The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s 75th kitchen was inaugurated in Chikkajala, Bengaluru. It is funded by the Thakkar Family Foundation. This is the Foundation’s fifth kitchen in the city and is set to provide over 35,000 nutritious mid-day meals each day to over 200 government and government-aided schools in areas of Jakkur, Hebbal and Yelahanka. 

Shri Krishna Byre Gowda, Honourable Minister of Revenue, Government of Karnataka; Shri N R Narayana Murthy, Founder - Infosys Limited; and Shri Jyotindra Thakkar, CIO - Reliance Limited, graced the occasion. On behalf of Akshaya Patra, Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Founder - Chairman, Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa, Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman and Shri Shridhar Venkat, CEO, were present. The event was presided over by patron donors Shri Janardan Thakkar, Chairman, and Ms Linda Thakkar, Vice-Chairman of the Thakkar Family Foundation.

The dignitaries were taken on a tour of the kitchen facility after the inauguration ceremony. All the dignitaries commended Akshaya Patra’s efforts to address classroom hunger and malnutrition in India through its network of kitchens and assured their support and encouragement.