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Rohit Choudhary
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Current Challenges
Pre-COVID Situation & Goals Negative impact due to COVID.

Distressing baseline statistics,

make the goals outlined as part of
Nutrition Mission very challenging.

Loss of savings, livelihood during COVID

& slow-recovery post COVID has further
worsened the situation.

Inflation,
post-COVID, has been another major
factor affecting access to nutrition &
balanced meals.

Climate Change effects

in form of more frequent cycles of
floods, untimely rains, droughts are most
affecting the already vulnerable
populace.

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 Education

Nutrition
There exists a
linear correlation
between Education & Nutrition
IIM-C and European School of Management and Tech, Berlin

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Our Vision
No child in India shall be
deprived of education
because of hunger.
Program Design Principles
Inputs and Process

Relevance Effectiveness

Assessing to what extent the program objectives and
design respond to the target needs and priorities, and
continue to do so if the circumstances change
Outcome & Impact
Assessing the supporting systems and processes
influencing the achievement or non-achievement of
program objectives, through concurrent measurement
of program outputs

Efficiency Impact

Assessing the budget allocation versus actual spend Assessing the extent to which the program has
to inform utilization. Unit cost spend is assessed to generated significant positive or negative, intended or
understand the cost variance and suggest effective unintended, in terms of local, social, economic,
ways of saving costs. environmental and other development indicators

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 Public-Private
SUMMARY Partnership model

We are India’s leading Public-Private Partnership,

striving to promote access to education and to
alleviate malnutrition in India through mid-day meal
program and other beyond meal initiatives.

Akshaya Patra started its operations in year 2000, by

serving 1500 children and over the last 2 decades
has served more than 3 Billion Meals.

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Proven Model

Every $1 invested in the fight against undernutrition generates between $16 and $20 in
economic return. The potential of undernourished children can be unlocked with good nutrition
to develop strong brains and bodies.

Global Nutrition Report 2017

$10 return on $1 investment in school meals

(Measured in terms of education, health and productivity gains)

World Food Programme on School Feeding

Studies estimate that every $1 invested in nutrition generates $18 in economic returns.

World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute

Reference:
School feeding | World Food Programme Global Nutrition Report 2017: Nourishing the SDGs - UNICEF
Investing in Nutrition - World Bank Documents

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Programmatic
Overview
Striving for Nourished India, Educated India
16 States/Union Territories
Akshaya Patra serves school children
across 16 states and Union Territories
across India

65 Kitchens
We operate Centralised and
Decentralised kitchens to cook for
and serve children.

7,000+ Employees
We strive round the clock
to serve children their meals on
=
time, with the right amount of Operating the world’s largest
nutrition. NGO-run school meal programme with total
installed capacity of doing more than 2
800+ Food Distribution Million meals/day
Vehicles
In-house fleet for timely distribution
of meals from 65 kitchens to 20
thousand schools

20 thousand+ Schools
The mid-day meal
programme reaches20,000+
schools across India, every school
day.
2 Million Children
receive a wholesome school meal from
Akshaya Patra every school day!

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Nutrition Program beyond MDM
WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING OTHER FEEDING INITIATIVES
THAT SERVE PEOPLE OF VARIOUS AGE GROUPS, REGIONS, AND
COMMUNITIES

• Feeding in Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) The intake of proper nutrition is a

significant contributor to good health for pregnant women, nursing mothers, and
their infants. The Foundation currently serves meals to beneficiaries in 3,170
AWCs across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and
Telangana.

• Breakfast Program for school children: Currently the program is in pilot run
across AP, Telangana, Karnataka & Tamilnadu.

• Akshaya Kalewa Programme Launched in collaboration with the Government

of Rajasthan, Akshaya Kalewa serves hot, cooked meals to the public at nominal
rates. The beneficiaries of this programme mostly comprise of the working class,
including daily wagers, rickshaw pullers, and factory workers.

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Program beyond MDM

The National Endeavour for Student Transformation

(NEST) is the flagship initiative of Akshaya Patra
Foundation that engages in the government education
system to enhance the quality of education and create
an environment which will contribute to excellent
learning outcomes, while building an enjoyable
schooling experience.

Key Programs:

• Digital Education

• Avsar – Scholarship Program

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OPERATING
MODEL:

Industrial scale, highly

automated kitchens.

