Infosys Foundation expands its 'Plate to Slate' endeavor in partnership with Akshaya Patra Foundation

"This initiative brings two key focus areas of the Foundation under one umbrella – improved access to education and eradication of hunger & malnutrition, thus enabling the Foundation’s work towards the larger goal of social transformation," a company statement said.

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The Foundation is one of the biggest partners of Akshaya Patra, the world's largest non-profit organization providing mid-day meal to 1.7 million children in India every day. As part of its partnership, the Foundation will offer a grant of INR 18 Crore towards the construction of an advanced technology kitchen.

The kitchen will provide mid-day meals to a daily estimate of 1 lakh government school children in the surrounding areas and will also cater to the needy Anganwadi children. Known as the ‘Akshaya Patra Foundation Kitchen Sponsored by Infosys Foundation’, the kitchen will possess state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure.

Speaking about the initiative, Sudha Murty, Chairperson - Infosys Foundation said, “We are extremely fortunate to be associated with Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meal scheme which is, without any doubt, a pioneering move to eradicate hunger among school going children in India. The positive impact of the scheme motivates us to enter into new phases with Akshaya Patra and continue our work towards freeing the society from classroom hunger and promoting universal access to education.”

“We thank the Government of Telangana for giving us the opportunity to bring in this biggest social investment to Telangana. This will bring a meaningful change in the lives of school children.  We are honored to partner with The Infosys Foundation to build this mega kitchen. We look forward to advance the vision of Bangaru Telangana by providing mid-day meals to all the Government school children across the districts in the state. I also thank all the dignitaries whose unwavering support has been pivotal to The Foundation’s success,” said Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa, President, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh.