Report on

INDUSTRIAL VISIT

TO

THE AKSHAY PATRA FOUNDATION (TAPF)

BY

RAJASHREE A PRABHU

1ST MBA – B SECTION

Submitted to

MR. RAKESH N
Assistant Professor
Department of MBA & Research Centre
RNSIT, Bengaluru

RNS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Department of MBA & Research Centre
Address: Dr. Vishnuvardhan Road, Channasandra, Rajarajeshwarinagar
Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560098

December 2019
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It’s been my privilege to undergo Industrial visit at The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF). A
lot of people helped me to complete the visit. It is with the gratitude that I acknowledge the help,
which guided my efforts with success.

I wish to express my profound gratitude to Dr. H N Shivashankar, Director, RNSIT, for

his constant encouragement.

I express my sincere thanks to Dr. M K Venkatesh, Principal, RNSIT, for arranging

the industrial visit.

I express my sincere thanks to Dr. U Bhojanna, Head of the Department, MBA Department
and Research center, RNSIT for arranging the industrial visit and being the backbone of
support throughout the study.

I express my sincere thanks to Mr. Rakesh N, Assistant Professor, MBA Department and
Research center, RNSIT for the valuable guidance and support.

I express my sincere thanks to Mr. Vinay H V, Assistant Professor, MBA Department and
Research center, RNSIT for accompanying and guiding us.

I express my sincere thanks to Mr. Deepak Kumar D, Assistant Professor, MBA

Department and Research center, RNSIT for accompanying and guiding us.

My profound thanks to The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) for allowing us to visit their
foundation for Industrial visit. I am also thankful to workers for taking interest in explaining
the working of the foundation.

Last but not the least, I am thankful to my family members and friends for their blessings
and encouragement.

Place: Bangalore Rajashree A Prabhu

 Table of contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2

2.1 Background

2.2 Nature of business

2.3 Vision, Mission, Quality policy

2.4 Workflow model

2.5 Sponsors profile

2.6 Achievements/Awards

2.7 Skill Matrix and Competency Mapping

2.8 Technology used

2.9 Total quality management practices used

2.10 Schools to which food is provided

2.11 Supply chain management practices used

2.12 Suppliers of Akshaya Patra

2.13 Inventory management practices used

Chapter 3 - SWOT Analysis

Chapter 4 – Learning experience

 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an NGO in India headquartered in Bengaluru. The

organisation strives to eliminate classroom hunger by implementing the Mid-Day Meal
Scheme in the government schools and government-aided schools. Alongside, Akshaya Patra
also aims at countering malnutrition and supporting the right to education of socio-
economically disadvantaged children.
Since 2000, Akshaya Patra has been concerting all its efforts towards providing fresh and
nutritious meals to children on every single school day. We are continuously leveraging
technology to multiply our reach. The state-of-the-art kitchens have become a subject of
study and have attracted curious visitors from around the world.
Their partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments, along with
the persistent support from corporates, individual donors, and well-wishers have helped us to
grow from serving just 1,500 children in 5 schools in 2000 to serving 1.8 million children.
Today, Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest (not-for-profit run) Mid-Day Meal Programme
serving wholesome food every school day to over 1.8 million children from 16,856 schools
across 12 states & 2 Union territories of India.
 ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE

2.1 BACKGROUND:

Looking out of a window, one day in Mayapur, a village near Calcutta, His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada saw a group of children fighting with stray dogs over
scraps of food. From this simple, yet heart-breaking incident was born a determination that no
child within a radius of ten miles from our centre should go hungry.
His inspiring resolve sowed the seeds of The Akshaya Patra Foundation. With the vision: "No
child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger," Akshaya Patra started the
Mid-Day Meal Programme in June 2000 by serving mid-day meals to 1,500 children across
five government schools in Bengaluru, Karnataka. A humble beginning, yet, the initial days
of implementing the programme was not a smooth sail. Soon came the helping hands of
Mohandas Pai, who took the initiative of donating the first vehicle to transport food to the
schools; and Abhay Jain, who promised to bring in more donors to contribute for the further
expansion of the programme.
In partnership with the Government of India and various State Governments, as well as
philanthropic donors; the organisation is running the world’s largest Mid-Day Meal
Programme. Built on a Public-Private Partnership model, Akshaya Patra combines good
management, innovative technology, and smart engineering to deliver nutritious and hygienic
school lunch on every school day.

