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What is Aahaar Kranti?

Aahaar Kranti उत्तम आहार उत्तम विचार (Uttam Aahaar Uttam Vichaar) is a national-level campaign dedicated to spread nutritional awareness and to renew the focus on nutritionally balanced diets.

The initiative aims to bring about a nationwide movement that will awaken the people of the country to value the diverse traditional diet, and our rich culinary heritage, and be a beacon of hope for nutritional awareness on a global scale. Though the initiative has been initially launched in the country to build a healthy India, it sets a roadmap for the entire world to follow in India’s footsteps as a “विश्वगुरु or global leader” in nutrition to reduce the burden of chronic diseases.

What is Aahar Kranti

Key objectives of the initiative

Promote significance of nutritionally balanced diet
Provide solutions for improving overall nutrition for all socio-economic classes
Address the problem of hunger and diet-related diseases across the world
Highlight the nutritional value of traditional Indian diets, healing powers of local and seasonal fruits, and the miracles of a balanced diet

Bring into practice the rich knowledge of Ayurveda-based nutrition
Talk about the importance of food and nutrition across age-groups starting from the embryo stage till the individual enters old-age
Comprehensive research and development in the food and nutrition space

Motto of Aahar Kranti

The essence of our motto “उत्तम आहार उत्तम विचार” (Uttam Aahaar Uttam Vichar) talks about how a balanced diet has the healing power and can do miracles for our body that will ultimately lead to healthier mind and good cognition.

Aahaar Kranti Pilot projects

The foundation of Aahaar Kranti as a movement has been laid and has been a successful one. The entire focus has been on finding out the nutritional gaps in different age groups and how to address this issue by creating interactive and knowledgeable educational modules with the help of “Subject Matter Experts” (SMEs).

Our projects help gather insights and information from hands-on experiments and data collection that are published in international journals. Aahaar Kranti has come up with tailor-made solutions that are being implemented currently.

Nutritional Intervention:

Protein-rich foods, healthy fats, and rainbow diet lead to improve overall nutritional status

Nutritional Supplements:

Produce nutritional and mineral supplements

Nutritious Recipes:

Collate healthy recipes that are child-approved and tested by parents

Create nutritious recipes as a hands on project

Involve school teachers to come up with innovative nutritious recipes and promote them in school

Nutrition in the curriculum:

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will introduce curriculum on the significance of nutrition, which will inspire and motivate children to follow it

Focus on addressing the nutritional gaps in young children

Mention the effects of social media on the diet in adolescents and how it can be addressed

Food forests/Nutri-Gardens:

Address food affordability issues by introducing the concept of Food forests and Nutri-Gardens

Tailor-made solutions to grow wild fruits and vegetables in your own space

Abolish malnutrition and fix nutritional gaps by implementing this solution

Indoor Gardens:

Enable people to become self-sufficient or atma nirbhar by growing their own food at home in indoor gardens

Create awareness about growing own food through the process of Hydroponics and Aquaponics

Encourage growing fresh fruits and vegetables, organic, and hyperlocal foods

Educational Modules:

Develop educational modules and collaterals which will be built into a self-paced online course

Publish books and ebooks on food and nutrition in collaboration with educational verticals

Recruit valuable SMEs who will bring their extensive knowledge and expertise in creating these modules

Use the modules to train the trainers

Nutritional Awareness Campaigns and Collaterals:

Present the educational modules in the form of videos and animations to create interest in the minds of children

Modules in the form of ebooks, videos, and animations will be published in the partner institute websites for easy accessibility by the public

Promote the campaigns and educational information in social media through nutrition related posts and blogs

Partner with student influencers to promote healthy recipes on their social media handles and talk about importance of healthy food on academic performance

Nutritional Education Apps:

Engaging and informative apps on nutritional education to be created by students and for students

Educational resource for students, parents, and teachers

Community Kitchens:

Set up community kitchens using local resources where the whole community comes together for a traditional meal

Work with volunteers, mid-day meal providers, and suppliers of fruits and vegetables to promote better nutrition

