Akshaya Patra Celebrating 15 Years

We’ve completed 15 years of this enriching journey to eliminate classroom hunger in India!

Started in the year 2000 feeding just 1,500 children across 5 schools in India, today Akshaya Patra has grown to feed nearly 15 lakh children a day across 24 locations in 15 years. This would not have been possible without the efforts of great leaders and thinkers who have dedicated their time and resources to make this organisation’s cause a success, the generosity and empathy of our kind contributors and volunteers, and the dedication of the entire Akshaya Patra team.

Inspired by the teachings of a great visionary Srila Prabhupada, Akshaya Patra’s vision is ‘No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger’ and the mission is to feed 5 million children by 2020. Through a synthesis of dedication, technology, good management practices and sheer determination, we are well on our way towards achieving that dream. On this occasion of Akshaya Patra’s 15 year Anniversary on 11 November, 2015, we take a look at the distance the Foundation has travelled, and the way it has yet to go. We use this opportunity to share some of our triumphs and accolades, connect with you our well-wishers and above all, express our gratitude for all that you’ve helped and continue to help us achieve.

Thank you for being a part of our journey!


	2015 – Lucknow kitchen is opened. Receives Chanakya Award for NGO of the Year 2015 by PRCI, NGO of the year at 14th Mother Teresa Awards 2014, Quality Mark Award for Achievement and Excellence in the NGO segment for the year 2015 and awarded the 'Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise' at CII Knowledge Summit 2015. Akshaya Patra is feeding over 1.4 million children across 10,845 Government and Government aided schools, across 24 locations and 10 states on India	2014 – Akshaya Patra’s Vasanthapura (Bengaluru) and Hubballi kitchens are awarded the coveted CII National Award for Food Safety – 2014 for Outstanding Performance in Food Safety and Certificate of Commendation for Significant Achievement in Food Safety, respectively. Akshaya Patra becomes the first NGO to be inducted into the ICAI Hall of Fame after winning the Gold Shield award five consecutive times for excellence in financial reporting. Ahmedabad and Cuttack kitchens are opened
2013 – Jodhpur and Rourkela kitchens are opened. Akshaya Patra is feeding 1.3 million children across 9 states. Received the CII National Award for Food Safety from The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII-Jubilant Bhartia Food & Agriculture Centre of Excellence)		2012 – The billionth meal was served. The Surat kitchen is opened, and Akshaya Patra was nominated to be a member of the National-Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee (NSMC) for the Mid-Day Meal Programme
	2011 – Receives Best ‘Bhagidari’ Award [Partnership effort] 2011 under social development by the Government of Delhi
2010 – Guwahati kitchen opens. Declared Best Innovative Project by India Urban Space Foundation	2009 – Bhilai and Vadodara kitchens open. Akshaya Patra is feeding one million children in seven states and had served 500 million cumulative meals
2008 – Became the first Indian NGO to comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam kitchens opened		2007 – Nayagarh and Vasanthapura (Bengaluru) kitchens opened
2005 – Baran kitchen opened. Akshaya Patra now feeding 300,000 children across three states	2006 – Harvard Business School develops a case study on Akshaya Patra, for its MBA curriculum. Nathdwara, Puri and Ballari kitchens opened

2003 – Entered a Public-Private-Partnership with the Government of Karnataka, signing a MoU for ‘Akshara Dasoha’, a Mid-Day Meal Programme for children		2004-Jaipur, Hubballi, Vrindavan, Mysuru and Mangaluru kitchens opened
2001 – Set up first large kitchen in Bengaluru feeding 30,000 children		2002 – Introduced an innovative and indigenous roti-making machine capable of producing 10,000 rotis an hour


	2000 – The journey begins feeding 1,500 school children in Bengaluru

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