Automation Anywhere Collaborates with Akshaya Patra to Power its Mission of Providing 5 million Daily Meals with Smarter AI Logistics
Automation Anywhere Collaborates with Akshaya Patra to Power its Mission of Providing 5 million Daily Meals with Smarter AI Logistics
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): In a historic partnership Automation Anywhere, pioneer in Agentic Process Automation (APA), and The Akshaya Patra Foundation, one of the largest social impact organisations in India, and an implementing partner in the government flagship PM POSHAN programme are transforming the charity operations in India. Donor engagement processes have been streamlined using AI-driven automation, cutting turnaround times by as much as 70 percent, down to 40 minutes to ratify the Akshaya Patra mission of serving 5 million children mid-day meals daily.
Strategic partnership AI-powered automation can be used to improve operational excellence, streamline donor engagement, and optimise a nationally scaled school meal programme that provides millions of children with meals.
Already benefiting through the partnership, Akshaya Patra is presently serving more than 2.35 million children in 25,000 government and government-aided schools. Through the help of Automation Anywhere, the Foundation is redefining major functions of the operation, such as donor management, route optimisation and supply chain workflows, to become more efficient, transparent, and scalable. These advancements are facilitating the teams of the organisation to concentrate on strategic outreach and relationship-building initiatives.
In relation to the relationship, Mr. Vinod Sudhakar, Chief Information Officer, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, stated, "At Akshaya Patra, we see the role of technology as a facilitator of meaningful change. Our partnership with Automation Anywhere is enabling us to realise the power of AI to optimise systems, but also to further enhance our service to children in India. We will be making meaningful impact at scale more quickly, more efficiently, and more sustainably with smarter tools."
In the case of Automation Anywhere, Co-Founder Neeti Mehta Shukla explained, "We feel that as a company, we can use technology to create social impact which is why I am the Co-founder and Chief Social Impact Officer. This partnership is also evidence that AI-driven automation can drive a real change - to make every rupee count, every meal go quicker, and every child be healthier. It is about having increased compassion and being precise, about creating a better, healthier India. It is our honor and dedication to serve such a mission driven organization as Akshaya Patra."
Since phase one has delivered significant results, the partnership will proceed into AI-powered procurement, allowing direct sourcing of farmers and local millers and the deployment of Agentic-AI led demand-responsive production systems to reduce food waste. Additional improvements in the logistics of delivery and the planning of resources will increase the operational resilience of the Foundation as it gains access to new areas.
Akshaya Patra will also use real-time information and AI-driven automation to improve the logistics performance of its fleet of 2,200-plus delivery vehicles on 1,500-plus routes each day--facilitating route design, fuel use, and operational visibility.
The partnership is a demonstration of mutual purpose: to use the force of Agentic AI-led automation and data-driven innovation to build a hunger-free, educated future of children nationwide.
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About The Akshaya Patra Foundation
The Akshaya Patra Foundation is an organization that is not funded by the government but was started to ensure that no Indian child starves due to lack of food. It strives to eradicate hunger in the classroom and to help children through their health and education. As an implementing partner of PM POSHAN scheme of the Government of India, Akshaya Patra implements 2.35 million mid-day meals to beneficiary children in 25,000 or more schools. It also gives 8 lakh servings of the Morning Nutrition Programme, which helps enhance the health of children, school enrolment, attendance, and retention, as well as improve their learning outcomes.
Akshaya Patra has developed a well-developed network of operation, which now operates in 78 places in 16 states and 3 union territories. It has established 76 state-of-the-art centralised kitchens - internationally renowned in terms of size, capacity and food safety procedures - and has embraced the decentralised approach in two locations where building centralised infrastructure is challenging because of topography and road access.
Akshaya Patra is constantly developing partnerships and using technology to serve the needs of many millions of children and has served over 4 billion meals since 2000. The historic event was celebrated during a special occasion at the UN headquarters in New York on 2 April 2024.
Reference taken from ANI News: Automation Anywhere Collaborates with Akshaya Patra
