On April 23, 2018, The Akshaya Patra Foundation started its 37th centralized kitchen in Devnarayan Circle, Bapu Nagar, Bhilwara.
The Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony of the kitchen was Sri Vasudev Devnani, Education Minister of the state of Rajasthan. Other dignitaries present on the occasion were Sri Kalu Lal Gurjar, Mukhya Sachetak, Rajasthan Assembly; Sri Subhash Chand Baheria, Member of Parliament, Bhilwara; Sri Vitthal Shankar Awasthi, MLA, Bhilwara city; Sri Muktanand Agarwal, Collector, Bhilwara; Sri Damodar Ji Agarwal, District President, BJP, Bhilwara and Sri A.K. Pathak, REC representative.
The cost of the kitchen was sponsored by Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Limited (A Navratna Enterprise of Govt. of India).