Where technology meets hunger: Inside Akshaya Patra’s quest to feed 2.35 million children a day
Every school day, nearly 500 metric tonnes of raw materials move through the kitchens of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. Out of them come cooked, nutritious meals for more than 2.35 million children across over 25,000 schools, delivered within tight windows so that a hot lunch reaches a child’s plate on time, every time.
For most enterprises, that would count as a logistics challenge of the first order. For Akshaya Patra, it is simply a Tuesday.
The Foundation works as the implementation partner for the Government of India’s PM POSHAN initiative, partnering with 16 state governments and 3 UT administrations. Its vision is stated plainly and has not changed: No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger. What has changed is the role technology plays in making that vision real at scale.
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