Akshaya Patra's Circles of Care

Episode 2 of Akshaya Patra’s podcast series, Circles of Care was hosted by Mr. Ganesh Chakravarthi of the Thale-Harate Kannada Podcast in conversation with Mr. Shridhar Venkat, CEO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation, this episode is all about the synergy of Akshaya Patra’s Public-Private Partnership that was instrumental in providing food relief to vulnerable communities during the pandemic.

Episode One is a conversation about initiatives like Giving Every Dream a Chance, National Endeavour for Student Transformation (NEST) and what it takes to provide opportunities to children at the grassroots level. A conversation between Rajdeep Sardesai, Brett Lee and our CEO Shridhar Venkat, the episode is an exhilarating one as they discuss dreams, cricket, opportunities and giving back to society. Brett Lee, former Australian cricketer and a Goodwill Ambassador for NEST talks extensively about his dream. He says, “My dream was to go and play for Australia. Every kid should have that opportunity to dream. I want to support that chance to instil these things into children and allow them to dream because it’s just so important.” Listen to the first episode and share your thoughts in the comments section.