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DIGNITARIES
AT AKSHAYA PATRA
May 09, 2017
> Smt. Anupama Jaiswal,
Minister of Basic Education,
Child Development &
Nutrition, Government of
Uttar Pradesh, visited the
Lucknow Kitchen
April 17, 2017
> Smt. Meenaben Patel,
wife of Shri. Kaushikbhai
Patel, former Minister of
Revenue, Government
of Gujarat, visited the
Ahmedabad Kitchen
April 19, 2017
> Ms. Masih Janice from
the Embassy of Japan
visited the Vrindavan
Kitchen to inspect the
installation site for a biogas
plant
May 16, 2017
> Ms. Deborah Naybor,
Assistant Professor,
Environmental Studies,
School of Commercial,
Applied and Liberal Arts,
Paul Smith’s College,
USA, visited the Hubballi
Kitchen along with her
students
May 22, 2017
> Smt. Sumangala, Joint
Director, Mid-Day Meal
(MDM), along with
Shri. S.B. Hadimani,
Education Officer, Zilla
Panchayat, Dharwad,
and Shri. B.H. Kusugal,
Assistant Director for
Public Instructions,
Kundgol, visited the
Hubballi Kitchen
May 26, 2017
> Dr. Angeliki A Rigos,
Executive Director, Tata
Center for Technology
and Design, MIT Energy
Initiative, USA;
Mr. Santosh Shanbhogue,
Research Scientist,
Mechanical Engineering,
Reacting Gas Dynamics
Laboratory, MIT Tata
Center, USA; and
Mr. Vineet Prasani,
Product Development,
Social Alpha, Bengaluru,
visited the Hubballi
Kitchen
June 23, 2017
> Smt. Priya Sethi,
Hon’ble Minister of
State for Education,
Jammu & Kashmir,
visited the H.K. Hill
Kitchen, Bengaluru
June 26 & 27, 2017
> Ms. Wawira Njiru,
Founder and Executive
Director of the Kenyabased
NGO ‘Food 4
Education’, visited Central
Office and the V.K. Hill
Kitchen, Bengaluru, to
understand Akshaya
Patra’s Public-Private
Partnership model
June 29, 2017
> Member of the
Parliament of Uganda,
Hon’ble Ms. Babirye
Kityo Sarah Breeze,
Representative of the
Youth (Central Region),
visited the Ahmedabad
Kitchen with her team
APR MAY JUN JUL
July 11, 2017
> Celebrity Chef,
Sanjeev Kapoor visited
the H.K. Hill and V.K. Hill
Kitchens in Bengaluru
July 17 & 20, 2017
> Delegates from the
Government of Bangladesh
and GAIN, Bangladesh
visited the Bengaluru and
Lucknow Kitchens
August 30, 2017
> Hon’ble Governor of
Assam, Shri. Banwarilal
Purohit visited the
Guwahati Kitchen
October 30, 2017
> Shri. Narendra Singh
Tomar, Hon’ble Minister
of Urban Development of
India, visited the H.K. Hill
Kitchen
November 17, 2017
> Ms. Ulrike Putz,
Chartered Economist,
Project Coordinator, Asia;
Mr. Sandip Roy, German
Engineering Federation,
Senior Manager, VDMA
India Services Pvt. Ltd., and
Mr. Vishwanath Goudar,
President, North Karnataka
Small Scale Industries
Association, visited the
Hubballi Kitchen
December 11, 2017
> Producer Shobu
Yarlagadda and Director
S.S. Rajamouli of the
award-winning Indian
film, ‘Baahubali’, visited the
Narsingi Kitchen
January 4, 2018
> Mr. Raju Gopal, General
Manager, Food Corporation
of India, visited the V.K.
Hill Kitchen to observe and
understand the process of
rice fortification
January 5, 2018
> Delegates from Fortify
Health, USA, visited the V.K.
Hill Kitchen to understand
rice fortification
January 18, 2018
> Mr. Daniel Andrews,
Premier, State of Victoria,
Australia, visited the H.K.
Hill Kitchen
January 19, 2018
> Delegates from PATH—
Kathy Cahill (VP), David
Fleming (VP), Praveen
Raja (VP), Johannes Van
Dame (Global Program
Leader), Dean Allen (Board
Member), Jo Addy (Board
Member), Arvind Betigeri
(Project Leader-Food
Fortification), and Ruchika
Sachdeva (Project Leader,
Nutrition) visited the V.K.
Hill Kitchen
AUG OCT to DEC JAN MAR
March 28, 2018
> Shri. Mukut Bihari
Verma, Cabinet Minister
for Department of
Cooperation, Uttar Pradesh,
visited the Lucknow
Kitchen
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