Schools reopen to festive atmosphere in Karnataka after summer vacationThe education department and the government school authorities in Karnataka made elaborate arrangements to welcome children as the usual hu...
16 May, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
Akshaya Patra audit committee raises issues, puts the spotlight on high-profile resignationsAPF is a massive organisation it is today – one that feeds 1.8 million children in 19,039 government and government-aided schools across 12...
16 Nov, 2020, 10.31 AM IST
Akshaya Patra aims to serve mid-day meals to 5 million children by 2025As the implementing partner of the Government of India's flagship school feeding programme, the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, Akshaya Patra serves o...
12 Nov, 2020, 03.38 PM IST
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa’s exit window helped migrant workers leave BengaluruMarch 25 was the festival day of Ugadi, which marks the new year in most parts of Karnataka. It was a scene of chaos at major highways on t...
30 Mar, 2020, 11.43 AM IST
Akshaya Patra to auction Amazon's items to fund girl childrenAmazon's donation to the Foundation included products from startups, women entrepreneurs, traditional handicrafts, and hand looms.
11 Oct, 2019, 10.01 PM IST
PM Modi to serve Akshaya Patra's 3 billionth meal to underprivileged kids in Vrindavan on MondayUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar are also likely to join the PM at the event.
08 Feb, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
Maharaja of Mysuru launches Akshaya Patra’s model school initiativeThe city-headquartered nonprofit has equipped GLPS Ravindranagar with a new compound wall, bio-toilets among other facilities.
13 Dec, 2018, 10.46 PM IST
Akshaya Patra Foundation announces fellowship for youngsters and social entrepreneursThe objective of the programme, according to CEO Sridhar Venkat, is to train aspirants to implement the Foundation’s initiatives in the are...
03 Jul, 2018, 07.54 PM IST
Accenture collaborates with Akshaya Patra to improve efficiency by 20 per centThe “Million Meals” project revolutionised Akshaya Patra’s supply chain and operations, resulting in improved food quality and expanded ser...
20 Apr, 2017, 02.38 PM IST
Karnataka inks agreements with Akshaya Patra, Akshara FoundationThe Bengaluru-based nonprofit ran the first phase of the programme in 7,515 schools covering three lakh children in the backward Hyderabad-...
20 Oct, 2016, 08.40 PM IST
Bengaluru civic workers to get Akshaya Patra meals from NovemberThe workers will get rice and sambar four days in a week. On the other three days, they will get bisibele bath, palau and rice bath.
14 Oct, 2016, 05.39 PM IST
20,000 civic staff set to get midday meal in BengaluruAkshaya Patra, an NGO run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), has agreed to supply meals for municipal workers.
05 Jul, 2016, 10.35 AM IST
Congress goes Jayalalithaa way in BengaluruThe Congress government in Karnataka is seeking to woo the homeless and migrants who throng the state capital Bengaluru with subsidised mea...
23 Jun, 2016, 02.22 AM IST
Akshaya Patra initiative aims to feed 5 mn children per yearMadhu Pandit Dasa of the ISKCON movement, awarded the Padma Shri for his mid-day meal service at schools rendered under the Akshaya Patra i...
13 Apr, 2016, 01.11 PM IST
Two billion meals for schoolkids, this IITian shows the wayAPF, founded by IITian Madhu Pandit Dasa who was conferred the Padma Shri last month, is the world’s largest school lunch programme.
10 Feb, 2016, 03.52 PM IST
Narayana Murthy to join AAP? Arvind Kejriwal keen to rope in former Infosys headNarayana Murthy appears to be leaning closer to AAP amid speculation that Arvind Kejriwal is keen to bring on board India’s best-known name...
04 Apr, 2015, 09.55 AM IST
Infosys, Tata Group donate Rs 200 crore to expand reach of Bengaluru NGO’s school lunch programmeAkshaya Patra runs the largest school lunch programme by an NGO in the world. The money will be used to expand the reach of Akshaya Patra &...
14 Jan, 2015, 08.23 AM IST