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: Indian subcontinent is blessed with ample amount of sunlight almost all through the year. Roughly 80% of all seasons are sunny of which 50% is dry and hottest. There is a need of switching over to a perennial source of energy reserve as a powerful alternative so as to replace all the fastly depleting fossil fuels. There is much interest in non conventional energy nowadays so as to trap energy from unassuming but promising sources of energy such as Solar, Wind and Tidal energy of which, trapping the heat and infra-red rays from the sun using air and water as mediums, separately and together as a whole is the most easiest and versatile way of energy capture. In order to trap this abundant energy we require an efficient design of a solar concentrator which heats up the ambient in the quickest pace. In connection with this in the present project work a cost effective solar concentrator is made with locally available raw materials which is efficient enough to make water reach steam point and air reach its hottest phase. A thorough dealing with a span of one week observation on the working of the solar cooker is presented in detail. From the tests conducted, it is suggested to keep the reflector angle in range of 850-1050 in order to get maximum performance of box type solar cooker and also found that the direction of box effects the performance of box type solar cooker. Different tests are conducted for few days with different environmental conditions like heavy cloudy, cloudy and clear day and reported the same. From the results it is found that the maximum temperature obtained is 590 C and is raised during clear day. The suggested box type solar cooker is finally found to be simple, eco-friendly and economical.