The motive of the Mid-day meal was to provide a dense nutrition lunch to all the students studying in Government schools. The initiative took place looking at the poor diet of a few students, and according to the parents of those students, they didn’t have enough money to provide the best. Know more about the same from Shridhar Venkat, CEO, of The Akshaya Patra Foundation, the World's largest NGO for school meals.
About Shridhar Venkat
- Shridhar Venkat serves as the CEO of The Akshaya Patra Foundation.
- He has over 30 years of experience with leading multinationals like Philips, ABB, and Webex Communications India (CISCO). An Eisenhower Fellow 2014 for innovation, Shridhar has been working with Akshaya Patra for the past 16 years.
Prior to that, he was the Vice-President Of sales of Webex Communications India (CISCO). Shridhar holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master's Degree in Marketing Management, NMIMS Mumbai.