Narayanan Krishnan

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Narayanan Krishnan
Born1981 (age 4243)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Occupation Social Worker / Chef (past)
Known forFeeding Homeless
Website http://www.akshayatrust.org/

Narayanan Krishnan (born 1981) is an Indian chef-turned-social worker. [1]

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Early life

Krishnan was an award-winning chef with Taj Hotels, Bangalore and was short-listed for an elite job in Switzerland. After witnessing a distressing incident in 2002, he quit his job and began feeding the homeless and mentally disabled in his hometown. from CNN [2]

Career

Krishnan founded the Akshaya Trust organization in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to 425 indigent and elderly people in Madurai. [3] [4]

He also provides haircuts and shaves to give dignity to those he serves. He was selected as one of the Top 10 in "CNN heroes 2010" list. [5] [6] [7]

The character Narayanan Krishnan played by Jayaprakash in the 2012 Malayalam film Ustad Hotel is based on him. [8]

Controversy

In June 2014 a 23-year-old inmate who left the Akshaya Trust home alleged that she was sexually abused. The news was featured in the media. [9] Although the Akshaya Trust home was exonerated by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, [10] It was asked to submit regular monthly reports, due to the rather high number of human rights abuses that have been reported from the home. [11]

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