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OUR KITCHENS Centralized Kitchen at Silvassa (Dadra Nagar Haveli UT)
at a glance

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 THE LOCAL PALATE

MENUS CUSTOMISED FOR Dishes in South India

Sambar and Rice
Bendakaya Pulusu
Bisibele Bath
Dishes in NorthIndia Pepper Rasam
Roti Veg Biryani
Dal Kesari Baath
Aloo Jeera Peanut Chikki
Thepla
Aloo Rajma
Khichdi
Kheer Dishes in WestIndia Dishes in East India
Sweet Daliya Dal Dhokli Harad Dalma
Thepla Barbati Soya Mix
Roasted Desi ChanaChaat Dal
Sukhadi
Aloo Mutter Tomato Subzi with
Rajma Ussal
Soyabean
Masale Bhaat
 FoodTesting Facilities at Our Kitchens
QUALITY CONTROL OF MEALS
PRODUCED IN OUR KITCHENS

UTTAR PRADESH
FSQC Lab, Lucknow
ASSAM
Food Lab, Guwahati

GUJARAT
1. FSQC Lab, Western Region-Ahmedabad ODISHA
2. Food Lab, Bhavnagar, Surat, Vadodara Food Lab, Bhubaneshwar (upcoming)
3. Food Lab, Bhuj
4. Mi ni Lab, Ma nsa Gandhinagar (upcoming)
5. Food Lab, Jamnagar (upcoming)

ANDHRA PRADESH
DAMAN & DADARA NAGAR
1. Mobile Food Lab, Vizag
HAVELI (UT)
2. Food Lab, Narsingi
Food Lab, Silvassa 3. Food Lab, Gambhiram
(upcoming)

KARNATAKA
1. Food Lab, Jigni
2. Food Lab, Hubli

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Cost of feeding a Child for an academic year

Elements Cost Breakup

PROGRAM COSTS Cost of materials & utilities, distribution
costs and factory overheads including manpower, Repairs, 15.57
depreciation and other factory running expenses
CSR funding should be focused
ADMINISTRATIVEonOVERHEADS
activities which have largeof activities
Cost relating to It costs less than 20USD of
scale impact and effectively 0.58
General Management
managed and Administration private grant to ensure mid-
OUTREACH COST Cost of publicity, communication, Donor day meals for a child for an
0.85
Reporting, Advocacy and travel related
Gross Cost per Meal (INR)
entire academic year
17
Less: Subsidy from Government per meal 8.56
Less: Interest and other income 1.88
Cost to be absorbed by TAPF per meal through donations 6.56
National Average of school working days in an academic year 232
Cost to run the MDM programme for 1 child/year (INR) 1,521.92
Rounded off to (INR) 1,500.00

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 Value Unlocked: Akshaya Patra’ Mid-Day Meal Program
TAPF VALUE
ADDITION

Govt Spending Quality and Safety Educational outcomes

Improves government spending and ensures Provides safe, nutritious and tasty meals Enables high attendance rate and high
optimum utilization of taxpayer’s money every school day learning levels
INDIRECT
IMPACT

Improved Working environment Saving Disposable Income Environmental Benefit

Improves working environment for laborers, Parents are saving disposable income and Reduced stress on the shared natural
cooks, teachers and bureaucrats reducing emotional distress resources of the community

Akshaya Patra directly and indirectly touches multiple Sustainable Development Goals

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Partnership Framework

SDGs CSR Create a collaborative program that leverages mutual

strengths and CSR resources to create impact on multiple
SDGs with a primary focus on nutrition, education and
consequently improving the ESG Performance for both

ESG partners.

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Sustainability Strategy
Energy Conservation Water Conservation Waste Management

• Enhance contribution from renewable
sources to meet energy demand.
• Transition to 50% renewable electricity
by 2030, and electric vehicles by 2035.
• By 2030, Identify and execute Water
Management solutions to reduce non-
cooking water usage by 50%.
• Ensuring garnering potential of rain
water harvesting at all locations.
• Zero waste to landfills and complete
source-level waste segregation.
• Adopting recycling processes
efficiently.

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 Grant Types – Objective & Impact
Programmatic Funding
Critical Capital
Providing financing support for MDM
• Deficit funding support for mid-day
meal program
• TAPF currently feeds over 2 Million
children
Catalytic Funding
Leverage Capital
Saving or raising additional capital
• Operating capital support (cash
discounting)
• Automation and Mechanization
funding support
Responsible Capital
Integrate environmental sustainability
• Grid-connected solar installations
• Electrification of distribution fleet
• Bio-waste handling
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Capacity Building Funding
Innovation/Seed Capital
Capital for new programs and financial models
• Developing donor base in local communities
• Being a guarantor for products involving capital
return assurance
• Initiating dry breakfast, alumni tracking,
decentralized model
Empowerment Capital
Capital for people and process development
• Talent development for core functions
• People related investments to drive new initiatives
• Tools & Technology to enhance transparency,
governance, accountability, stakeholder
engagement (volunteers)
Beyond CSR: Employee Engagement
Akshaya Patra also facilitates a number of employee engagement activities at kitchens, schools, at corporate campuses, and now
virtually, taking into consideration the current milieu.

