Akshaya Patra welcomes Government of India’s decision to implement law to provide free and compulsory education to all children in age group of 6-14 years.

With the implementation of this law we can ensure that every child gets education which is a key to success.

At present, there are nearly 22 crore children in the relevant age group. However, 4.6 per cent of these children (nearly 92 lakh) are out of school. Source: Ministry Official, Govt of India.

The Kennametal Foundation has joined hands with the Akshaya Patra Foundation to support our vision "no child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger."

As a part of the contribution, a cheque for $4,000 was handed over by Sri.Santanoo Medhi, Managing Director, Kennametal to Sri. Sridhar Venkat, Executive Director, Akshaya Patra Foundation here on Wednesday at Govt. Model Primary School ManjuntahNagar.

Excerpts from an interview with Mr. V. Gopalratnam, VP IT and CIO Cisco India regarding Cisco’s association with Akshaya Patra.

Mr. V. Gopalratnam heads the Civic Council at Cisco India and it is under his leadership that the Cisco India community is working on social initiatives focused on strengthening communities and having a positive impact on them.

Q) How has CISCO involved/associated with Akshayapatra?