Black-tie charity dinner on October 15

Project 511, an initiative of Hyderabad Round Table 8 (HRT8) announced the fifth edition of “Food for Change”, a black – tie charity dinner as part of Daan Utsav at a conference in the city on Wednesday.

The charity dinner will be at JRC Conventions on October 15 and the proceeds will go towards the work done by Project 511 to provide quality educational facilities for the underprivileged.

Speaking on the activities of Project 511, Srinivasan Namala, Chairman of Project 511 said, “We have found support from Government, Round Tables in the area, Corporates and individual donors who have come forward to help us achieve our goal of providing basic facilities in Government schools. We are on course to finishing our existing initiatives and have started new initiatives based on learning outcomes.”

The management of Continental Coffee Ltd, impressed with the idea of giving back to the society, has graciously come forward to be the title sponsor for the event for the second year in a row.

Speaking on the same, Challa Srishant, Managing Director said, "We take immense pleasure in being the title sponsor and are happy to associate our brand with Project 511 for sowing quality seeds for a better tomorrow and future of India by providing quality education to underprivileged children."

Managing Director & CEO of CYIENT Ltd Krishna Bodanapu said, “We believe in the philosophy that sustained development of society is vital to the sustained growth of the businesses that exist within that community.”

Speaking on the participation with the Project 511, Thomas Abraham, General Manager, Park Hyatt Hyderabad said, “It is an honour to support an esteemed event like Food For Change, for a noble cause.

We are delighted to extend our partnership and direct our effort towards education, which is the only way forward towards development. It gives us pleasure that our participation will help in providing equitable conditions to government school going children which in turn will help in the betterment of our country as a whole. We look forward to participate for a worldly cause.”

“Sheraton Hyderabad is delighted to support this initiative. We hope our contribution will make some difference in improving the conditions of our schools and in developing an environment that is conducive to learning,” said Shibil Malik, GM Sheraton Hyderabad Hotel.