MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521110539 A) filed by Symbiosis International, Pune, Maharashtra, on Nov. 12, 2025, for 'intelligent iot-based hostel mess sustainability management system.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Balaji C. G; Kartikeya Tripathi; and Saif Pimpare.

The application for the patent was published on Dec. 12, under issue no. 50/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides an integrated hostel mess management system (100) incorporating Internet of Things (IoT) sensors (101), an artificial intelligence (AI) processing unit (102), and a blockchain module (103) to optimize institutional food service operation...