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The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Food & NutritionBengaluru, India

Akshaya Patra runs school mid-day meal programmes, serving millions of children nutritious meals every school day.

  • Nutrition
  • Education
  • Children

About

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is India's largest not-for-profit organisation running the Mid-Day Meal Programme, providing nutritious lunches to over two million children across 20,000 schools in 14 states every school day.

Founded in 2000 in Bengaluru, Akshaya Patra uses highly efficient centralised kitchens that can produce tens of thousands of meals per day, combining food safety standards with cost-effective large-scale operations.

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COMMUNITY VOICES

What members say

Our programme found volunteers, a printing partner and a funder in the same month. That never happened through our own channels.

Dr. Farhana Islam

Public Health Consultant

Dhaka, Bangladesh

We posted three roles and filled two from the community. The candidates understood the context before the first call.

Sophie Laurent

People & Culture Lead

Montreal, Canada

Writing on the blog wall brought me work I could not have advertised for. People read it and reached out directly.

Debasish Roy

Learning Designer

Bengaluru, India

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