A school in Maharashtra, India has installed an artificial intelligence-based machine to improve the nutrition level of tribal children. The machine takes a photo of the student with their plate of food and within seconds, identifies whether the quality of the food is good, without any human intervention. The initiative was taken by the administration under Project Bhamragad, and there are eight government schools part of it. The administration is achieving good results from the project, and the quality of food has improved since the machine’s installation in September 2022. “I came in touch with an NGO that further connected me to a startup. We deployed here this machine designed by them… Through this machine, we have tried to implement improvement in not only the quantity but also the quality of food. Data collected here can be accessed by Headmaster and me. We have installed it in one of the 8 Ashram Schools so far,” he said.
According to Shubham Gupta, Assistant Collector of Etapalli and Project Director of Integrated Tribal Development Project, the machine was designed by a startup that was introduced to him by an NGO. The aim was to improve the quality and quantity of food served to the students, and data collected by the machine can be accessed by the headmaster and Mr. Gupta. The machine has been installed in one of the eight Ashram schools as part of the project.
Shubham Gupta, Assistant Collector of Etapalli and Project Director of Integrated Tribal Development Project, stated that the meals provided at the Todsa Ashram School in Maharashtra were up to the mark in terms of quantity and followed the menu. However, the administration wanted to assess the quality of the food to ascertain the cause of malnutrition among the students. That’s why they came in touch with an NGO, which connected them to a startup that designed an artificial intelligence-based machine to assess the quality of food being served.
