YSR Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh has achieved a significant milestone in school nutrition, delivering 50,58,469 meals through its SMART Kitchen initiative. The achievement marks an important development in the district's efforts to improve the quality, safety and reliability of meals served to children in government schools. Recognised by NITI Aayog as an example of district-level innovation, the initiative demonstrates how administrative leadership, technology and community participation can improve the delivery of an essential public welfare service.

Led by Dr Sreedhar Cherukuri, an IAS officer of the 2009 batch belonging to the Andhra Pradesh cadre, who is currently serving as the District Collector and District Magistrate of YSR Kadapa, the initiative was conceived to address persistent operational challenges in the traditional school meal preparation and distribution system.