The Akshaya Patra Foundation –

Lunch with Kenny & Erica Jones

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on February 24, 2011

It is mid-noon on a warm Thursday and a blue bus can be seen winding its way through ceaseless Bangalore city traffic to Tasker Town, a bustling area in the heart of the metropolitan. The bus comes to a stop outside the colonial style building of Govt. Telugu High School as children rush out into

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Vice-Chairman to speak at TIDES Summit

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on February 23, 2011

<img style="float: left; margin: 10px; border: 0px;" src="https://www.akshayapatra.org/sites/default/files/images/tides-2011-logo-beige.JPG" border="0" alt="TIDES" title="TIDES" /> The Vice-chairman of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa will be one of the speakers at the <a href="http://tidescoimbatore.com/index.html">TIDES leadership summit</a> conducted

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American School Nutrition Program Experts Visit Jaipur Kitchen

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on February 23, 2011

A delegation of experts from American school nutrition program visited Akshaya Patra, Jaipur to study the centralised mid day meal program. The delegation consisted of secretaries from various states overseeing the school meal program in

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Thank you Olive

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on February 9, 2011

<a href="http://www.olivebarandkitchen.com/" ><img style="float: left; margin: 10px; border: 0px;" src="https://www.akshayapatra.org/sites/default/files/images/olive_img.JPG" border="0" alt="Thank you Olive" title="Olive" /></a> Olive is an award winning chain of specialty restaurants with presence in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. It has found

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CISCO Employees Visit Akshaya Patra Kitchen

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on December 10, 2010

<img style="float: left; margin: 10px; border: 0px;" src="https://www.akshayapatra.org/sites/default/files/images/Vasanthapura_img1.jpg" title="CISCO Employees Visit Akshaya Patra" border="0" alt="The Akshaya Patra Foundation" /> A simple building on a small hillock at Vasanthapura belies ten years of working

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Fortis extends its’ helping hand to Akshaya Patra

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on November 12, 2010

Fortis Investments, an autonomous investment management company has recently joined The Akshayapatra Foundation bandwagon. The management has adopted 229 children in Bangalore from 3 schools where Akshaya Patra’s midday meal programme is practiced. Mr. Nikhil Johri, the Managing Director of Fortis Investments have gone ahead and set an example to his employees by adopting 178

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We Shall Overcome – A song of Hope

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on November 4, 2010

It is truly frightening that two million children in India die because of hunger and add to our hunger statistics every year. This implies that in India 6000 children dies every single day because of

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Akshaya Patra supplies food to flood victims

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on October 10, 2010

<img style="float: left; margin: 10px; border: 0px;" src="https://www.akshayapatra.org/sites/default/files/images/AP_food_packets_Distribution_blog.JPG" border="0" alt="The Akshaya Patra Foundation" />The Akshaya Patra Foundation has come to the rescue of several thousand victims who were affected by floods caused

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Thank you BOSCH for ensuring their meal

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on October 6, 2010

BOSCH the world's largest supplier of automobile components has been supporting the cause of The Akshaya Patra Foundation as a part of their corporate social responsibilities all these days. Lately the company wanted its employees

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The Power of one Meal

by The Akshaya Patra Foundation on September 22, 2010

Imagine a new-born child, the latest addition to a family of 5, fresh with the hope of a new beginning. She announces her arrival into the world with her first breath, fiercely staking her claim