Akshaya Patra on NGC’s ‘Mega Kitchen’ documentary series

The National Geographic Channel will be featuring Akshaya Patra in a special telecast premier of their documentary series ‘NGC Mega Kitchens’. The pilot episode which is titled ‘Akshaya Patra – Shiksha Ka Mahabhog’ will be aired on 27th April, 9 pm on The National Geographic Channel.

This will be the first episode of a twelve part documentary series. The episode highlights Akshaya Patra’s highly mechanised approach of providing the Government Mid-Day Meal Scheme to over 1.4 million children every day. Through their kitchens constructed over 24 locations in India, Akshaya Patra supplies food to 10,770 Government and Government aided schools in India.

Get a preview of this special episode here. 

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US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard visits Akshaya Patra Vrindavan

Akshaya Patra was extremely thrilled to have the opportunity to host US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard at the Vrindavan unit recently. The Congresswoman who was touring India visited Akshaya Patra Vrindavan where she was given a detailed explanation of the working of the organisation, and its Operation processes.

The Congresswoman was extremely impressed and appreciative of the work Akshaya Patra is doing in feeding 130,000 children in Vrindavan as well as over 1.4 million children from across India on every school day. Tulsi was also impressed with the roti (Indian flat bread) making machine in the Akshaya Patra Vrindavan kitchen which has the capacity to make up to 60,000 rotis in an hour.

Tulsi appreciated the impact Akshaya Patra has been able to achieve through this programme in combatting malnutrition and hunger. She listened to some inspiring stories of beneficiaries of the programme who have now moved on in life to achieve their goals, and have reached a respectable position in society.

Tulsi represents Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District. She is also the first American Samoan and first Hindu to be elected to the United States Congress. She serves as the Military Police Company Commander of the Hawaii Army National Guard, and has served two combat tours in the Middle East.

Akshaya Patra values the opportunity to meet such a distinguished guest.

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Two Akshaya Patra kitchens win CII National Food Safety Awards 2014

Akshaya Patra was recently awarded the prestigious CII National Food Safety Award 2014, for both the Vasanthapura as well as the Hubli kitchen! The Vasanthapura kitchen received the highest level of awards for ‘Outstanding Performance in Food Safety’, while the Hubli kitchen was conferred the second highest award of ‘Certificate of Commendation for Significant Achievement in Food Safety.’

The award brings into focus those considered the ‘Best in Class’ in the manufacturing and food service business sector. It provides a means for organisations to gauge their position in the industry as well as provides a platform to gain national recognition.

Speaking on the occasion of receiving the awards, Muralidhar Pundla, Director-Quality at Akshaya Patra said. “Quality is of paramount importance at Akshaya Patra. It's an honour to receive this prestigious award from CII and that too, two awards in a single year. We at Akshaya Patra at the same time would like to keep our focus on Continual Improvement Programs to further strengthen our systems and processes to make sure that we can serve more children meals that they can relish every day.”

The award was given to Akshaya Patra by K. Chandramouli, Chairman, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India; Mayank Jalan, Co-Chairman, Food Processing Committee and Chairman and Managing Director, Keventer Agro Limited and Kevin D. Gallagher, FAO India representative. Receiving the award for Akshaya Patra were Yagneshwara Dasa, Muralidhar Pundla, Suresh Kumar, Arun Kumar and Prashanth MB.

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