President Ram Nath Kovind visits Akshaya Patra kitchen in Vrindavan; Serves mid-day meals to beneficiary children

New Delhi, November 30, 2019: President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, and the First Lady, Smt.Savita Kovind visited recently (November 28) The Akshaya Patra Foundation kitchen in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh.

They were accompanied by Smt.Anandiben Patel, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, and Shri Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.At the Foundation’s premises, they were welcomed by Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman – Akshaya Patra, Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa, Vice-Chairman – Akshaya Patra, and enthusiastic children from the Government schools in Bati, Gonda Atas, Maghera, Ramtal, Devi Atas, Bhartia, and Narayanpur.

At the Foundation’s centralised kitchen, the President and other dignitaries were given a guided tour of the facility. Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa familiarized them with the kitchen equipment and processes involved. After the kitchen tour, he served mid-day meals to the children from Government schools and happily interacted with them. He also appreciated Akshaya Patra’s Mid-Day Meal Programme.

Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa expressed his happiness about the Hon’ble President visiting the Foundation’s kitchen in Vrindavan and serving mid-day meals to the beneficiary children. Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa said that the Vrindavan kitchen was the second centralised kitchen to be set up by Akshaya Patra and thanked the President for interacting with the children and encouraging them.

Also present on the occasion were Shri Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan Singh, Dairy Development Minister; Shri Shrikant Sharma, Power Minister; Shri Satish Dwivedi, Basic Education Minister; Shri Yudhishthira Krishna Dasa, President, Akshaya Patra (Uttar Pradesh); Shri Bharatarshabha Dasa, Director, Strategic Relationships, and Shri Harish, Pranth Pracharak, RSS.