Bengaluru

The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been honoured with the Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan for its contributions in the field of “Economic and Business Innovation.”

Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman of The Akshaya Patra Foundation, received the honour at the award ceremony of Nikkei Asia Prize at Tokyo yesterday.

The winners have been awarded three million yen each along with a certificate by Naotoshi Okada, President, CEO of Nikkei Inc, an Akshaya Patra release here said.

Madhu Pandit Dasa said,”I accept this honour and the prize of 3 million JYN, with a profound sense of gratitude to Nikkei Inc and with humility on behalf of our movement and for the benefit of those 1.5 million children whose lives has changed because of a wholesome meal day after day.”

Akshaya Patra Foundation, headquartered here, says it is the world’s largest (not-for-profit run) mid-day meal programme serving wholesome food to over 1.5 million children from 11,360 schools across 10 states in India, in partnership with the central and state governments.

Nikkei Asia Prize, an annual award, is instituted to recognise outstanding achievements contributing to sustainable development and for a better future of Asia.

Since 1996, Nikkei Inc., one of the largest media corporations in Japan, has been presenting the awards to honour people in Asia who have made significant contributions in one of the three areas: ‘Economic and Business Innovation,’ ‘Science, Technology and Environment’ and ‘Culture and Community.

PTI