In-Person Volunteering Activities include, but are not limited to: Virtual Volunteering - Activities include, but are not limited to:
• Volunteering in schools and kitchens Digital Upskilling of Teachers
• Mural and blackboard painting in schools Virtual Kitchen Tour
• Mentorship Programmes Sustainable Initiatives in our Mega Kitchens
Creating Digital Learning Resources
• Planting saplings
Environmental Volunteering
• Swachh Vidyalaya DIY and Crafts
• Vocational Training Interactive Quiz
• On-ground meal/kit distribution through Food Relief Efforts
These activities can be facilitated at all Akshaya Patra locations and These activities will be convened and hosted at the convenience
need not be restricted to the constituency or schools supported by of the donor organization.
the donor.

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 CORPORATE
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT:
Virtual & In-Person

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Corporate Partners

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16 States/Union Territories
1. Andhra Pradesh – Vyzag, Kakinada, Mangalagiri
2. Assam – Guwahati, Jorhat
3. Chhatisgarh – Bhilai
4. Delhi- Jahangirpuri, Badli, Mohan Co-operative, Gole Market.
5. Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jhalawad, Kalol, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Mansa
6. DNH - Silvassa
7. Karnataka – Bengaluru (3), Bellary, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore
8. Maharashtra- Nagpur, Thane, Bhiwandi, Panvel, Kalyan
9. Odisha – Bhubaneshwar,Puri, Rourkela, Navagarh
10. Pondicherry
11. Rajasthan – Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Baran, Ajmer, Nathdwara.
12. Uttarkhand- Gadarpur, Dehradun
13. Uttar Pradesh – Vrindavan, Lucknow, Maht, Gorakhpur, Varanasi
14. Tamilnadu – Chennai
15. Telengana-Hyderabad, Nellore,Kothagudam, Kandi, Mehboobnagar.
16. Tripura
17. Jharkhand- Hazaribagh*
18. Madhya Pradesh- Bhopal*

*Under construction

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Partner Visibility
At Kitchens

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Partner Visibility
Facebook – 2 million followers*

LinkedIn – 41,000 followers*

Twitter – 27,300 followers*

Instagram – 57,000 followers*

National and Local dailies - Pan India or Directed

Press Meets and authored impact articles

Prominent Feature on Akshaya Patra website – 3

million visitors pa

Akshaya Patra newsletter section – 3,00,000 change

makers reach

* The Akshaya Patra Foundation official handle followers

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Ecosystem Partnerships
THE AKSHAYA PATRA RESEARCH LAB
A partnership between The Akshaya Patra
Foundation and the Indian Institute of Science
Policymaking and advocacy for children's food security,
community participation, malnutrition eradication

➢ As the Foundation scales in the nutrition and food security

space, the focus on research is imperative.

➢ In partnership with the academic strength of the Indian

Institute of Science, the Foundation aims to develop a
knowledge epicenter with think tanks consisting of economists,
philanthropists, research scientists, government officials and
global institutes for building its efforts towards global advocacy
and ending classroom hunger and malnutrition.
Visit website: https://csp.iisc.ac.in/taprl/

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Ecosystem Partnerships

COLLABORATING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS’

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)

United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in India, has partnered with The
Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF), a not-for-profit organization, to enhance the
effectiveness of the Pradhan Mantri – Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) scheme
(earlier known as National Programme for Mid-Day Meal in Schools) .

The partnership aims to enhance food safety and hygiene projects, capacity building
of cooks-cum-helpers and nutritional quality of school meals. An agreement was
signed between Bishow Parajuli (pictured left), Representative and Country Director for
WFP in India; and Shri Chanchalapthi Dasa, Vice-Chairman, The Akshaya Patra
Foundation, on January 3, 2022 in New Delhi.

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 Our
Achievements
Major Milestones

The serving of our

3 Billionth Meal
with Shri Narendra Modi,
Honourable Prime Minister
of India, at our
Vrindavan Kitchen
on 11 February 2019

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Major Milestones – Kitchen inaugurations in 2022

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 Major Milestones – Kitchen inaugurations in 2022

Mansa kitchen inauguration by Union Home

Minister – Sh. Amit Shah on 23rd July, 2022

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Major Milestones – Kitchen inaugurations in 2022

Puducherry Kitchen Inaugurated by Lieutenant Governor Dr. Mangalagiri Kitchen Inauguration by CM of Andhra
Tamilisai Soundararajan Pradesh Mr. Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy

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Appreciation &Recognition

Nominated member of National Steering–cum- Monitoring Committee for the Mid-Day Meal Programme

ICAI Gold Shield Award (7th time) for Financial Reporting:

Akshaya Patra is the third organisation to be enlisted in the ICAI Hall of Fame ever since the inception of
the award in 1958. The other two organisations are Infosys Limited and Nucleus Software. Furthermore,
Akshaya Patra is the first organisation in the not- for-profit sector to have received this honour

Successful completion of ISO 22000 Audit and recertification for 17 Akshaya Patra kitchens & National
Food Safety Awards from CII for multiple kitchens across the years.

