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The world's largest NGO run School meal program

The world's largest NGO run School meal program

Our VisionNo child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger

Our VisionNo child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger

Every morning, millions of children in India go to a different school.

A school where they carry heavy bags which have no books.

Every morning, millions of children in India go to a different school.

A school where they carry heavy bags which have no books.

India is home to 40% of world’s malnourished children

Source: IFPRI Report & www.worldbank.org.in

Millions of children are out of school ... they are doing menial jobs, thus missing out the benefits of education

Education is the single most powerful factor to take an entire family out of the cycle of poverty !

Education is the single most powerful factor to take an entire family out of the cycle of poverty !

For a hungry child, plates of rice and chapati are more inviting than chapters from geography & geometry !

A child hungry for food will never be hungry for school. And, if we can’t meet their hunger for bread, they will never be hungry for books !

For a hungry child, plates of rice and chapati are more inviting than chapters from geography & geometry !

A child hungry for food will never be hungry for school. And, if we can’t meet their hunger for bread, they will never be hungry for books !

We feed everyday about 1.3 million underprivileged children in more than 8,260 schools in 18 locations, across 8 states in India.

…and that’s where The Akshaya Patra Foundation comes in

Three item menu in South India

Rice Sambar with vegetables Curds

Chapattis Dal or Sabji Vegetable Rice or Halva

Three item menu in North India

Chapattis Dal or Sabji Vegetable Rice or Halva

Three item menu in North IndiaKitchen Equipment

Kitchen Infrastructure to cook for 150,000 children

Rice is cooked for 1000 students in 15 minutes

Kitchen Equipment

Hygienic handling of cooked rice

Kitchen Equipment

Chapatti making machine – prepares 40,000 chapattis per hour

Kitchen Equipment

Prepares sambar or dal for 6000 students in 2 hours

Kitchen Equipment

Cut Vegetables are stored overnight in the Cold Storage

Kitchen Equipment

Nutritional Profile of the mealWe are working with Dept of Food Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL to ensure the calorie, protein, lipids & micronutrients

Nutritional Profile of the mealWe are working with Dept of Food Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL to ensure the calorie, protein, lipids & micronutrients

Akshaya Patra Kitchens in different states are :

STATE LOCATIONKarnataka North Bangalore , South Bangalore

Hubli-Dharwad, Bellary, Mysore, Mangalore

Rajasthan Jaipur, Nathdwara, Baran

Gujarat Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Baroda

Orissa Bhapur/Nayagarh District, Puri

Uttar Pradesh Vrindavan/Mathura District

Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam

Chhattisgarh Bhilai

Assam Guwahati

Certified ISO 22000:2005 Akshaya Patra kitchens are :

» North Bangalore» South Bangalore» Hubli-Dharwad» Bellary» Vrindavan» Jaipur» Ahmedabad» Bhilai

As a matter of fact Akshaya Patra kitchens are more hygienic than you will find in 5 star hotels.

The power of Akshaya patra Meal

The power of Akshaya patra Meal

It’s proven that Akshaya Patra It’s proven that Akshaya Patra meals improve school enrollment meals improve school enrollment and attendance ratesand attendance rates

It’s proven that Akshaya Patra It’s proven that Akshaya Patra meals improve school enrollment meals improve school enrollment and attendance ratesand attendance rates

Akshaya Patra meals help to protect children from "Classroom hunger" - a mortal enemy of school education.


Akshaya Patra meals help to undermine caste prejudices, by teaching children to sit together and share a common meal.


Akshaya Patra meals help to undermine caste prejudices, by teaching children to sit together and share a common meal.

School Enrolment School Attendance Drop Out Rate Classroom Performance Nutritional status of the student

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Awards & Accolades

Awards & AccoladesFormer President shares meal with Akshaya Patra Children

“This is a very

important and

great mission…”

Government of RajasthanIndependence Day Award 2006

Confers

Social Enterprise of the

Year 2008 to Akshaya Patra

Foundation

“… to scale up in just a few

years from feeding 1500

school children to almost a

million is a powerful

demonstration of what’s

possible when people work

together.”

President Barack Obama’sletter to Akshaya Patra

For use of

technology in

the social sector

Microsoft Education Award

Gold Shield Award

For Excellence

in Financial

Reporting In

the NGO sector

A Case Study on Akshaya Patra Program by Harvard Business School

A Case Study on Akshaya Patra Program by Harvard Business SchoolWorld Economic Forum

invites Akshaya Patra

to share it’s experiences for

THE PROJECT HUNGERin Africa

Public-Private PartnershipAkshaya Patra program is conducted in partnership with

the various State Governments and Central Government.

