Corporate Partners

The Akshaya Patra Foundation strongly believes in creating valuable relations and partnerships as they help in knowledge interaction, improving expertise, and increasing resources to reach a wider audience. We understand that the right business partnerships enhance the ethos of our organisation and our corporate partners are consistent with their contributions to the mid-day meal programme. We look forward to striking more partnerships and creating lasting relationships with several corporate partners to seamlessly achieve our goals while establishing trust and guardianships.

ADCB

A leading bank in the UAE, ADCB stands out for its excellent service and innovation. Whether individuals or corporates, their customers reward them for this — with fierce loyalty and enduring trust, which translates into growing business volumes. In 2017, these characteristics increased the resilience of ADCB. Despite facing years of challenges, their underlying performance remained robust. Importantly, their values played a part in their success. Abu Dhabi is one of the leading partners of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. The company is sponsoring mid-day meals for 2000 plus children across various locations in Bengaluru.

ARAMCO

Aramco is a global integrated energy and chemicals company. They are driven by their core belief that energy is opportunity. From producing approximately one in every eight barrels of the world’s oil supply to developing new energy technologies, their global team is dedicated to creating impact in all that they do. They focus on making their resources more dependable, sustainable and useful. This helps promote stability and long-term growth around the world.
Aramco has partnered with Akshaya Patra to provide freshly cooked, nutritious and hygienic meals to vulnerable sections of society, adversely impacted by the COVID–19 pandemic in India.

ALIMAK GROUP

Alimak Group is a world-leading provider of Rack & Pinion based vertical access solutions for professional use and has been a pioneer and industry leader for over 70 years. Founded in Sweden 1948, the Group has its headquarters in Stockholm, 12 production and assembly facilities in 8 countries and 2,300 employees around the world. With a global reach spanning over more than 100 countries, the Group has an installed base of over 70,000 elevators, hoists, platforms, service lifts and building maintenance units around the world sold under the brands Alimak, CoxGomyl, Manntech, Avanti and Alimak Service with strong market recognition and known for their strong safety record, high quality and durability.Alimak Group partnered with Akshaya Patra during year 2020-21 and supported us with a customized food delivery vehicle which is being used by the Hyderabad kitchen for meals delivery to over 3000 children every day.

BHEL GE

BHEL GE Gas Turbine Services Private Limited: (BGGTS) was founded in 1997 as a Joint Venture of BHEL, India and General Electric, U.S. with a customer-centric vision of providing quality after-market services for Gas Turbines to GE and BHEL Customers. BGGTS offers a reliable, time-saving and cost-efficient GT Services alternative to power sector customers in India region through its well-equipped and advanced Repair and Refurbishments facility located in Hyderabad. BGGTS has partnered with Akshaya Patra on several Capex projects since the year 2016. The company has supported Akshaya Patra with Customized Food delivery vehicles, RO plant, large capacity Caulrons, etc which are extensively used at Akshaya Patra Kitchens and very crucial to food preparation and distribution of the Mid Day Meals to Government schools.

CNBC-AWAAZ

CNBC-AWAAZ and The Akshaya Patra Foundation have come together to build a nourished India. With the campaign ‘Bhookh Se Azaadi’, CNBC-AWAAZ aims to boost the mid-day meal scheme introduced by the Government of India. As part of the scheme, the Government provides school lunch to the children studying in Government and Government-aided school. The meal is known to increase the number of school enrolments and daily school attendance. It has been observed that the concentration level among the children has gone up and their academic performance has also improved. Akshaya Patra, while partnering with the Government, has been on the forefront ensuring that the cooked food, which is hygienic and nutritious, reaches every child. This helps the children focus on studies and dream of a bright future

BillDesk

BillDesk is committed to the vision of implementing innovative solutions for simplifying payments and collections and translating the opportunities offered by the Internet into actual customer delight through efficient payment and collection services. BillDesk has sponsored mid-day meals for 14094 children in the backward affected areas of Rourkela and Puri in Orissa.

Balakrishna Industries Ltd,

Balakrishna Industries Ltd, a leading speciality tyre manufacturer established in Mumbai, has partnered with Akshaya Patra to provide mid-day meals to around 1,00,000 children in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Vrindavan, Lucknow, Surat and Bhilai. This is in accord with their CSR policy of promoting education and child health care which they have been fulfilling religiously. This tie-up has helped many children hailing from poor economic conditions, to continue their education and not leave the school midway due to monetary pressure.. BKT has also contributed for the construction of a kitchen in Bhuj (Gujarat), to further serve the cause of promoting education and work towards the incremental health of the children of the surrounding areas.

Blue Dart Express Ltd.

Blue Dart Express Ltd., South Asia’s premier express air and integrated transportation & Distribution Company, offers secure and reliable delivery of consignments. As part of the DP DHL Group’s (DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding & DHL Supply Chain) Post – eCommerce – Parcel (PeP) division, Blue Dart accesses the largest and most comprehensive express and logistics network worldwide, covering over 220 countries and territories. It offers an entire spectrum of distribution services including air express, freight forwarding, supply chain solutions and customs clearance. Blue Dart accepts its social responsibility by supporting climate protection (GoGreen), disaster management (GoHelp) and education (GoTeach). Blue Dart supports Akshaya Patra for the FY 18-19 towards mid-day meal programme in Nathdwara.

Advent International

Advent International is one of the largest and longest serving independent private equity partnerships. Since their founding in 1984, they have invested $58 billion in over 380 private equity investments across 42 countries. While every company is different, Advents hands-on approach to helping these businesses flourish has remained a constant. Theirs is a long-term business built on trust, and they take great care to protect and enhance the open, honest and inclusive culture that will always define Advent International. Sector specialization has been at the center of Advent International’s strategy since the inception. They invest in five core industry sectors where they have substantial experience and deep local and international knowledge: Business & Financial Services; Healthcare; Industrial; Retail, Consumer & Leisure; and Technology. Advent International have been investing in each of these sectors an average of 30 years and have made at least 50 and in most cases over 80 investments worldwide in each sector.

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