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Aneboina Bhavani with her guide teacher Kota Naveen Kumar
A. Bhavani with her guide Teacher Sri. Kota Naveen Kumar (Le ) and
(Le ) and Dr. K. Ravikanth Rao Garu Professor, SCERT Telangana
with Prof. Ranjith Ramadurai, Dean (Administra on) in the in the 9th Na onal Level Exhibi on and Project Compe on
MENTORSHIP WORKSHOP 2022 at Indian Ins tute of Technology, (NLEPC) 2022 under INSPIRE Awards-MANAK Organised
Hyderabad, Telangana during 25th-26th April 2022. at Delhi during 14-16 September , 2022
participated in the MENTORSHIP eco-friendliness, enabling farmers to days. Moreover, millers were charging
WORKSHOP 2022 at the Indian process millets at their doorstep, thus more than Rs 10 per kg for processing,
Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, increasing their profits and promoting which significantly ate into the
conducted by the Department of millet cultivation. profits, leaving the farmers with
Science & Technology, National empty pockets. Many farmers ended
Innovation Foundation-India, and IIT Edusure: What inspired you to create up with unprocessed millets at home,
Hyderabad. the "Mobile Millets Processing Unit"? and this situation was disheartening.
Bhavani: Many farmers are eager to Witnessing this, I felt compelled to do
Edusure: That's a remarkable journey. cultivate millets, but the lack of something to support our farmers,
How did your guide teacher help you processing units forces them to sell who were willing to cultivate millets
during this project? raw produce and buy processed but were deterred by the lack of
Bhavani: My guide teacher, Sri. Kota products, leading to minimal profits. processing units and high costs. So, I
Naveen Kumar, provided invaluable Some even transport their organic developed an eco-friendly machine
support. He not only assisted in produce to mills for processing, called the "mobile millets processing
completing the project prototype with incurring high labor and expenditure unit at the farmer's doorstep."
the desired output but also offered costs. This situation adversely affects
technical guidance. millet cultivation. My project aims to Edusure: That's a great initiative. Can
His encouragement to think critically address these challenges. y o u a l s o t e l l u s a b o u t o t h e r
and pursue innovation was pivotal. His applications of your project?
unique approach to teaching and Edusure: That's a noble cause, Bhavani: Certainly. This project is not
learning was a great influence. Bhavani. Can you tell us what limited to millets alone; it can also be
motivated you to develop this used for processing pulses, rice, and
Edusure: Can you tell us more about innovative project? more. By promoting the cultivation of
your project and its significance? Bhavani: Certainly. In 2018, India millets through low-cost processing,
Bhavani: My project, the "Mobile celebrated it as the year of Millets, and it encourages organic farming
Millets Processing Unit at Farmer's the government was encouraging practices and enables farmers to
Door Step," is designed to promote farmers to cultivate millets. In our attain higher profits. This, in turn,
m i l l et c u l t i v a t i o n t o c o m b a t region, including my father, some leads to an increase in the cultivation
malnutrition and enhance farmers' farmers were actively engaged in of crop millets.
profits. Millets are rich in essential millet farming. However, they faced a
nutrients and promoting their significant challenge – the nearest Edusure: Thank you, Bhavani, for
production has social, nutritional, and processing unit was over 100 sharing your journey and future
environmental benefits. The project's kilometers away, and the waiting aspirations with us. We wish you all
unique feature is its portability and period for processing was around 5 to 6 the best in your endeavors.

"INDIA CELEBRATED 2018 AS THE YEAR OF MILLETS".

"INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MILLETS, 2023".

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