Press Releases from The Akshaya Patra Foundation (8 total)
Honourable LG of Puducherry and Honourable CM, Inaugurate Akshaya Patra’s 60th …
It is Akshaya Patra’s 60th kitchen in the country and will enable the Foundation to serve over 50,800 children of 291 schools.
Puducherry, January 5, 2022: Honourable Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, and Honourable Chief Minister, Shri. N. Rangasamy inaugurated The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s new kitchen at an event held in Lawspet on January 5, 2022. It is Akshaya Patra’s 60th kitchen in the country and first in the…
Akshaya Patra Marks 20 Years of Serving Children
On 11 November 2000, twenty years ago, The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s first kitchen was inaugurated by the then Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri Murli Manohar Joshi, and the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri S. M. Krishna. Today, Akshaya Patra is commemorating two decades of making a positive impact on the lives of children by providing them hot, nutritious, hygienic and tasty mid-day meals.
As Akshaya Patra enters its third decade…
60 MILLION COVID-19 Relief Meals Served in Last 60 Days Throughout India
MASSIVE COVID RELIEF OPERATION IN INDIA: The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) in India is serving food to vulnerable populations who have been affected by the COVID-19 containment measures. Latest figures from June 10thshow that TAPF, and its supporting organisations, have served over 60 million meals to people from vulnerable communities, such as daily-wage earners, industrial workers, labourers at construction sites, etc., across India.
As soon as India declared a…
Akshaya Patra Undertakes Relief Feeding to Support Government's Efforts During C …
The Government of India has announced a 21-day complete lockdown to contain COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, which has affected the lives of people in every section of life, especially vulnerable communities like migrant labourers and homeless people. The Government, on its part, is implementing various relief efforts to help them. The Akshaya Patra Foundation will be aiding the Government's efforts by providing food relief in various locations across the country. We…
Dishoom, the leading restaurant chain in the UK visited Akshaya Patra beneficiar …
Mumbai, India - February 10, 2020: Dishoom, the renowned restaurant chain in the United Kingdom, visited two Akshaya Patra beneficiary schools in Thane, Mumbai, as part of their CSR project. During the visit, they interacted with the children and served mid-day meals to them. Dishoom is one of Akshaya Patra's biggest donors in the UK. They have contributed to over 7 million meals to the Foundation's school feeding programme…
Former NASA Engineer, Gabe Gabrielle Interacts with Akshaya Patra Beneficiaries …
The Akshaya Patra Foundation organised Space Talk, an interactive session with the former engineer at the Kennedy Space Center for NASA, George ‘Gabe’ Gabrielle for its beneficiaries in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It was aimed at providing children exposure to space education and opportunities and attended by 200 enthusiastic children from GHS Peenya and GHS Bagalgunte.
A former engineer at the Kennedy Space Center for NASA, Gabe visits schools to talk to students…
Maharaja of Mysuru Launches Akshaya Patra’s School and Student Transformation …
The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s school rejuvenation programme, ‘School and Student Transformation – A Model School Initiative’ was launched by Maharaja of Mysuru, His Highness Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar at the Government Lower Primary School – Ravindranagar in Bengaluru on 13 December 2018.
The event was graced by M S Archana, I.A.S. - CEO, Bengaluru Urban Zilla Panchayat;
S Muniraju, President – Bengaluru Urban Zilla Panchayat; T G…
Akshaya Patra lays the foundation for its Mega Kitchen in Mangaluru
The Akshaya Patra Foundation in association with GT Foundation & Diya Systems Pvt.Ltd announced the foundation stone laying ceremony to build a mega kitchen in Mangaluru. This kitchen will serve mid-day meals to over 50,000 children from the year 2019. The announcement was made during a press conference on 21 December, 2017, chaired by Shri Karunya Sagar Dasa – President, Mangaluru, Mrs Vandana Tilak – CEO - USA, Mr…
