Bengaluru, March 12 President Droupadi Murmu will participate in The AkshayaPatra Foundation's silver jubilee on March 17 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi, according to the Bengaluru-based NGO on Thursday.
The NGO, which provides meals to school children across India, described the event as a "commemoration of serving five billion meals to children across India and the completion of its 25 years of service to society as part of the Government of India's flagship PM POSHAN initiative".
The event, themed 'A Well-Nourished and Well-Educated India for a Developed India (Suposhit and Sushikshit Bharat for Viksit Bharat)', according to AkshayaPatra.
"The program will highlight AkshayaPatra's sustained efforts to address classroom hunger and support children's education through nutritious midday meals since its inception in 2000. The Foundation currently provides nutritious midday meals to over 2.35 million children across 16 states and 3 union territories," the NGO said.