June 27th, 2023
Smt. Karuna Vakati, the Secretary of Department of Education – Telangana visited Sathya Sai Grama, Chikkaballapur on 24th November 2023. Here, she received insights into the procurement, preparation, fortification, supply chain management, and logistics planning of finger millet (Ragi) at the SaiSure Nutraceutical facility.
This 6-floor state-of-the-art nutraceutical facility at its full capacity can produce 750 Tons per month, addressing the micro nutrition needs of nearly 5 million beneficiaries comprising govt. school children, toddlers, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. Currently, this facility is also catering to the demand of 250 tonnes of SaiSure Millet (Ragi) multi nutrient health mix every month for 25,00,000 Government school children in the state of Telangana.
She interacted with the staff and management of the nutraceutical facility and appreciated the magnificent work being done here for the benefit of needy children in improving the nutrition quotient in the state of Telangana and across the country.
Smt. Karuna Vakati then visited the campus’s educational and healthcare institutions, which is totally free of charge to the beneficiaries. Mr. Anand Kumar Kadali – Trustee & Secretary & Mr. Sai Prasad Ivaturi – Trustee and Treasurer of Annapoorna Trust respectively, accompanied the Secretary during the visit.