The Akshaya Patra Foundation

Unlimited Food For Education

India: One Nation, Two Reflections

India ranks 131 out of 188 6

countries for HDI, 2015

Among new industrialised2

nations and G-20

6.7% expected growth3

rate in 2017-18

40 million5

out-of-school children in India

Literacy rate of 75% 7

as against 86.1% world average

1/3rd of the world’s hungry8

live in India

World’s fastest1

growing economy

7th largest economy4

with an average growth of 7 % in 2 decades

Source: 1World Economic Situation Report by the UN, 2018; 2UNIDO Report; 3India Growth Forecast by Asian Development Bank, 2017; 4World Economic Forum Update, 2017; 5MHRD Statistics, 2014; 6Human Development Report by UNDP, 2016; 7India Census Report, 2011; 8UN Study, 2014;

Every child in India has the right to food, education, health, and a chance to fulfill their dreams

Gross Enrollment Ratio ( GER) for all persons in elementary

education increased from 81.6% in 2000-01 to 96.9% in 2014-15. GER

for boys increased by 4.5% and girls by 26.4%

Public expenditure on education as % of GDP has gone up from

3.34% in 2005-06 to 4.13% in 2013-14

During 2005-06 to 2014-15 substantial progress has been achieved towards

gender parity as revealed in Gender Parity Index ( GPI)

Enrollment

Favorable To

Girls

ACCESS TO EDUCATION

Education is the

single most

important factor

to ensure gender

equality and

empowerment

Source: Educational Statistics at a glance- Ministry of HRD; School Education in India - NUEPA

Annual Drop Out Rate has come down by 1.28%, with improvement

in number of schools, facilities in schools and enrollment

About Us

We are a not-for-profit, striving to fight issues of classroom hunger and malnutrition in India, by implementing the Government’s Mid-Day Meal

Scheme in Government & Government - aided schools.

“No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger”

“To feed 5 million children by 2020”

Our Vision & Mission

Our Attributes

• Strategic – Thinking, Planning &Execution• Measurable • Result Oriented • Sustainable • Scalable

A shining example of collaboration between Government, Corporates & an NGO that has addressed the developmental challenges through an efficient

and effective mode of implementation

Public Private Partnership Model

Akshaya Patra operates in a Public Private Partnership Model under the auspice of The Government of India and 12 State Governments.

The Government supports us by providing Grain and Cash Subsidies to successfully implement the Mid-Day Meal Scheme.

Akshaya Patra Reach

Today, we provide Mid-Day Meal at 13,839 schools in

34 locations across12 states covering

over1.6 million children

every day

We cover 1.5% of the Government School children in India Served over 2 Billion meals cumulatively by 2016

The Factory of Joy - Our Centralized Kitchens

Robust Use of Technology Replicable Infrastructure World Class Hygiene

Local Palate & Nutritious FoodNational Nutritional Guide Lines

ISO 22000:2005 (Food Safety Management Standards) - International standards of food safety for all operations

Comply fully to the FSSAI norms

Global quality practices to Up Efficiency-Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, 5S, GMP, ISO

ERP, Central Procurement

Green Initiatives – Alternative fuels like briquettes, pellets, biogas, solar etc in our operations

Waste Management and scrap disposal to ensure transparency and social responsibility

Components Primary Upper Primary

Calories 450 Cal 750 Cal

Proteins 12 gms 20 gms

Program Costs(Rs.9.34 per meal)

(Rs.6.1 per meal)

Subsidy from Government

Cost incurred by TAPF

(Rs.4.09 per meal)

232Average number of school days

Rs.950to feed a child for 1 year

Note: Based on FY17 numbers

92% of the money we raise goes directly into feeding children

Admin Overhead

(Rs.0.34 per meal)

Fundraising Costs

(Rs.0.51 per meal)

Source: Survey Conducted by A.C Nielsen & Co. in 2017. Detailed Report can be found at - https://www.akshayapatra.org/impact-of-mid-day-meal-programme Copyright © 2017 The Nielsen Company (US), LLC. Confidential and Proprietary. Do not distribute.

