The first Sunday in February was a special day for Akshaya Patra and
its staff in Hubballi kitchen. On that day Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate
and Founder of Grameen Bank visited the Akshaya Patra kitchen in Hubballi.
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The other guests who arrived along with Prof. Yunus included Anousheh
Ansari, Co-founder, Chairwoman and CEO of Prodea Systems and Dr “Desh”
Deshpande of the Deshpande Foundation.
Sridhar Venkat, CEO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation had welcomed the
prestigious guests. The dignitaries were
then taken around the kitchen and summarised up on all the important operations
which go into the making of the mid-day meal.
All the dignitaries, including Prof. Muhammad Yunus appreciated Akshaya Patra’s efforts to help
underserved children in India. “Akshaya Patra is dealing with this critical
issue in a manner so beautifully that nobody can beat it and hence it should
further scale up so that more number of children can receive Akshaya Patra’s
meals and become physically fit and mentally ready to absorb things around,”
Prof. Muhammad Yunus said, during the visit.
The Akshaya
Patra Hubli kitchen visit was followed with the Development Dialogue, a
conference held every year at the Deshpande Foundation. During the function, Sridhar Venkat was
honoured with an award in recognition of the services delivered by Akshaya
Patra.
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