Akshaya Patra Foundation

About Akshaya Patra Foundation

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Our organization strives to eliminate classroom hunger by implementing the mid-day meal scheme in government and government-aided schools. Alongside, Akshaya Patra also aims at countering malnutrition and supporting the right to education of socio-economically disadvantaged children. Our partnership with the Government of India and various state governments, along with the persistent support from corporates, individual donors, and well-wishers have helped us to grow from serving just 1,500 children in 5 schools in the year 2000 to serving 1.7 million children now. Today, Akshaya Patra is the world's largest (not-for-profit-run) mid-day meal program serving wholesome food to over 1.7 million children from 14,314 schools every school day, across 12 states in India.