AnanthKumar
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AnanthKumar is the founder of Adamya Chetana (1997)[1], an Indian non-profit working on hunger, education and environment from Bengaluru.
Adamya Chetana
Adamya Chetana, founded in 1998 in Bengaluru in memory of Ananth Kumar's mother Girija Shastry, runs Annapoorna, a mid-day meal programme reaching over 2 lakh children a day from kitchens in Bengaluru, Hubballi, Kalaburagi and Jodhpur. Its kitchens run on biofuel and steam, send no garbage to municipal bins, and the organisation also runs education, plate-bank and green-lifestyle initiatives.
Adamya Chetana reports the following, on its own site:
- 73+ crore meals served till date
- Mid-day meals reach over 2 lakh children per day
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 1997
- Press
- 3
References
- [1] “Adamya Chetana was started in the year 1997 by late Shri AnanthKumar” — Adamya Chetana. Source
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