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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

Cleaning Box

One-line solution summary:

Cleaning Box solves everyday cleaning problems to clean Vegetables Fruits and also daily use objects.

Pitch your solution.

Clean Box solves everyday cleaning problems to clean Vegetables Fruits and also daily use objects. The box uses UVC rays and is also fitted with a duster and a particulate filter. The solution allows us to reach households making hygiene utmost importance and kill the pathogens. The delivery and service is done with the help of trained local technicians through community workshops.

The solution is a model where we strive on empowerment with skilling programs and continuous delivery with our technology transfer.

We create micro entrepreneurs with a self-sustained model to survive even after the pandemic.

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What specific problem are you solving?

The access to safe food is the need of every human being, but the struggle to clean particularly during the pandemic is a long battle. The scale of problem is enormous, specially in urban population and the transmission of pathogens is quick and high due to the population density. We are solving this issue with The Clean Box.

What is your solution?

Clean Box solves everyday cleaning problems to clean Vegetables Fruits and also daily use objects. The box uses UVC rays and is also fitted with a duster and a particulate filter. The solution allows us to reach households making hygiene utmost importance and kill the pathogens. The delivery and service is done with the help of trained local technicians through community workshops.

The solution is a model where we strive on empowerment with skilling programs and continuous delivery with our technology transfer. We create micro entrepreneurs with a self-sustained model to survive even after the pandemic.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Our end beneficiaries are our implementation team who are up-skilled and empowered to become sustainable micro entrepreneurs / consultants. While clean box will reach every household and solve the problem of killing pathogens in vegetables, fruits and daily use objects making the environment safer. Our primary users of the products will also get daily reminders on cleanliness and also the access to idea bank for recipes with the right nutritional balance. While our customers will be from households they will be supporting in building the local eco system empowering a few families of new generation skilled technicians.

Explain how the problem, your solution, and your solution’s target population relate to the Challenge.

The current pandemic has left a dent in the economy and also created uncertainty in hygiene habits. On the other hand the simple use of proven methods which can be solutions end up in idea stage or a Proof of Concept with business and implementation uncertainties.

Our Tech Team will create the solutions that are the need for the hour and deliver them to users through our community of skilled professionals who are trained by us. Thus organising the workforce and create a channel for self sustenance.

Our first product will be Clean Box.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model

Who is the primary delegate for your solution?

Naveen Krishnamurthy