Promote traditional thalis and fermented foods of India:

Involve the older generation in reviving back the forgotten healthy recipes

Promote the benefits of fermented food and a balanced thali diet through short videos/animation

Conduct state-wide competitions to promote local recipes

Student-led projects:

Promote healthy recipes with the help of student influencers who are popular on social media

Promote the importance of nutrition-rich food and its health benefits of it with the help of such students

Allow student influencers to talk about the impact of nutritious food on their academic performance

Social Media:

Execute nutrition-related posts across social media

Create awareness and talk about age-specific nutrition through blogs and social media posts

Promote the importance of nutrition-rich food through social media projects done by students

Award certification programs and internships for students to spread awareness about nutrition and its benefits

Speakers for Aahaar Kranti:

Identify passionate subject matter experts who will train zone-specific speakers in regional languages to reach a mass audience

Create zonal awareness about the initiative by using regional languages

Nutritional support groups:

Create age-specific nutritional support groups on social media channels like Whatsapp where the age-specific group can be a part and get motivated about nutrition-rich foods

Create awareness amongst the elderly about incorporating colored foods, and fresh fruits and vegetables in the diet through support groups

Cool traditional recipes:

Get videos of traditional recipe-making backed with family stories that will be publicized

Inspire children to make better nutritional choices by exposing them to cool traditional recipes

Aahaar Kranti : Need of the hour

The popular saying “You are what you eat” clearly signifies the various facets and importance of nutrition and right food choices to ensure good health and immunity. Proper nutrition is at the heart of many things in our lives. A healthy balanced diet is essential throughout our life starting from our genesis till the last breath. Starting from as early as possible, providing healthy food to a pregnant woman till the child is born, and till it enters old age, the food that we eat helps us build good nutritional habits. Such good habits play a crucial role in the overall holistic growth and development of an individual.
Optimum nutrition holds the key to many aspects of physical health and well-being in addition to societal challenges. It ensures the following:

Maintains a healthy immune system
Reduces the risk of chronic diseases

A proper nutritional diet increases life span
Positive impact on one’s mental health

Nutrition also affects the overall development of the entire nation. Poor diet is deficit in nutritive value which will negatively impact the health of both the child and adult. It will result in less productivity, which will negatively affect the economy at a macro-level, thereby, affecting the development of the entire nation. Attaining ecologically sustainable nutrition for human development is one of the key challenges still faced by the country.

Malnutrition
Lack of nutritional intervention at an early age
Deaths due to dietary risks
Lack of awareness and adequate knowledge on
nutrition which leads to poor nutritional intake

Lack of food security
Unorganised food distribution system
Poor purchasing capacity

To address all these critical problems, a nation-wide movement like “Aahaar Kranti” is truly the need of the hour. We need to renew our focus on nutritionally balanced diets – उत्तम एवं संतुलित आहार – replete with locally sourced fruits and vegetables. The initiative focuses on training teachers and volunteers about the benefits of positive nutrition so that it reaches the masses. It also focuses on providing solutions to achieve the goal of balanced nutrition. Keeping with the theme of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”, Aahaar Kranti aims to bring together the local talent and traditional knowledge to provide customised solutions to build a healthier nation by improving human potential.

Aahaar Kranti Educational Content

Aahaar Kranti for Pregnancy

Aahaar Kranti for Lactating mothers and Infants

Aahaar Kranti for Young Children

Aahaar Kranti for Pre-teens and Teenagers

Aahaar Kranti for Young Adults

Collaborations and Partners

MOUs Signed

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Scientists, Technocrats, and Subject matter experts dedicate their time and talent for providing scientific and Technological solutions for the development of Bharat. The collaborating and partnering organisations range between NGos to Ministries, in addition to volunteers both in India and outside.

Not all the organisations would be able to provide financial support that is required for effectively engaging partners and bring efficiency. For this as well as for maintaining the organisation, development of it and its expansion would require a great level of funding for which GIST seeks your valuable donations.

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