DRDO Scientist’s Automated Momo-Making Machine Earns Rs 25 Cr a Yr

Shouvik Dhar, an NIT graduate and former DRDO scientist, based ‘Zomoz’ to convey home-style momos to Hyderabad. He additionally constructed an automatic momo-making machine that may churn out lakhs of momos day by day!

When NIT graduate Shouvik Dhar couldn’t discover home-like momos in Hyderabad, he determined to make his personal!

Born and raised in Silchar, Assam, momos have been a staple for this engineer and a former DRDO scientist. Shouvik based Prabhati Meals Personal Restricted, and below his model ‘Zomoz’, he began promoting momos in Hyderabad.

Past delighting tons of of momo lovers, the model harbours one other secret — it has pioneered an automatic momo-making machine! After opening its first outlet in 2016, Shouvik began to achieve extra reputation and extra retailers began to spring up.

He received his huge break a yr later when he was approached by a cinema chain to provide momos in all their theatres in Hyderabad, Kerala, and Vijayawada. Whereas he was excited in regards to the supply, he knew that his present capability wouldn’t be capable of meet the demand.

“The method of hiring and coaching felt prolonged and repetitive to me, so I made a decision to innovate one thing new. This set me on a quest to discover various kinds of machines used for making meals gadgets to ultimately invent my very own,” he shares.

After months of analysis and a number of other journeys to China and Korea, he was prepared together with his machine. From chopping the greens, and making the dough to creating the momos, all the things is finished utilizing machines on the Zomoz manufacturing centre.

“Every manufacturing line consists of three completely different models, and every line can produce round 8,000 items in an hour. Every machine can produce 2.25 lakh momos daily,” he informs.

(Edited by Pranita Bhat)