HKMCF partners pharma majors to expand breakfast scheme to 1.5 lakh Telangana students
Divi’s Laboratories and Aurobindo Pharma have partnered with Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation to establish and upgrade centralised kitchens in Telangana, enabling nutritious breakfast for nearly 1.5 lakh schoolchildren across multiple districts.
Hyderabad: Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation (HKMCF) has partnered with two organisations—Divi’s Laboratories Ltd & Aurobindo Pharma Ltd — to establish state-of-the-art centralised community kitchens at Choutuppal and Sangareddy, along with a kitchen upgrade at Kodangal.
Divi’s Laboratories Limited extended its support to HKM Charitable Foundation by sponsoring the establishment of a state-of-the-art Greenfield centralised kitchen at Choutuppal with a contribution of Rs. 12.18 crore.
This kitchen will enable feeding nutritious breakfasts to 60,000 children across 1,234 schools and junior colleges spanning 31 mandals of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri & Nalgonda districts.
With a generous contribution of Rs. 10 crores, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd is sponsoring a new state-of-the-art Brownfield centralised kitchen at Sangareddy along with centralised kitchen upgradation at Kodangal, which will enable feeding breakfast to 85,000 children across 1,264 schools and junior colleges spanning across 43 mandals of Sangareddy, Vikarabad, Narayanpet and Mahabubnagar districts.
Madhu Babu, Vice-President of Divi’s Laboratories Limited, P. Sarath Chandra Reddy, Director, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd, S. Sadananda Reddy, Director, CSR, Aurobindo Pharma Foundation and K. Nityananda Reddy, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director of Aurobindo Pharma Limited, handed over cheques to President of HKM Charitable Foundation, Sriman Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Swamiji, in the presence of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
