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Akshaya Patra Foundation

Largest NGO-run mid-day meal program in India.

Bengaluru, Karnataka Founded 2000 2M beneficiaries

About

Akshaya Patra Foundation runs the world's largest NGO-operated school meal programme, serving hot, nutritious mid-day meals to over 2 million children in 19,000 government schools across India. Its industrial-scale, technology-driven kitchens ensure high food safety standards and are powered partly by solar energy. Volunteers and interns work in kitchen management, community outreach, nutrition education, and logistics.

Team size
1000+
Funding type
Corporate CSR + Government

Registration & compliance

80G registered 12A registeredFCRA: not registered

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10/10

Impact score

2M

People reached

26+

Years of operation