CME Group Inc. is a global markets company. It is the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, and trades in asset classes that include agricultural products, currencies, energy, interest rates, metals, and stock indexes. The company offers futures contracts and options on futures using its CME Globex trading platforms, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates a central counterparty clearing provider, CME Clearing. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group also offers optimization and reconciliation services through TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana. CME Group takes great pride in supporting a variety of philanthropic causes through charitable grants from the CME Group Foundation and our matching gift program. CME Group Foundation strives to empower future generations through education, equipping today’s students to meet tomorrow’s challenges. CME Group believes that part of being a good corporate citizen means giving back to our community, on this context they have taken several projects for community development like. As a global corporate citizen, CME Group works to expand charitable footprint around the world and positively impact the communities. Their global corporate citizenship initiatives include hosting fundraising events, making donations, and volunteering time to benefit charitable organizations that support those in need. The organization has supported Akshaya Patra since 2018 and have helped serve hot and nutritious mid-day meals to 2000 plus children of Government and aided schools. They been supporting to provide meals to specially abled children and daily laborers children as well in the past year.

CMR Welfare Foundation is a Section 8 Company (under the Companies Act 2013) incorporated in 2018 to implement community development initiatives of parent organisation CMR Green Technologies Limited. CMR Welfare Foundation has partnered with Akshaya Patra to provide mid-day meals to around 729 children in Vadodara, Gujarat in the current year. This is in accord with their CSR policy of promoting education and child health care which they have been fulfilling religiously. This tie-up has helped many children hailing from challenging economic conditions, to continue their education and not leave the school midway.

CNBC-AWAAZ and The Akshaya Patra Foundation have come together to build a nourished India. With the campaign ‘Bhookh Se Azaadi’, CNBC-AWAAZ aims to boost the mid-day meal scheme introduced by the Government of India. As part of the scheme, the Government provides school lunch to the children studying in Government and Government-aided school. The meal is known to increase the number of school enrolments and daily school attendance. It has been observed that the concentration level among the children has gone up and their academic performance has also improved. Akshaya Patra, while partnering with the Government, has been on the forefront ensuring that the cooked food, which is hygienic and nutritious, reaches every child. This helps the children focus on studies and dream of a bright future

Credit Suisse is a leading company in investment banking sector and has its strong presence in the home market of Switzerland. We seek to follow a balanced approach to wealth management, aiming to capitalize on both the large pool of wealth within mature markets as well as the significant growth of wealth in Asia Pacific and other emerging markets. Founded in 1856, we today have a global reach with operations in about 50 countries and 46,840 employees from over 170 different nations. In 2018-19, Credit Suisse partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation and sponsored Akshaya Patra mid-day meals for 8,145 children of Government-aided schools in Bellary and Nathdwara. To uplift the noble cause, they have also sponsored for building a kitchen to feed 25,000 school going children in Jorhat, Assam.

“Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited is one of the leading consumer companies in India with over 75 years old brand legacy. They operate across various segments – LED Lighting, Fans, Pumps, Water Heaters, Air Coolers and Small Domestic Appliances. With a revenue of over INR 45bn and 10,000+ SKUs to choose from, Crompton is a household name in India. The brand has a rich legacy associated with great quality, reliability, superior engineering capability and product design. It also resonates with an immense amount of trust. Over the last few years, they have launched some breakthrough products like India’s first anti-dust fan and anti-bacterial LED bulb. Their CSR programme, UJJVAL DEEP, is designed to address some major concerns in society today – employment, environment, empowerment and engagement. Crompton has focussed on communities living in the vicinity of their manufacturing and processing facilities. Crompton began its collaboration with Akshaya Patra in October 2019 and has been providing mid-day meals for over 7,000 children across 41 Government schools close to their manufacturing facility in Padra near Vadodara, Gujarat. They also plunged into the COVID-19 efforts by providing 90,000 hot and nutritious meals to affected communities across Vadodara. Crompton’s employees have also actively engaged with underserved communities through various volunteering initiatives”

Pursuant to direction from Government of Gujarat for reorganization of the power sector in the state, Gujarat Electricity Board has been unbundled into separate seven Companies with functional responsibilities for generation, transmission, distribution and trading of electricity with complete autonomous operations. Accordingly, the distribution undertakings and functions of the Southern Distribution Zone of the erstwhile GEB stand transferred to and vest in Dakshin Gujrat Vij Company Limited.The company was incorporated as a Public Limited Company on 15th September, 2003, primarily to carry out distribution of electricity to retail and bulk consumers and has become operational effective from 1st April 2005. The Company is engaged in distribution of electricity in 7 districts namely Bharuch, Narmada, Surat (except part of Surat City), Tapi, Dangs, Navsari and Valsad in South Gujarat. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary Company of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, a government Company.

Deutsche Bank is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The bank is operational in 58 countries with a large presence in Europe, America and Asia. As of April 2018, Deutsche Bank is the 15th largest bank in the world by total assets. The company is a universal bank resting on three pillars – the Private & Commercial Bank, the Corporate & Investment Bank and Asset Management. Deutsche Bank is one of the esteemed donors of The Akshaya Patra Foundation and is currently sponsoring 62,000 children across Bangalore, Ajmer, Jaipur, Surat and Ahmedabad locations.

Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited has been providing easy access to affordable Housing Finance to realize home-ownership aspirations of millions of lower and middle income families in semi-urban and rural India. DHFL was established in 1984 with the goal of transforming the lives of Indian households by enabling access to home ownership through the inception of DHFL. DHFL has been an esteemed donor of Akshaya Patra and has sponsored mid-day meals for around 20,000 children in Guwahati located in the north-eastern state of Assam.

When Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn founded DHL in 1969, they didn’t know they would revolutionize the world of logistics. Today DHL is the world’s leading logistics company. They have over 360,000 people in over 220 countries and territories that work every day to cross borders, reach new markets and grow the business. DHL is supporting The Akshaya Patra Foundation by sponsoring mid-day meals to 7,211 children in Bangalore, Jaipur, Surat and Ahmedabad locations.

DMart is a one-stop supermarket chain that aims to offer customers a wide range of basic home and personal products, at a great value, all under one roof. DMart was started by Mr. Radhakishan Damani and his family to address the growing needs of the Indian family. From the launch of its first store in Powai in 2002, DMart today has a well-established presence in 196 locations across India. The supermarket chain of DMart stores is owned and operated by Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (ASL). The company is headquartered in Mumbai. DMart has sponsored to build a kitchen to feed over 20,000 school children in Bhiwandi, Thane.

ED&F Man is a global agricultural commodities merchant company that is into trading sugar, coffee, molasses, pulses and animal feed. They also provide access to capital markets through their financial brokerage business. Established in 1783, today, ED&F Man is an employee-owned company with 7,000 people in 60 countries. During the pandemic of COVID-19, ED&F Man Commodities India Pvt Ltd., supported Akshaya Patra in its relief activities across Bengaluru, Mangaluru and Coorg in Karnataka.

EdelGive Foundation, set up in 2008, is the philanthropic arm of the Edelweiss Group. Through the last decade, EdelGive, has primarily been a grant making organization, supporting small and mid-sized NGOs across the country. Additionally, it has become the connecting platform between grant makers/donors and credible NGOs across the country. Their endeavour is to build sustainable institutions and organizations that promote societal growth and innovation, and advances the common good by bringing the skills, resources, and talents of the for-profit world to the not-for-profit world. EdelGive Foundation has sponsored the mid-day meals for 800+ students studying in Government and Government-aided schools of Rourkela.