All of these governments provide a subsidy to support

the running cost of the program. The Central

Government Support is routed through the respective

State Governments.

Public-Private PartnershipAkshaya Patra program is conducted in partnership with

the various State Governments and Central Government.

All of these governments provide a subsidy to support

the running cost of the program. The Central

Government Support is routed through the respective

State Governments.

The summary of subsidies in different states,

as on June 2010, are listed :

Govt of Chhattisgarhclass 1 to 5 Rs.3.30class 6 to 8 Rs.4.00

Govt of Karnatakaclass 1 to 7 Rs.2.50class 8 to 10 Rs.3.75

Govt of Uttar Pradeshclass 1 to 5 Rs.2.68 class 6 to 8 Rs.4.03

Govt of Rajasthanclass 1 to 5 Rs.2.69class 6 to 8 Rs.4.03

Govt of Orissaclass 1 to 5 Rs.3.33class 6 to 8 Rs.4.92

Govt of Gujaratclass 1 to 5 Rs.3.33class 6 to 8 Rs.3.75

Govt of Assamclass 1 to 4 Rs.2.50class 5 to 8 Rs.3.75

Govt of Andhra Pradeshclass 1 to 5 Rs.3.54class 6 to 10 Rs.3.96

Government of India

GRAND COALITION

100 gms of rice or wheat per child for students in class 1 to 7 + 35AC + Excise duty exemption

GRAND COALITION

Bangalore Mahanagara Palike

Sponsoring all city

corporation schools

Rs.4.50 for class 1 to 12

The Prashant H. Fadia Foundation

Our PartnersOur Partners

Akshaya Patra is now feeding

12,92,171underprivileged students everyday

Our goal is to feed

50,00,000underprivileged students everyday by 2020

Trustees - India, The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Madhu Pandit DasaChairman

Chanchalapathi DasaVice Chairman

C. C. DasProgramme Director

T V Mohandas PaiDirector & Board Member,Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Ramdas KamathSr. Vice President, Admin, Commercial Facilities, Infrastructure and Security, Infosys Technologies Ltd.

V. BalakrishnanCFO,Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Abhay Jain Board Member,Head-Group Corporate AffairsManipal Education & Medical Group

Raj KondurChairman & CEO,Nirvana Business Solutions

Ravindra ChamariaChairman & Managing Director, Infinity Infotech Parks Ltd.

Ramesh RamanathanCampaign Coordinator, Janaagraha Communications

B SwarupFormer Member, Settlement Commission, New Delhi

Rajendra J HindujaManaging Director, Gokaldas Exports Ltd.

Justice S. Rajendra BabuFormer Chief Justice of IndiaChairperson, National Human Rights CommissionChair Professor, National Law School of India University

Sangita JindalChairperson, JSW Foundation

Dr. Devi ShettyCardiologist,Narayana Hrudayalaya

Board of Advisors - India, The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Trustees & Regional Advisory Council - UKThe Akshaya Patra Foundation

TrusteesC. C. Das(Chandrasekharan V V)

Harin ThakerCEO, RE Finance InternationalDeutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Ravindra ChamariaChairman & Managing DirectorInfinity Infotech Parks Ltd.

Abhishek KhaitanPartner, Bower Cotton Khaitan

Regional Advisory CouncilRajesh GoenkaChairman & CEO, Axiom Group

Nirmal BanthiaManaging Director, Memo Group

Yogesh MehtaGroup Managing Director, TEAM Group

Prashant JhawarVice Chairman, Usha Martin Ltd.

Lord Dolar PopatChief Executive, Founder of TLC group

Brijesh BakhdaManaging Director, Imagine Enterprises

Nitin SinghalPartner, Fresco Global

Board of Director & Advisors - USAThe Akshaya Patra Foundation

Board of DirectorsDesh DeshpandeChairman, TAPF USA Chairman, Sparta Group LLC,A123 Systems and Tejas NetworksMassachusetts, USA

Madhu Pandit DasaChairman, TAPF Karnataka, India

C. C. DasDirector, TAPF Karnataka, India

Prabhakar Kalavacherla "PK"Member, IASB, California, USA

Naveen KhuranaFounder & Chairman Multiple Real Estate Acquisition Companies, Florida, USA

Board of AdvisorsDeepak ChopraFounder,Chopra Center for Wellbeing

N. R. Narayana MurthyFounder,Chairman of Infosys Technologies

Nitin NohriaDean, Harvard Business School

Fareed ZakariaAuthor, journalist and host,CNN's GPS