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Technology > Biotech & pharma Brother, sister duo invents low-cost solution for preserving vegetables and fruits 03 March 2021 Two young entrepreneurs from Naya Tola Dudhela in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, Nikky Kumar Jha and his young sister Reshmi Jha, have come up with a low-cost solution for preserving vegetables and fruits fresh for 5 to 30 days, which would help avoid wastage of food in a big way. Preservator/Sabjikothi is a wheel mountable storage for transportation of fresh fruits and vegetables. It is a cost-effective, microclimate based, portable storage that extends the shelf-life and preserve the freshness of fruits and vegetables anywhere between 5 to 30 days. ....
From Dehradun to San Jose In 2013, Ashish Garg co-founded Eltropy, a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup that enables businesses to connect with their customers on SMS (short messaging service) and text messaging apps. 0 claps Good morning! Growing up, not many of us knew what we wanted to do in life. But Ashish Garg, who grew up in a middle-class household in Dehradun, always wanted to become an engineer and start his own company. Learning the spirit of entrepreneurship and perseverance from his father, he graduated with a degree in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from BITS, Pilani. But the turning point came when Hotmail, founded by BITS alum Sabeer Bhatia, got sold to Microsoft for $500 million. Ashish thought, “If he can do it, why can’t I?” ....
Share on India is the second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. However, this abundance also brings along produce spoilage and wastage. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations says 40 percent of horticultural produce worth $8.3 billion is wasted every year due to inadequate logistical support, lack of refrigerated storage, supply chain bottlenecks, poor transport, and underdeveloped marketing channels. This problem led Bhagalpur-based agritech startup Saptkrishi in 2019 with his sister Rashmi Jha, 20. Sabjikothi or Preservator, a low-cost, IoT-enabled chamber-cum-storage that can be used to extend the shelf life of horticultural produce from three days to 30 days. The ....