Akshaya Patra is a member to NITI Aayog’s prestigious Empowered Group-7, comprising of Civil Society
Organizations and other development partners chaired by Mr. Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI Aayog)

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Appreciation &Recognition
Nikkei Asia Award 2016
Tokyo –

Business & Economic

Innovation for Sustainable
Development in Asia

Akshaya Patra CEO Mr. Shridhar Venkat giving his

thank you speech on receiving the Covid Crusaders
Award 2020 from the Indo-American Chambers of BBC World Service - Case study for
Commerce and the US Consulate, Mumbai. Harvard Business
Food Chain Global School
Champion Award, 2019

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Appreciation &Recognition

Padma Shri Award to

Chairman, Akshaya Patra:
Recognition for
distinguished service The esteemed Gandhi Peace
rendered by Akshaya Prize 2016 was awarded to
Patra The Akshaya Patra Foundation
by the Honourable President of
India on 16 January 2019

President Ram Nath Kovind

accords National Child
Welfare Award in 2017

2 Billionth Meal Celebration with the Hon. President of

India at Akshaya Patra Center in Bangalore

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Appreciation &Recognition

BARACK OBAMA INDRA NOOYI

FORMER PRESIDENT,
USA FORMER CHAIRMAN & CEO,
PEPSICO
“In just a few years,
“A child’shunger is
Akshaya Patra has become
entirely preventable. The
the largest single feeding
simple and powerful mission
programme in the world.
of Akshaya Patrais not just
Your example of using
filling empty bellies, but
advanced technologies in
changing thetrajectory of
central kitchens to reach
countlesslives, and this gives
children in 5,700 schools
usall a renewed sense ofwhat
is an imaginative approach
is possible. And
that has the potential to
working togetherwe can
serve as a model for other
countries." unleash possibility."

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Appreciation &Recognition

RatanTata HIS HOLINESS THE 14th

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS,
DALAI LAMA
TATA GROUP
“The AkshayaPatra
Programme has
“Tata Trusts is pleased to exhibitedhow compassion of
partner with The Akshaya Patra
the people,combined
Foundation on several
initiatives that collectively help with support from the
fight critical issues such as Government, can bring a
hunger and malnutrition in a wonderful andmeaningful
sustainable manner. These impact”.
include collaboration on
implementing Mid-Day Meal
Scheme in India and running
community kitchen in
earthquake-affected regions in
Nepal.”

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Well-wishers & Supporters at Kitchens

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Key stakeholders
Non-Executive Trustees

Vidya Shah: Chairperson and CEO - EdelGive Madhu Pandit Dasa: Chairman, The Akshaya Patra
Foundation; Former CFO, Edelweiss Group. Foundation. Padma Shri Awardee. Alumnus: IIT
Alumnus – IIM A Bombay

K V Chowdary: Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Chanchalapati Dasa: Vice-Chairman, The Akshaya Patra
of India; Former Chairman of Central Board of Direct Foundation. Alumnus: IISc Bangalore
Taxes (CBDT). Member on the Advisory Board of
Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Board Member - Tata Motors and Reliance Industries

Prof. G Raghuram: Former Director, IIM-Bangalore

Audit Committee
Alumnus – IIT M, IIM A, Kellogg Management School

K.V. Chowdary Kaushik Dutta Noshir H. Dadrawala

IRS (Retired) Former Partner, PWC & CEO, Centre for Advancement of
M. S. Unnikrishnan: CEO of IIT – Mumbai Monash Chairman - Audit Committee Visiting Faculty, IIM-Calcutta Philanthropy (CAP)
University Research Centre. Former MD of Thermax Author of books on
Limited Corporate Governance,
Ethics and Public Policy

Anil Swaroop : Former Secretary – Ministry of Human

Resources Development, Govt of India. Author -
Bestsellers ‘Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant’ & ‘Not
Just A Civil Servant’

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We feel it is imperative to open classroom doors to children, as they take strides
towards a future that offers them food security,
health, opportunities & hope.

THANK YOU!