An Innovative Milk Vending Machine for India’s Dairy Sector

In March 2006, four friends and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras connected form different parts of the globe and started talking. Their desire was “to build a product-based company that would solve some real problems of India.” By mid-2007, they were all in Chennai, India and had set up shop as Invention Labs.  Since their set up they have engaged in several projects. Recently they made their foray into building the “Milk Tree,” a vending machine for milk sachets.

In this article, Anand Krishnaswamy illustrates how this innovative product has the potential to change the way dairy farmers, co-operatives, suppliers and consumers interact and the positive spin-off for the dairy sector. Anand is a consultant with the Lemelson Foundation’s India Liaison Office in Chennai.

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