Chennai, 2021:Temenos, the world’s leading banking software company, in association with the Akshaya Patra Foundation, has provided Happiness Kit which is equipped with educational products, nutritional food items and hygiene products to government school students in Chennai. A total of 1450 packages were distributed to 730 boy students and 720 girl students from 4 government schools in Chennai. Each of these Happiness boxes costs Rs 550. Packages provided to students includes dry ration such as sugar, cooking oil, ragi, peanuts, sambar powder and turmeric powder, educational items such as notebooks, pens, pencils, and hygiene products such as soap, toothpaste, toothbrush and sanitary napkins (only for girl students).The event was held at RBANC School in Pudupet and MNC Higher Sec School in T Nagar. The event was organized by Akshaya Patra Foundation, a part of Temenos voluntary charity.Mr. Bijumon Jacob, Senior V.P HR, Temenos distributed the Happiness boxes to the students and said, “Aligning with our community’s needs has been fundamental to Temenos DNA and an integral part of our business model. We have been associated with government schools through the Adopt IT program since 2016. Initially, we addressed the digital divide to uplift educational institutions. When the country was battling a pandemic and the economically disadvantaged communities have been denied livelihood and access to food, we sensed the need to safeguard the health and immunity of students we operate with. In this regard, we collaborated with our NGO Partner Akshaya Patra to provide happiness kit to 1900 Students from 6 different government schools 4 in Chennai and 2 in Bangalore. We will continue to invest in innovative and impactful programs in partnership with like-minded organizations, to improve the lives of the poor and marginalized society.”