Akshaya Patra's mid-day meal programme uses latest tech to cook food faster

The machines used in Akshaya Patra's kitchens are designed in-house by its research and development team

Cooking may not be rocket science, but when you are feeding over 1.7 million children in 14,314 schools, it could be a fit case for employing the latest technologies to ramp up operational efficiency. Akshaya Patra, the world’s largest NGO-run mid-day meal programme with 38 kitchens spread across 12 states, is one such mammoth enterprise, and it’s using cutting edge technologies to help fulfil its goal of alleviating hunger among school children.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation, which was set up in 2000 in Bengaluru after spiritual leader A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada saw a group of children fighting with stray dogs