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AchieveMents: 1.The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Bengaluru, India. 2.Our organization strives to fight issues like hunger and malnutrition in India, by implementing the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the government schools and government-aided schools in partnership with State Governments, which provides support in the form of Free Grain Grant and cash conversion cost on per meal basis. 3.Since 2001, the organization has worked towards reaching more children with wholesome food on every single school day, with a small beginning of 1500 children 4.Today Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest (not-for-profit run) mid-day meal programme serving wholesome food to around 1.6 million children from 13,529 schools across 11 states in India. 5.With the vision of “No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger”, the foundation aims to reach out to 5 million children by 2020. Pioneering a technology-driven operating model, this programme has been a success in terms of its reach-out, scalability and replicability. 6.Eleven of Akshaya Patra’s kitchens have been ISO 22000:2005 certified which ensures highest level of cleanliness and hygiene standards. 7.Akshaya Patra is continuously leveraging technology to cater to millions of children. Its state-of-the-art kitchens have become a subject of study and they attract curious visitors from around the world. 8.Akhaya Patra has won many awards & accolades as per below : i. ICAI Gold Shield Award for the 5th consecutive year for excellence in Financial Reporting ii. Akshaya Patra enters ICAI’s prestigious ‘Hall of Fame’, the only NGO until now. iii. Akshaya Patra featured in a nine episode CNN-IBN television series, ‘Innovating for a Better Tomorrow’, which showcased innovations with significant business and social impact, 2014 iv. Ranked 23rd among the Top 100 NGOs by The Global Journal in its 2013 edition v. Akshaya Patra nominated to be Member of National Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee for Mid-Day Meal Programme. vi. Featured as one of the 8 Indian game changers in the inaugural issue of Innowin-India’s first magazine dedicated to innovation. vii. LASSIB Society – Honorary Award on Social Responsibility viii. Marico Innovation Foundation Award 2012 ix. Akshaya Patra Jaipur Wins Community Leadership Award 2012 x. Received invitation to attend International Congress entitled ‘Rural Woman, Partner of the Development Process’ held in Rabat, Morocco, 2012. xi. The Leap Vault Change Leadership awards 2010 xii. Indian Express Innovation Award 2010 xiii. Best Innovative Project by India Urban Space Foundation xiv. The worlds largest school meal program Limca Book of Records xv. Lifebuoy National Child Health Award 2009 xvi. Harvard Business School develops a case study for its MBA curriculum on Akshaya Patra. xvii. Microsoft Tech Museum Award (Education Category) 2009 xviii. World Economic Forum invited Akshaya Patra to share its experiences for THE PROJECT HUNGER in Africa. xix. Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellows Program