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Health & nutrition

Fed well, watched over, sent home happy

A nutritionist plans every menu, a nurse sits on every campus, and every parent sees exactly what was eaten — daily, in the app.

Lunch together at Nest Fresh from the campus kitchen

A real week from the kitchen

Cooked fresh the same morning, tasted by a staff member first, never repeated within the week. Tap any lunch to peek inside it.

Day
Mid-morning fruit
Nest lunch
Monday
Banana + apple wedges
Veg pulao, curd, cucumber sticks ● open below
Tuesday
Papaya cubes
Dal khichdi, ghee, beetroot mash
Wednesday
Orange segments
Chapati rolls with paneer bhurji
Thursday
Watermelon
Curd rice, carrot sticks, rasam
Friday
Seasonal chikoo
Veg idli, sambar, banana
Saturday (Nest)
Grapes (halved!)
Besan chilla, mint curd

Veg pulao, curd, cucumber sticks

Monday's lunch
Rice Five vegetables Homemade curd Cucumber

Why it's on the menu: One-bowl food new chewers manage alone; curd adds probiotics, and the cucumber crunch is deliberate mouth-muscle practice.

How food travels here

Same journey, every single school day.

Dawn

Sourced fresh

Vegetables from the local mandi the same morning — nothing sits overnight.

8:30

Cooked on campus

In the centre's own kitchen — no caterers, no reheating, filtered water only.

11:15

Tasted first

A staff member eats first and signs the taste log — every dish, every day.

11:45

Served warm

Didis sit and eat the same food — children copy grown-ups, not lectures.

Nap

Logged for you

What was served and how much was eaten — in your app before nap time ends.

No junk, full stop

No packaged snacks, no sugar-first treats, no deep-frying. Birthday celebrations are candle-and-song; shared treats must be store-sealed with labels.

Allergies, taken seriously

Your child's allergy list hangs in the kitchen and their classroom, their didi knows it by heart, and severe allergies get a written plan before day one.

Nurse on campus

Daily hygiene walk, a cosy sick bay, medicines only with written authorisation, and a paediatrician on call for every centre.

Sending a dabba instead?

Program children bring their own — here's what didis cheer for.
Veg poha with peas

Soft, spoonable, survives the morning intact.

Paratha pinwheels

Rolled, sliced, self-feedable — add a curd dip.

Mini idlis

Steamed, soft, and exactly hand-sized.

Fruit + cheese cubes

Banana, chikoo or soft pear — grapes always halved.

Please skip

Chips & chocolates, whole nuts and whole grapes (choking), anything that needs a fridge.

Dr. Meghna Shah

Dr. Meghna Shah

Paediatric nutritionist · plans every menu since 2019

"My brief is simple: food a three-year-old will actually eat, that their amma would approve of. The vegetables always go in — sometimes visibly, sometimes undercover."

Growth check-ups

Measured every term, never in public

The nurse records height and weight once a term, plotted on WHO growth charts in your app. If a curve wobbles, you hear it from us privately — with a diet tweak, not a worry.

When your child is unwell

Fever or rashWe call you right away, your child rests with the nurse, and everything is logged in the app the same day.
Coming backChildren return 24 hours after a fever breaks — it protects every child in the room, including yours next time.
MedicinesGiven only with your written authorisation, at the dose and time you specify, logged with a photo.
EmergenciesHospital tie-up within 3 km of every centre, and the on-call paediatrician decides next steps with you on the phone.

Have a fussy eater or a tricky allergy?

Bring the details on your visit — the centre cook and nurse will sit with you and make a plan.

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