizon College Of Engineering was held on 11^th Feb 2023 by the Department of Computer Application. Students were taken to AkshayaPatra, ISKCON by two buses provided by the college. It was a half day visit by around 75 students of 1st sem MCA along with 2 faculty members. The journey began at 09.30 hrs and we touched down at 10.30 hrs. Further Mr. Praveen Krishna escorted us to the conference room, briefed us about the infrastructure of the kitchen,

how chores are done, IoT implementation at AkshayaPatra, also amused us with some statistical figures of per day meals provided and the quantity of food prepared at the kitchen.

The Mega kitchen

Day at the kitchen starts at 02.30 hrs, and by 06.30 hrs meals are ready to be dispatched to government schools and government aided schools. The management and coordination between these few hours from cooking to packing is what makes AkshayaPatra one of its kind. The well designed kitchen helps in a quicker service. The building consists of two floors, ground floor; where cooking takes place, first floor; preprocesses like chopping and dicing of vegetables happen. The grains, vegetables and all the other ingredients used are handpicked, and very well inspected before it reaches the cooking chamber. AkshayaPatra is known for nutritious and hygienic supply of meals. When asked further about the grains, Mr. Praveen said “Rice and lentils are supplied by the farmers directly from the farm. Even before the seeds are sowed in soil, we test the soil, analyze the nutrient content, composition, and other characteristics”.

AkshayaPatra supports local farming and local stores, they don’t just feed the ones in need but also economically help local stores by getting their supplies from these stores.

Preparation of the meals

On the ground floor, the kitchen is equipped with 4 rice cooking chambers, each capable of cooking 150 Kg of rice in just 15 minutes. These huge chambers have two separate valves, one of them supplies hot water and the other supplies steam. Per day AkshayaPatra produces 5.5tons of cooked rice. With every 90 Kg of rice, 10 Kg of artificial rice is added to enhance the nutrient content and provide more proteins and vitamins to the growing body and mind of children. Simultaneously Sambar is being prepared in 3 different boilers, each with the capacity to cook 1000 Liters of sambar in a span of 45 minutes.

The first floor is dedicated for dicing and chopping of vegetables, making of ragi balls, and a cold storage area. As the meals have to be served for thousands of people, chopping vegetables manually will slow down the process. Special vegetable chopping machines are installed at AkshayaPatra to cut 100 kgs- 200 kgs of vegetables in just 1 hr. Beside the machine, manually chopping is done by the employees starting early in the morning. AkshayaPatra has a large cold store area to store dairy products, vegetables and fruits. This storage unit has a temperature and humidity controller. The temperature inside the storage unit is maintained at 5 degree celsius. Another customized machinery

used by AkshayaPatra is, ragi ball maker. Ragi ball maker produces around 250 ragi balls in 45 minutes. This machinery has simplified the task of making ragi balls, all it takes is ingredients and electricity, and after 45 minutes, we are left with plenty of ragi balls ready to serve.

IoT and outsourcing of meals

In the present technological era, AkshayaPatra has also adapted and embraced the technology for the betterment of efficient and quicker ways to prepare and outsource the meal. Kitchen has implemented smart temperature checks to have a contactless experience of checking the food temperature. The vehicles used in transportation of the food are embedded with a GPS system to track the movement of vehicles and to ensure meals reach the school on time. These vehicles are also specially customized, a structure similar to honeycomb which helps in loading the maximum number of containers and closely kept containers also help with better insulation to keep the food hot and fresh.

Utensils used during transportation of food are high grade stainless steel utensils which help in keeping the food piping hot until it reaches the destination. Keeping the hygiene aspect in mind, these utensils are cleaned using hot steam. This eliminates the slightest chance of having bacteria on the containers. The food is prepared at 90°c, packed at 70°c and children enjoy the meal served hot, ranging from 60°c- 65°c. Children are often surprised once a week with sweet delicacies, sometimes twice a week. This surprise element makes all the sweet tooth students visit school every day hoping it’s a sweet day.

Outcome

• Students got an insight about how technology is being implemented and used in the food May it be GPS to track vehicles or use of Six Sigma.
• The importance of management and coordination while cooperating with the leading industries and It is important to have good professional relationships around the industries.
• This kind of intercultural collaboration allows students to offer fresh perspectives and expertise to these
• Not only on academic level, but AkshayaPatra helps in the wholesome personality development of every student that has interacted or had been connected with the organization.
• The visit at AkshayaPatra was really beneficial for the students as it helped them to understand, there are still ways you can grow and blossom into a better human being or as a