The Akshaya Patra Foundation strives to eliminate classroom hunger by implementing the Mid-Day Meal Programme. It provides nutritious meals to children studying in Government schools and Government-aided schools in India.

Over the past 20 years, the Akshaya Patra Foundation has served over 3.5 billion meals to school children in India. Akshaya Patra serves 1.8 million meals daily to government school children in over 19,500 schools via 58 centralized kitchens throughout 14 States in India.

Since the lockdown began in India on March 24th, 2020, Akshaya Patra has served over 216 million meals to migrant workers and vulnerable communities.