Recently wall street journal covered an article by Arun, a 2nd year PGP student at IIM Ahmedabad about Confluence 2009 in IIM Ahmedabad.

Sustainability, topic which has gained immense importance in recent yearswas further explored at the Confluence. Shri Chanchalapati Dasa, the vice chairman of Akshaya Patra Foundation represented Akshaya Patra Foundation.

Equity is one of the important facets of sustainability. The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a leading NGO pioneering the mid-day meal programme in many schools across India. Currently their programme feeds more than 1.1 million children and is supported by many leading industries. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Chanchalapati Dasa, the vice chairman of Akshaya Patra Foundation, said that with India being home to 40% of the world's malnourished children, making education feasible for under privileged students through mid-day meal schemes helps in a big way in poverty alleviation. The success of the foundation has many other lessons to be learnt for management professionals. Their network consisting of highly automated kitchens cooking food and then distributing across distant schools is something which even the Harvard has written a case about.

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