Narayanan Krishnan (born 1981) is an Indian chef who 

was turned into a social worker.


He has an award-winning chef with Taj Hotels,Bangalore 

and was short-listed for an elite job in Switzerland. 


During a visit to his family, before heading to Europe, he 

said, "I saw a very old man, literally eating his own 

human waste out of hunger. I went to the nearbyhotel 

and asked them what was available. They had idli, which 

I bought and gave to the old man. Believe me, I had 

never seen a person eating so fast, ever. As he ate the 

food, his eyes were filled with tears. Those were the 

tears of happiness.”


Krishnan founded his nonprofit Akshaya Trust in 2003, 

which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled 

in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He serves breakfast, lunch and 

dinner to 400 indigent and elderly people in Madurai.