2.2 NATURE OF BUSINESS:

Hunger and Illiteracy are India’s two major challenges. There is a serious malnutrition case in
India with the World Bank’ estimate of 60 million children in India, being underweight.
Hunger is an obstacle to child’s health, education and survival.
A recent UNICEF report states that more than 80 million children drop out before completing
8 years of age and over 8 million children are out of school.
Akshaya Patra is focused on eliminating classroom hunger and attracting more children
(enrolment) to schools and ensure to keep them in school (reduce dropout rate) by feeding a
filling, nutritious mid-day meal, every school day. This is in partnership with the Government
of India and all the various State Governments.
2.3 VISION, MISSION AND QUALITY POLICY

VISION

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

MISSION

To feed million children by 2025

QUALITY POLICY

Quality check is done at each and every stage of its supply chain from procurement of goods
to delivery of cooked foods. Once procure goods is arrived, they use physical inspection to
check quality of goods. Temperature is continuously monitored throughout cooking process
as well as at the last moment where food is delivered. They use warm water to check whether
there is any leakage on milk packet or not.
2.4 WORKFLOW MODEL

Reception
Packing Area GROUND FLOOR
Main Panel Room
First Aid Room

Chapathi Preparation Area

Cooking Area FIRST FLOOR
RO Plant
Manager Cabin

Board Room
Rest Room SECOND FLOOR
Viewers Gallery
Admin Block

Store
Pre-Processing Area THIRD FLOOR
Cold Room

Altar Room
Day Silos FOURTH FLOOR
Training Room
Store
2.5 SPONSORS PROFILE

Corporate Sponsors

3i
ACDB
Auma
Balajee Infratech & Constructions
CNBC-AWAAZ
BillDesk
Balakrishna Industries Ltd.
Blue Dart Express Ltd.
Chevron Phillips Chemical
Citicorp Financial
Credit Sussie
Deutsche Bank
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited
DHL
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
General Industrial Controls Private Ltd.
General Insurance Corporation of India
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
H. T. Parekh Foundation
HDB Financial Services
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Idea
IDEMIA
IFCI Social Foundation (ISF)
IndusInd Bank
Infradebt
KKR
Landmark Group
Mannara Technologies
PepsiCo Foundation
Raymond
SBI Capital Markets Ltd.
Snapdeal
TJC
Western Digital

Institution & Organization

A.T.E Chandra Foundation

Infosys Foundation
Lions Club
NMBT
NMBT
One World
2.6 ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS

Mahatma Award for social good 2019

Special jury award at Outlook Poshan Innovation Awards 2019
Gandhi Peace Prize
Winner of BBC's Global Food Champion Award 2019
CSR Times Awards 2018
CSR Health Impact Award 2018
Bags Silver at ARC Awards
"Great Place To Work" Certification
24th Annual Communicator Award Of Excellence 2018
Lexus Design Award 2018
Australasian Reporting Award 2017
Social Entrepreneur Of The Year India 2017 Finalist
ICAI Gold Shield Award for excellence in financial reporting for 2016-17
National Award for Child Welfare 2016
CII Award for safety 2016
Kalam Memorial Award 2016
Wins Platinum at The 2016 AVA Digital Award
Wins Gold at LACP 2014/15 Vision Awards
Wins Four Awards at the PRCI collateral awards
ABP News Positive Award 2015
Best NGO at Mother Teresa Awards 2014
International ARC Awards
Gold and Silver at Summit Creative Awards 2015
Platinum at 2015 Hermes Creative Awards
Winner of Quality Mark Award 2015
2014 Asian Make Award by CII
Award for Excellence at AVA Digital Awards 2015
5th win at SAFA Awards
Two kitchens win CII National Food Safety Awards 2014
Platinum win at Lean Six Sigma Awards
Gold win at The 44th creativity International Award
ICAI Hall Of Fame
Indizen 2014 Award
2.7 SKILL MATRIX AND COMPETENCY MAPPING