The Akshaya PatraFoundation & Infosys Aaron Wickes & Vikram Yalamanchili

History

• Founded 1981 Pune, India

• Founded by 7 engineers

• Starting Capital : $250

• Original Name "Infosys Consultants Pvt Ltd.”

• 1983 Relocated HQ to Banglore, India

• “Infosys Technologies Private Limited" in April 1992

• "Infosys Technologies Limited” in June 1992 : Went Public

• Infosys Limited" in June 2011

Size

• 187,000 + Employees

• 85 Offices world-wide

• 100 Development Centers

• Vishal Sikka current CEO

• 2nd Largest India-based IT Services

Company

• $42.5 Billion USD Market cap (2015)

• 6TH largest Indian Publicly traded company

Clients

• First Client : Data Basics Corporation, in New York

Notable Clients 950 Clients in 50 countries

• Avis

• Ernyst & Young

• U.S. Navy

• U.S. Army

Infosys Foundation

Non-Profit

Founded in 1996

Headed by Sudha Murty

Wife of co-founder

Naranya Murthy

Based in Karnataka, Indiahttp://www.gettyimages.pt/detail/fotografia-de-not%C3%ADcias/sudha-murty-chairperson-of-the-infosys-fotografia-de-not%C3%ADcias/491139018

Healthcare Education

Donated 50 Crore INR which is currently a little over 75 million USD

Partnered with Schools to improve facilities and infrastructure

Destitute Care Arts & Culture

• Donates financial resources to The Society for Assistance to Children in Difficult Situations (SATHI).

http://www.infosys.com/infosys-foundation/initiatives/destitute-care/ http://www.infosys.com/infosys-foundation/initiatives/culture/

Partner with Raja Dinkar Kelkar MuseumBuilding “Museum City”Employee Benefits

Academic Entente Infosys Labs

• Partnerships and collaboratiosn with Academic Institutions

• Creates Case studies

• Field Trips

• Campus Visit and recruiting

• Research and Innovation Hub Collabortations with major institiutions across the world.

• Including University of Southern California(USC) and Purdue

Mysore Training Center

World’s largest corporate University

337 Acres

400 Instructors

200 Classrooms

Infosys Prize

• Prize given to scientists, engineers, and researchers with a connection to India

• Gold Medal

• Certificate

• Prize Money upwards of 60 Lakh INR

• 6 Categories

(Engineering and Computer Science, Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities)

The Akshaya Patra Foundation

• Non-profit organization that operates on a Public-Private-Partnership model

• Brings lunch meals to children to fight hunger and promote education

• Serves Government schools and Government aided schools

• Partnered with the Indian government to help implement the Midday Meal Scheme, which has aimed to:

• Fight classroom hunger

• Increase enrollment

• Address malnutrition

• Increase school attendance

Vision and Mission

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

MissionTo feed 5 million children by 2020

Madhu Pandit Dasa• Current Chairman of The Akshaya Patra Foundation

• Designed the first centralized and mechanized kitchen of Akshaya Patra

• Missionary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)

• As President of the Bangalore Temple of ISKCON he was accused of committing fraud by claiming right of ownership over the temple

• Income

• Idols and deity of the temple

• Temple Assets

Company History

• Inspired by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

• Founded in June 2000 in Bangalore, Karnataka

• Experienced logistical issues in the beginning

• Generous donors provided vehicles and capital for further expansion

• In 2003, Akshaya Patra partnered with the Central and State Governments

• Enables them to receive subsidies and grants

• Aided in procurement of grains

• Indian Government continues to provide support with grain and cash subsidies

• Corporate and individual donations received as well

Kitchens

• Centralized Kitchens- large kitchen facilities with the capacity to cook up to 100,000 meals

• Serve a set of schools located around the kitchen unit

• Automated cooking processes ensure high level of hygiene

• Decentralized Kitchens- used in hard to reach areas with poor infrastructure

• Run by Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under guidance and supervision of AkshayaPatra’s kitchen process module

• All kitchens have well trained cooks and production supervisors

• Six Sigma methodologies are used to ensure highest quality levels

Company Operations• Procurement of Raw Materials (RM)

• Quality controls in place to ensure best RM are used in cooking

• Storage, Handling, and Preservation of RM• Vegetables are sorted, sanitized, and kept in cold storage

• Standardized process for preparing meals• Cooking equipment cleaned daily

• Food Packaging and Transportation• Cooked food is packed in steam sterilized vessels

• Vessels packed in specialized vehicles

• Delivery• Logistic technology (GPS, route optimization) used for on-time delivery

Numbers

• Number of children served

• In 2000, Akshaya Patra served about 1,500 children across 5 schools in India

• Today, they serve over 1.4 million children from 10,845 schools in 10 Indian states

• Primary school meals have 450 calories and 12 grams of protein

• Upper Primary school meals have 700 calories and 20 grams of protein

• Quality Department aims to conduct 15,000 man hours of training on continual improvement programs

Impact in India

• The Midday Meal Scheme has impacted children in many ways:

• Attendance has increased

• Classroom hunger has been reduced

• Malnutrition has decreased

• Socialization among children of all castes has improved

• Nearly 120 million children are covered, making it the largest school lunch program in the world

• Coordination between Government, NGOs, and private companies have increased

Works Cited• file:///Users/aaronwickes/Downloads/annual_report_2014.pdf

• http://www.madhupanditdasa.info/biography/

• http://iskconnews.org/high-court-of-karnataka-refuses-to-expunge-fraud-decision-against-bangalore-leader-madhu-pandit-das,3469/

• http://akshayapatra.com/history/

• http://www.akshayapatra.org/

• http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2029625,00.html

• http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/akshaya-patra-opens-kitchen-in-nepal-for-quake-victims/article_3cf819dc-2591-11e5-90f1-a76d01dfb6eb.html

• https://iskconmadhupanditdasa.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/madhu-pandit-dasa-president-of-iskcon-bangalore/

• http://internetnewsforyou.biz/2015/08/12/vijaya-bank-donates-mid-day-meal-delivery-vehicle-to-the-akshaya-patra-foundation/

• http://www.gipcl.com/csrs/vadodara/akshaya-patra-mid-day-meal-scheme

• http://www.infosys.com/about/