The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF) on Wednesday announced the sponsorship of 40,000 student meals as part of an expanded initiative with Texas Instruments (TI) India. In honour of its 12-year collaboration and TI’s 40th year of innovation in India, the Foundation recently hosted TI leaders for a special day of service that benefited a local school and underscored TI’s support for creating opportunities in education and access to healthy meals for children.

In a tour of TAPF’s state-of-the-art centralised kitchen, the Foundation showed TI leaders the large-scale meal preparation — from automated cooking processes to efficient last-mile delivery logistics. TAPF and TI leaders then visited a nearby government school, where they recognized top-performing students and teachers and served mid-day meals to students.

A symbolic ‘Thank You TI’ wall was unveiled at the school to mark the occasion and TI’s hands-on commitment to corporate citizenship.

“TI India has been a consistent and compassionate partner in our mission to ensure children receive nutritious mid-day meals,”said Shridhar Venkat, CEO, Akshaya Patra Foundation.