Infosys, Tata Group donate Rs 200 crore to expand reach of Bengaluru NGO’s school lun

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Infosys, Tata Group donate Rs 200 crore to expand reach of Bengaluru NGO’s school lunch programme

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Infosys, Tata Group donate Rs 200 crore to expand reach of Bengaluru NGO?s school lunch programme - The Economic Times

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BENGALURU: The philanthropic arms of InfosysBSE -1.30 % and the Tata Group are together writing cheques for over Rs 200 crore to fund Akshaya Patra, a Bengaluru-based organisation which runs the largest school lunch programme by an NGO in the world. The money will be used to expand the reach of Akshaya Patra, and equip it with the latest food technologies to help it cook meals faster and cheaper while improving quality.

The Infosys Foundation, headed by Sudha Murty, the wife of the software company's founder, will contribute Rs 127 crore to build three modern kitchens and run operations and a further Rs 20 crore for the corpus. The Jamsetji Tata Trust will contribute Rs 55 crore to help the non-profit acquire the latest technology and improve food safety.

Akshaya Patra, which US President Barack Obama commended in 2008 as a model for other countries, is run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness[/FONT]

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