Day 4 : Breather between two heavy duty events:)

The Panel discussion was followed by a surprise none of the visting fellows were ready for!
Yes, a lunch on a banana/plantain leaf and having to taste and feast the spread of traditional Indian dishes(yes, Holige, Jilebi, Poori, Pulao, Rasam, Buttermilk, Pickles) with one's fingers. They sure were pleasantly surprised and by the end of the lunch, were the most satisfied bunch of foks one could catch sight of.
Following the lunch was the field visits to three places of interest to the fellows which centered around the theme of Innovation. One of the trips was gonna be to the micro-finance institution Janalakshmi, while the the other was a trip to one of India's premier B-Schools - the Indian Institute of Managment in Bangalore. The visit there would involve meeting enterprenuers at the NS Raghavan Center for Enterepreneurial Learning. The last was to see the massive scale and success gained by the famous mid-day meal scheme of ISKCON - the Akshaya Patra programme which enables the not-so-privileged students from economically backward areas attend school by enticing them for a mid-day meal (Yes, receiving a nutritous meal is a privilege for many children across India's vast lower strata of society).
Just to give you the sheer numbers- the program serves as an enabler to education by providing food at no cost( costs are made up by donors and trustees) to over 1 million children in India across seven states!