--- title: "Name the organization which has been awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award." description: "Name the organization which has been awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award." author: "Rahul Roi" published: 2019-06-20 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62166/name-the-organization-which-has-been-awarded-the-bbc-world-service-global-champion-award category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "awards"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Name the organization which has been awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award. [Name](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80850/violence-in-the-name-of-racism-in-germany-and-much-more) the organization which has been awarded the BBC World [Service](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23232/maruti-suzuki-launches-service-festival-initiative) [Global](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/68/a-role-of-global-assembly-cache-in-the-dot-net-framework) [Champion](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34756/who-authored-the-book-hari-singh-nalwa-champion-of-the-khalsaji-1791-1837) Award. ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **An NGO based in [Bengaluru](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44266/what-are-the-various-courses-offered-by-bms-college-of-engineering-bengaluru) famous with the name “Akshaya Patra” has been awarded with the [BBC](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39020/who-has-won-the-2015-bbc-sports-personality-of-the-year) World Service Global Champion Award.** ![Name the organization which has been awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award.](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/90be29aa-f9d7-4395-bcba-3d052706cbae/images/ae83c68f-8abd-4f4f-b84a-fa7b4f2794a1.jpeg)\ \ The **award has been presented to Akshaya Patra**, during an **award ceremony at the ‘BBC Food and [Farming](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39368/which-state-government-has-launched-zero-budget-natural-farming-zbnf-project-to-promote-organic-farming) Awards' organized at Bristol in London**. The BBC World Service Global Champion Award recognizes the contribution made by a project or a person who is taking firm steps towards changing the way the [world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/30461/the-world-s-biggest-school-system-is-also-one-of-the-worst) produces, processes, consumes or think about food for the betterment of masses. \ The **Non-Government Organization, Akshaya Patra has selected a panel of [International](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52097/who-has-been-elected-as-the-vice-president-of-the-international-motorcycle-manufacturers-association) Judges while the nominations were sent in by the World Service audiences** present around the world. The **other nominations along with Akshaya Patra were UK Charity, WRAP, and Food 4 [Education](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/20401/sub-standard-engineering-colleges-in-india).** \ **Akshaya Patra the non-profit [organization](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39518/what-was-the-first-revolutionary-organization-of-bengal) is one of the world’s largest project which serves [school](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/218/omg-is-it-a-government-school) meals based in India**. The **CEO of Akshaya Patra, ‘Shridhar Venkat’ received the award** with great honor and feel proud to achieve the place in [society](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51757/what-is-bien-concept) and support the future of India to be bright and educated. He **started his charity work of supporting children’s to provide at least a single time meal to [children](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52138/international-missing-children-s-day-2019-was-observed-on) and get basic education as well about 20 years ago.** \ **Initially, the Akshaya Patra started its work by providing only 1500 free school lunches** on a daily basis. However, now the reach of the **Akshaya Patra increases to feeding 1.75 Million Children’s all over India**, especially with the hot and freshly prepared food delivery on time. \ **It has been the 3rd edition of BBC World Service Global Food Championship Award**. In the year **2018, the chef ‘Jose Andres’ won the award** for providing the aid of 3.4 Million meals for the people of Puerto Rico during the aftermath of [Hurricane](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48282/who-is-nicknamed-as-haryana-hurricane) Maria. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62166/name-the-organization-which-has-been-awarded-the-bbc-world-service-global-champion-award Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.