Shri Chanchalpati Dasa, Vice Chairman, Akshaya Patra Foundation said, "Today, about 44% of our children in the age group of 0-5 years are malnourished, about 50% never complete Class X and only 12.4% of them go to college. Akshaya Patra is a programme to tackle this challenge. This massive programme has improved the health of the children, reduced malnutrition, increased attendance in schools, reduced the dropout rate, increased enrolment of the girl child and improved overall scholastic achievement. With ‘Uddan’, we are going a step further in encouraging youth towards social responsibility focused on all round development of children, our future."