Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) incorporated on 28th day of June 1990 under the Companies Act, 1956, is a State Government Company promoted by the Government of Gujarat. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of renewable energy through various sources and has been playing the role of developer and catalyser in the energy sector in the state. GPCL has been supporting Akshaya Patra since 2010, by way of contributing for Food Distribution Vehicles for Mid-day meal programme and distribution of Happiness Kits in Government Schools in Gujarat. In F.Y. 2021-22, GPCL has supported for 15000 Happiness kit distribution in Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

Guwahati Refinery is located in the city of Guwahati. It is the country’s first Public Sector Refinery and belongs to the Indian Oil, serving the nation since 1962. The refinery was designed to process a mix of oil and ONGC crude in CDU. Under CSR partnership 23’24, Guwahati Refinery is sponsoring 24 lahks for capex and revex for Guwahati Kitchen.

The H. T. Parekh Foundation is a Section 25 company, established by the Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC). The H. T. Parekh Foundation was established in October 2012 with the aim to undertake, pursue and be concerned with the welfare, betterment and advancement of society as a whole, irrespective of religion, race, community, caste, gender, language or social status. The H. T. Parekh Foundation has sponsored to build a kitchen to feed over 35,000 school going children in Chittorgarh and Udaipur and kalol. Also supported the green initiatives at Akshaya Patra Varanasi kitchens by funding the solar and biogas plant.

Happiest Minds Technologies Limited, a Mindful IT Company, enables digital transformation for enterprises and technology providers by delivering seamless customer experiences, business efficiency and actionable insights. Their services can be found across industry sectors, including automotive, BFSI, consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, edutech, engineering R&D, manufacturing, retail, as well as travel, transportation and hospitality. Our partner for ten plus years, in FY 2021-22 Happiest Minds supported marginalized communities with Family Grocery Kits.

HDB Financial Services (HDBFS) is a leading Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) that caters to the growing needs of an Aspirational India, serving both Retail & Commercial Clients. Their CSR mission is to contribute to the social and economic development of the community through a series of interventions. HDB Financial is one of the esteemed donors of The Akshaya Patra Foundation and currently has sponsored mid-day meals to 10,099 children in Vrindavan as well as major kitchen equipments in the Centralized Kitchen at Vrindavan.

HDFC Life is one of the leading partners of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. The company is sponsoring mid-day meals for more than 2,000 children in Vadodara, Gujarat. They are supporting Akshaya Patra through cause marketing initiative. HDFC Life had done a campaign with BAncassurance channel last year called Pankh wherein for each policy sold, one child would be supported. Through this campaign, HDFC Life supported more than 900 children.

HDFC Securities Limited is a financial services intermediary and a subsidiary of HDFC Bank, a private sector bank in India. HDFC securities was founded in the year 2000 and is headquartered in Mumbai with branches across major cities and towns in India. As a stock broking company, we have been serving a diverse customer base of retail and institutional investors, since 2000. HDFC Securities has partnered with Akshaya Patra to help it build the infrastructure that can help sustain the ever increasing demand for Mid-DAY Meals across India.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation’s 58th kitchen, sponsored by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), was inaugurated by Shri R. Madhavan, the Chairman and Managing Director of HAL, in Jalahalli on 18 August 2021, Bengaluru, Karnataka. This state-of-the-art infrastructure has the capacity to cook over 7,500 meals every day with due adherence to international standards of food safety and hygiene. HAL has sponsored the kitchen as part of its CSR project. Hot, nutritious meals reach the beneficiaries - the school children, who eagerly wait in anticipation for the blue bus, which ferries their meals to reach their campus. Shri R. Madhavan, the Chairman and Managing Director of HAL, said, “Corporate Social responsibility is an integral part of HAL. HAL has been taking CSR initiatives as a “call from within’ even before it was officially mandated. The CSR activities of HAL are tuned towards improving the quality of life of the socially & economically backwards groups and marginalized & weaker sections of the Society, in the vicinity of its operational areas. HAL has always been striving to meet the needs of the people through its various community development activities. Contributing towards establishment of the Guniagrahara Kitchen of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, is yet another step taken by HAL in giving back to the Society. The above Kitchen, designed to serve nutritious food to the School going children, will not only eradicate hunger but will also go a long way in ensuring students’ attendance. With this, I extend my heartiest compliments to the teams from the Akshaya Patra Foundation and HAL, instrumental in establishing the Kitchen and wish all the very best for its future operations.”

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited: (HPCL), a Navratna public sector oil and natural gas company, has been continuously working towards uplifting the vulnerable sections of society through its CSR interventions. HPCL focuses on identifying gaps in the existing system and bridging them, thereby creating long-term, sustainable impact rather than creating parallel systems. Towards this, HPCL has joined hands with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide hot and nutritious meals to over 20,000 students studying in Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada. During September 2020, the families of HPCL employees helped Akshaya Patra in Covid 19 food relief by supporting over 2000 children with Dry Grocery Kits.

HSBC in India has been active in the development of the Indian banking industry - even giving India its first ATM in 1987. HSBC’s origins in India date back to 1853 when the Mercantile Bank of India was established in Mumbai. The bank has grown steadily and now offers products and services to corporate and commercial banking clients and retail customers. HSBC partnered with Akshaya Patra to bring relief for the marginalized section of the country affected by Corona. Thanks to Akshaya PATRA and HSBC association, thousands of people across India got their everyday meals when the whole country was battling with the second and third wave of the pandemic.

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Huawei as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility has partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to promote Education, Health and Community Development. Huawei is supporting the Mid-Day Meal Programme alongside extending CapEx support for kitchens in Kakinada, Vrindavan, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited (ITSL) is India’s Leading Trusteeship Company which provides a wide spectrum of services.. It is jointly promoted by IDBI Bank Ltd., LIC of India, and GIC of India and completes two decades of professional service in 2021 providing ethical, neutral and dependable offerings in the trusteeship domain. Consistently ranked as NUMER 1 trusteeship company in India by Prime database . ITSL has been servicing numerous clients facilitating them to raise debt . Besides debenture trusteeship, security trusteeship and securitization trustee services ITSL provides services for regulated structures like P2P,AIFs,InvITs and REITS etc. As part of its CSR initiative, ITSL has supported Akshaya Patra since 2019 and have helped us to serve hot and nutritious Mid-Day Meals & Happiness kits(during Covid Pandemic) to children across cities in India.