About Akshaya Patra

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Bengaluru, India. It implements the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Government schools and Government aided schools. Akshaya Patra strives to eliminate classroom hunger and address the issue of malnutrition. It aims to bring children to school by providing ‘unlimited food for education.’

In partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments, and inestimable support from many businesses, philanthropic donors and well-wishers, the Foundation has come a long way from serving just 1,500 children across 5 schools in the year 2000. Today, Akshaya Patra’s school lunch programme feeds more than 1.8 million children in 16,856 schools across 12 States & 2 Union territories in India.

It has been 19 years of serving nutritious, hygienic, and tasty meals to children on every singly school day. But, there is no stopping for the Foundation as it is firm on achieving its vision of ‘No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger.’

Advantages of Mid-Day Meal Programme

GOODWILL AMBASSADORS

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  Shankar Mahadevan

  Mr Shankar Mahadevan, India’s iconic singer and composer who achieved worldwide fame with his album 'Breathless', has especially composed and sung a track dedicated to Akshaya Patra.

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  A.R. Rahman

  Mr A.R. Rahman graciously offered his composition 'Naan Yen Piranthen' as the background score for an inspirational short film made by Akshaya Patra titled 'The Possibilities'.

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  Sanjeev Kapoor

  Mr Sanjeev Kapoor partnered with Akshaya Patra and regularly spreads the vision and mission of the Foundation.

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  Chef Ramasamy Selvaraju

  Chef Selvaraju has been supporting Akshaya Patra since the inception of ‘Giving Every Dream a Chance’ - a mentorship initiative for beneficiary children. He says, “Akshaya Patra gives me an opportunity to support children in the pursuit of their dreams."

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  S.S. Rajamouli

  Mr S.S. Rajamouli is a famous Indian director and screenwriter. During his visit to our Narsingi kitchen, he was highly impressed and appreciated the entire kitchen process. He made a significant contribution to our #iShareMyLunch campaign.

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  Ram Sampath

  Mr Ram Sampath is a famous Indian composer, music producer and musician. He enthralled the audience at Akshaya Patra’s musical fiesta called the ‘Chords of Giving’.

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  Sona Mohapatra

  Mrs Sona Mohapatra is a celebrated singer and performer who has performed at Akshaya Patra’s ‘Chords of Giving’ concert held on 13 January 2017.

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  Vivek Oberoi

  The Foundation hosted Mr.Vivek Oberoi at one of its kitchens. He was very impressed and appreciated the working methodology adopted by the Foundation while coordinating with the Government, bringing together resources, raising funds and executing its school lunch programme

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  Shraddha Kapoor

  Ms Shraddha Kapoor, a talented Indian actress has graciously supported Akshaya Patra on a famous television show ‘DusKa Dum’ and also pledged her winnings to the Foundation.

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  Brett Lee

  Mr Brett Lee has come on board as the Goodwill Ambassador for the music outreach programme of Giving Every Dream a Chance (GEDAC), an initiative by Akshaya Patra. Brett Lee and his Mewsic Foundation will be supporting Akshaya Patra’s beneficiaries who are learning music as a pa