We bring significant impact in the lives of children

Health Outcome Comparison

TAPF Non-TAPF

BMI: Normal 81% 71%

MUAC: >18 50% 32%

Significant results seen among girl children; 84% girls in TAPF schools had normal BMI

Quality and Satisfaction comparison

TAPF Non-TAPF

Clean and hygienic food 99% 93%

Meal is nutritious and healthy 92% 85%

Educational outcomes

• MDM is first meal of the day for near 2/3rd of the children - 72% TAPF students get stomach full of meal everyday

• Mid-day meal program is an incentive for bringing 9 out of 10 children in school every school day

• Schools reported a dropout rate of only 2% in the year of 2016-17, a significant dip from previous years

• Social Equity: Mid-day Meal program has helped to bring more number of SC, ST and Minority students to school

• Improved Academic Performance: Nutritious meal has improved the attention span and students have performed better in their annual exam and academics

• Nearly 45% children in Telangana schools between std III to VII scored >80% marks in annual exams. Performance of girl children was much better compared to boys

• Favourite Food: Rice or rice based food i.e. curd rice, lemon rice, biryani, fried rice and Pulses -Daal were reported as most favourite items in school

Our Achievements

In 2016 Akshaya Patra became the first not-for-profit in the

world to have attained the milestone of cumulatively

serving 2 billion meals

The first NGO in India to comply with the International

Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

Member of National Steering –cum- Monitoring- Committee

for the Mid-Day Meal Programme

Akshaya Patra becomes a case study at Harvard

Successful completion of ISO 22000: 2005 (Food Safety Management System) Audit and Certification for 15 Akshaya Patra kitchens

The first organisation to take Public-Private Partnership forward in the mid-day meal sector

Awards & Recognitions

Case study forHarvard Business

School

Gaurav Puraskar

Microsoft Tech Museum Award

Nikkei Asia AwardPadma Shri Award

Recognised by World Economic Forum

Gold Shield Award For Excellence in

Financial Reporting In the NGO sector

Social Enterprise of the Year 2008

Winner of Quality Mark Award 2015

Testimonials

“This is really a very important mission and I congratulate Akshaya Patra for theexcellent work they have done.”

Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India

“To scale up in just a few years from 1500 school children to almost a million is apowerful demonstration of what is possible when people work together…”

Barack Hussein Obama II, 44th President of the United States

“Going to bed hungry is sad. I am glad Akshaya Patra has initiated this joyful taskof feeding the downtrodden, and the helpless go to bed with more than a squaremeal…”

N.R Narayana Murthy, Co-Founder - Infosys

“We welcome Akshaya Patra and commend its technology–intensive mechanizedkitchen model. When NGOs come they bring soul to the program.”

Narendra Modi, Hon. Prime Minister of India

Dignitaries at Our Kitchens

Akshaya Patra meets the CSR Rules Criteria

Criteria for Eligibility as per CSR Rules How Akshaya Patra meets the

Eligibility

Areas of activity should be within the scope of Schedule VII of the Companies

Act

Mid Day meal program is covered in following items of Schedule VII

a) Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition

b) Promotion of Education

NGO should be a registered Trust or Society or a Company

Akshaya Patra is registered under Indian Trust Act 1882

NGO should have an established track record of more than 3 years

Akshaya Patra has more than 15 years of established track Record

Akshaya Patra would provide periodic reports as per the Donor requirements to meet the CSR compliance of Donors

Governance Structure of Highest Standard

A. Managed by eminent Board of Trustees

B. Audit Committee consisting of 3 independent Trustees of eminence

C. Internal audit by E & Y, reporting directly to Audit committee

D. Highest standards in Accounting and reporting, both as per Indian GAAP and IFRS

E. Highest standards in public disclosure

We have received the ICAI Gold Shield Award for “Excellence in Financial Reporting” for five consecutive years since 2008-09 inducting Akshaya

Patra into Hall of Fame

Our Board of Trustees & Advisors

Madhu Pandit Dasa Chairman

Chanchalapathi DasaVice-Chairman

Ratnangada Govinda DasaTrustee

T .V. Mohandas PaiChairman, Manipal Global Education

Abhay JainAdvisor-Group CorporateAffairs, Manipal Education

V. BalakrishnanFounder & Chairman, Exfinity

Raj P KondurCEO, Plank Labs

Rajendra Babu S Former Chief Justice of India

Rajendra J HindujaManaging Director Gokaldas Exports Ltd

Ravindra ChamariaChairman & MD Infinity Infotech Parks Ltd.

Sangita Jindal Chairperson JSW Foundation

Dr Devi ShettyCardiologist Narayana Hrudayalaya

Ramesh RamanathanCo-Founder Janaagraha

Shannu KawDirector Global Business Services Cisco Systems

Board of Advisors

Jaganmohan Krishna Dasa Trustee

Some of our Partners

Some of our Partners

In a humble way, we have engineered a framework that has proved effective to address education & hunger. We hope this kind of model is built around other social causes as well.

Thank You!