GT Foundation join hands with Akshaya Patra to build mega kitchen ; foundation laying on Dec 22

GT Foundation join hands with Akshaya Patra to build mega kitchen ; foundation laying on Dec 22

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Dec 21, 2017:  The Akshaya Patra Foundation which is implementing the mid-day meal scheme  in government and government aided schools, in association with G T Foundation and Diya Systems Pvt Ltd   will be establishing a mega kitchen that aims to serve mid-day meals to over 50,000 children from  2019 onwards. The mega kitchen premises will be located in Kodman village at Benjanapadavu, behind Canara Engineering College.

Presently Akshaya Patra is serving  mid-day meals to over 1.66 million children from 13,839 schools across 12 states in India.

The foundation laying ceremony  to be held on December 22, Friday will be blessed by Vidyadheesha Theertha Swamiji of  Sri Phalimar Mutt, Udupi, Sri Eshapriya Swamiji,  junior Seer of Admar Mutt, Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangaluru Diocese and Chanchalapathi Dasa, Vice Chairman of Akshaya Patra Foundation.

 This was informed to reporters here on December 21, Thursday by Sundeep Talwar,  CMO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bengaluru and Dr V Ravichandran, CEO of Diya Systems (Mangalore) Pvt Ltd.

Rajiv Lochan Dasa, President of Akshaya Patra Foundation, Hubli Dharwad, and Karunya Sagar Dasa, President of Akshaya Patra Foundation, Mangaluru will preside over the function.

Other prominent personalities who will grace the occasion include  Ramanatha Rai, DK District in-charge Minister, Nalin  Kumar Kateel,  MP,  UT Khader, State Minister for Food and Public Distribution, H Kumar Managing Director of MRPL, MS  Mahabaleshwar Bhat, Managing Director and CEO of Karnataka Bank, Dr N Vinay Hegde, Chancellor of Nitte Deemed University, Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi,  Honorary Chancellor of Yenepoya University, Meenakshi Shanthigodu, ZP Chief,  Capt Ganesh Karnik, MLC, JR  Lobo, BA Mohiuddin bava, Vinay Kumar Sorake, MLAs, K Chandrahasa Karkera, President  of Bantwal Taluk Panchayat, Mayor Kavitha Sanil, Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil. Thumbay GP Member Ganesh Suvarna, Ravindra Kambli, ZP member and Satish Naiga Kodman Kodi, Meramajalu GP President will grace the occasion.

Karunya Sagar Dasa,  President, Mangaluru Akshaya Patra, Dr V Ravichandran,  CEO Diya Systems, Mangalore  and Vandana Tilak, CEO of Akshaya Patra, USA were present at the press meet.